Wheel of Time November Launch. The next GOT or the next Shannara Chronicles?


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I stopped in book 3 or 4....so repetitive. Ugh. I don't get the love at all.

I'll watch, because it is free to me.....
The prose style, the characters, the world building, the action, the attention to minute detail while having a big picture working.
 

The prose style, the characters, the world building, the action, the attention to minute detail while having a big picture working.
Plus amazing character development, really quite despicable villains that have their own motivations and are relatable, amazing magic system, some of the best fight scenes I’ve read - particularly Edmonds Field and Dumais’ Wells. This spine tingling stuff. I can’t think of a fantasy book that can beat those two set pieces.
 

Plus amazing character development, really quite despicable villains that have their own motivations and are relatable, amazing magic system, some of the best fight scenes I’ve read - particularly Edmonds Field and Dumais’ Wells. This spine tingling stuff. I can’t think of a fantasy book that can beat those two set pieces.
Just in terms of literary quality, I have to reach for Tolkien to find even a proximate equivalent.
 


Could have been half as long.......but I get that's why there are thousands of flavors of beer or wine....we don't all have the same taste.
Honestly it could have gone longer and I would have been happy. The journey is almost as good as the destination for me.
 

I’m impressed by the fan following on Twitter. There are hundreds of questions and retweets.

One thing I like about this series is that support seems to be very gender balanced. Out of our group of friends me and Sasha have read them. So one lad, one lass. In the Twitter comments there seems to be good balance between the same.

I can’t say the same for a lot of fantasy books.
 

I’m impressed by the fan following on Twitter. There are hundreds of questions and retweets.

One thing I like about this series is that support seems to be very gender balanced. Out of our group of friends me and Sasha have read them. So one lad, one lass. In the Twitter comments there seems to be good balance between the same.

I can’t say the same for a lot of fantasy books.
Robert Jordan was personally pleased that the publisher told him the books had achieved a four quadrant appeal, having pretty equal readership among men and women, both young and old.
 


Here’s hoping it’s good.

I really loved books 1-3. In many ways, it could have been a nice trilogy. Books 4 and 5 also have some great moments. Like Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan knew how to write a tense finale when he wanted to. It then degraded steadily until Brandon came in to pull it together. He did a respectable job, but there where just so many characters and side plots at that point it was all kind of a mess.
 

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