I'm now over 300 pages into his novel "Warbreaker" which he offers for free in
PDF format on his website. Also published here:
http://www.amazon.com/Warbreaker-Tor.../dp/0765360039
I wouldn't be that far in unless it had captured my interest. It's not great literature in the mode of the great authors in history, but the story pulls me along and the characters are distinct, and the world he has created is unique.