Well, I think that is a trouble with genre styles, because when you're working a lot in the genre you don't always notice that to an outsider, your voice may be overwrought or whatever. So if you're generally not inclined to like fantasy, then why worry about not agreeing that a fantasist is the greatest writer ever? Especially if you're not writing it yourself. It's as silly as me bitching about hating the way romance is written because I really can't stand that genre. I mean, obviously I still do it, but my point is, why beat yourself up over not liking the style if you do not like or work in the genre?

I think with fantasy you're more likely to get big fancy words/sentences because people want to evoke elegance and a certain atmosphere, days gone by. I know in my own work, I try to bring echoes of older fiction and fairytales into my fantasy work--it's a deliberate, informed voice choice. Ha, that rhymed!