Eh, I don’t think Kino’s writing is all that great either. I’m probably not qualified to judge Japanese writing, so maybe that’s just me not liking it as much compared to other stuff I’ve read.
I guess most light novels probably don’t have the greatest writing, but I know a few exceptions (all subjective to my opinion, of course). Just a heads up in case you felt like not attempting any more light novels because of Kino 
not all of them are actually light at all.