Read this series or I will punch you in the face. It's just THAT good. I'm only halfway through the first book and already I want to plow through to the third.
*finally knows where Perrin gets his name*
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Read this series or I will punch you in the face. It's just THAT good. I'm only halfway through the first book and already I want to plow through to the third.
*finally knows where Perrin gets his name*
These books are mad fucking big. Lord of the rings is enough for me.
Anyways, I'm too hardcore for books. I'll wait for the saturday morning cartoon adaptations.
I read all of them so far....waiting for the goddamn tenth book to come out soon. Hurry up Jordan!!!!
Anyways - enjoy the series...I hope you have a better time getting though some of the later books like number 7 and 8 - there are some parts where you'll get frustrated because he'll stay on a set of characters for way too long. Oh - and I don't want to give anything away - but suffice to say - don't get too attached to the female characters. lol.
whelp, so far so good...makes me wanna read Tolken again too. Which frightens me...with Lord of the Rings and Wheel of Time, I would be in my room, like a hermit, for at least a year or two.
I really liked the books in the beginning, but I had to give up around the 4th book. Jordan just doesn't know when to quit. The fact that he's up to nine and still going just makes me glad I stopped when I did. Sometimes I want to go finish the series, but I just can't bring myself to do it. He's a good writer, and the story is really interesting, but goddamn does he drag at times.
It's a pretty good series. I was enthralled through the first 4-5 books...sorta dipped for a bit, but now the 9th book I'm reading seems to be picking up again. Only problem with the series, IMO, is Jordan's desire to flesh out and support a HUGE cast of characters (many of which I don't find interesting), and to elaborate on sometimes the most banal of political devices. But overall, an amazing universe he's created. I really like the way Jordan handles magic in that series...and he creates some of the best monsters/villians anywhere.
One thing that annoys me as epic series go on, though, is the "main characters getting too powerful syndrome" (a la: Sword of Truth, Dune), where characters are too strong to be interesting. Hasn't quite happened in WoT yet, but it could.
Well, thats the main problem with Sci-fi/fantasy writers nowadays, they all want to hit big with a book and turn it into a franchise like Anne Rice's Vampires or Card's Ender books.
It's a trap because the characters are so well liked that we as consumers have no choice but to see whats up with them.
Sequels....they are the devil.
Welcome to the fold Hero! :D
BTW, I started back in January of last year and am still not done. :( These weird things called "video games" keep getting in the way, plus, as others have said, the later installments aren't as good as the early ones.
Just to spite you, I'm not going to read it.
" . . . "
"take that!"
I finally caught up near the end of school this year by finishing book 9. I understand people's gripes about the series, but I kinda like how Jordan overdescribes everything.
The lengths of the books isn't a problem once you catch up as you have about 2-3 years to read each book as they come out, so just catch up ASAP. I haven't read a lot of fantasy/sci-fi books, and I understand that Jordan isn't the greatest writer, but the series is damn enjoyable.
I'd also recommend Discworld. I started reading that series once I finished book nine, and I've only finished the first book, but it was damn good.