Reading the Wheel of Time books is like being in an abusive relationship, it treats you good, it treats you bad, you hate yourself for loving it and love yourself for hating it. You may break away for a while (it's much more than a bit bogged down, a decent editor could've cut four or five books worth easily), but you keep going back even though you know there's nothing left but pain and regret.
I can't remember which book I stopped at, I think it was around 8-9, where there was a single conversation with 2 bitches doing their laundry that lasted like 50 pages... It was just a recap of what had happened in the last book and it was so goddamn boring that I just lost interest.
That and every major death of the main cast getting retconned as long as they used that super magic fire bullshit. Then finding out the ending ain't even by the author since he kicked the bucket, eh fuck that.
I'm pretty sure the end actually was written by the author. Sanderson filled in some of the stuff leading up to the end, but he did a pretty inconsistent job of it.
You unfortunately quit right before things turned around. Some of the best and craziest scenes were either at the end of that book or the next (can't remember which). (edit: It's possible I'm remembering the wrong laundry conversation - I think there may have been several).
The books are about a godlike man rising up to dominate a world run by women. It was never going to be anything but pozzed.
lol Is it really? I have the books, but I haven't gotten to them yet. I've also heard it gets a bit bogged down later in the series.
Reading the Wheel of Time books is like being in an abusive relationship, it treats you good, it treats you bad, you hate yourself for loving it and love yourself for hating it. You may break away for a while (it's much more than a bit bogged down, a decent editor could've cut four or five books worth easily), but you keep going back even though you know there's nothing left but pain and regret.
10/10 would recommend.
I can't remember which book I stopped at, I think it was around 8-9, where there was a single conversation with 2 bitches doing their laundry that lasted like 50 pages... It was just a recap of what had happened in the last book and it was so goddamn boring that I just lost interest.
That and every major death of the main cast getting retconned as long as they used that super magic fire bullshit. Then finding out the ending ain't even by the author since he kicked the bucket, eh fuck that.
I'm pretty sure the end actually was written by the author. Sanderson filled in some of the stuff leading up to the end, but he did a pretty inconsistent job of it.
You unfortunately quit right before things turned around. Some of the best and craziest scenes were either at the end of that book or the next (can't remember which). (edit: It's possible I'm remembering the wrong laundry conversation - I think there may have been several).