Even better. Once Brandon Sanderson takes over, the story gets much more streamlined and wraps up towards a conclusion instead of just meandering around endless characters and plotlines.
I'd argue that Jordan did Mat dirty first. Marrying him to the person he ended up married to was always going to reduce his independence and his importance in the story. There was no way he couldn't end up being second fiddle to her.
My gripe, iirc, is that Sanderson essentially turned him fully into a comic-relief type character. Like, "oh what adventures is this rascal getting up to now" when we've already had 10 books of him maturing beyond his early prankster ways
Dumai's Wells will always be the peak of the series
"Asha'man, kill!" may be the only part of this cluster fuck I look up if they make it that far and I'm fully expecting it to be a damp squib at this point.
and then it gets better? As good as 1-5, less so or even better?
Even better. Once Brandon Sanderson takes over, the story gets much more streamlined and wraps up towards a conclusion instead of just meandering around endless characters and plotlines.
Sanderson does Mat dirty. He clearly doesn't grok the character.
Other than that pretty good at finishing someone else's work
I'd argue that Jordan did Mat dirty first. Marrying him to the person he ended up married to was always going to reduce his independence and his importance in the story. There was no way he couldn't end up being second fiddle to her.
My gripe, iirc, is that Sanderson essentially turned him fully into a comic-relief type character. Like, "oh what adventures is this rascal getting up to now" when we've already had 10 books of him maturing beyond his early prankster ways
I wouldn't say it gets as good or better than books 1-6.
Dumai's Wells will always be the peak of the series, and it never gets as good as that ever again.
But he most definitely recovers it from the chore it is by book 10. You can kind of speed read 7-10 and not miss much.
"Asha'man, kill!" may be the only part of this cluster fuck I look up if they make it that far and I'm fully expecting it to be a damp squib at this point.
There is no way that scene will translate into any semblance of awesome. Can you see the current wokefest making women seem impotent?
Probably some co-op nonsense or the other at best.
Besides I can't get into emo looking Rand, never mind the women with beards into yesterday, and fat cojones in every scene.