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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9776804" data-attributes="member: 4348">If I were to suggest reading the books to someone today I would suggest reading books 1 - 7 (maybe include book 8 if you like getting a tad bored) and then skipping to book 11 and reading the rest of the series.&nbsp; Not enough happens in between that which you can't get caught up in through book 11, and reading through it will make you feel like you've wasted your time.I started the series because someone got it to me as a gift.&nbsp; I used to look for the thickest and longest books I could in those years.&nbsp; My reading speed was off the chart and I could easily find myself reading 150 to 200 pages each evening before bed.&nbsp; I'd finish a book like in the WoT in a week...max.&nbsp; I liked the epic stories of good and evil, which sort of rehashed the stories of the Lord of the Rings type scenarios.&nbsp; The original three books really do kind of rehash the Lord of the Rings in a different framing, even having their types of Ring wraiths, hobbits, Gandalf and Aragorn, and other parallels.&nbsp; If you like that type of epic fantasy, I'd say it's still worthwhile to read it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 9776804, member: 4348"] If I were to suggest reading the books to someone today I would suggest reading books 1 - 7 (maybe include book 8 if you like getting a tad bored) and then skipping to book 11 and reading the rest of the series. Not enough happens in between that which you can't get caught up in through book 11, and reading through it will make you feel like you've wasted your time. I started the series because someone got it to me as a gift. I used to look for the thickest and longest books I could in those years. My reading speed was off the chart and I could easily find myself reading 150 to 200 pages each evening before bed. I'd finish a book like in the WoT in a week...max. I liked the epic stories of good and evil, which sort of rehashed the stories of the Lord of the Rings type scenarios. The original three books really do kind of rehash the Lord of the Rings in a different framing, even having their types of Ring wraiths, hobbits, Gandalf and Aragorn, and other parallels. If you like that type of epic fantasy, I'd say it's still worthwhile to read it. [/QUOTE]

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