Originally Posted by
nerrrd
Hmmm, not too sure about Wheel of Time yet. Early days, some things I like, overall a bit pedestrian.
I actually did read all fourteen books over the years, but given how many pages it took to get to book fourteen I barely remember what happened over the whole series. I actually reread book one recently, just to remind myself what was involved, and while it still held my interest, it really does plod along with way more descriptive detail (I mean the guy pretty much introduces every character, no matter how minor, by their full name) than plot.
I do like the universe hes created though, and the way past and present are intertwined with the whole reincarnation angle and dream worlds, the fact that magic is potentially extremely dangerous, and the fact that evil is lurking around every corner.
But tightly plotted it is not, which is a big disadvantage compared to something like Game of Thrones (which seems to be what everyone wants to compare it to) and making a successful transition from books to screen.
Apparently there is a second season coming, so they might be able to ramp up the intrigue by then enough to keep it going.
I read to book 10 IIRC. It was decades ago. Memory suggests book 10 was all womeon plotting and sfa action. I mentioned to the person in the bookshop that the author was taking his time with book eleven. She informed me that he'd died. He always said that he'd keep writing until they screwed the lid down on his coffin and so it was. His wife may have given his files to someone else to carry on. He had detaied files listing each character and their particular "powers".
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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