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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saba Taru" data-source="post: 954109" data-attributes="member: 2902">Hrm...I used to feel the same way about those books.  After college (the first time) and during a medieval lit class (for yet another degree), I finally pieced together exactly what JRRT was trying to accomplish and what he'd modeled his work on.  I have to give him credit for that stroke of genius (even while acknowledging the fact that his books are difficult to read for "modern" audiences and seem to go nowhere in a hurry), and I'd highly recommend that even if you find the books distasteful, that you take a look at the literature it was based on.  You might find a hidden appreciation for his accomplishment even if the stories themselves hold no value for you.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Back on topic, Robert Jordan's stuff annoyed the crap out of me.  I read the first book and part of the second (at the insistance of my husband who loved the series) before I finally gave up.  I'm also loathe to even look at the Redwall books, and the Xanth series after about book 12 got to be too much, and the iconic D&D novels (don't get me started on that one...).  So many serial novels start out so well and then just die, but I'm not bitter...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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