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lagmaster
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Some of the early and middle books had those shit-your-pants scenes where something so amazing happens and it's so beautifully depicted you swear you can see it years after having read it.
Scenes like Ingtar's last stand or when Mat fights Galad and Gawyn or when Lanfear goes batshit crazy and fights Rand (right before Moiraine disappears) are so so soooo well done. Unfortunately Winter's Heart didn't really have this and Crossroads of Twilight definitely has none of these. But after these two, those shit-your-pants scenes are back and they are just as good if not better than the originals.
Book 12 spoiler
+ Show Spoiler +The scene where Semirhage snaps the male a'dam on Rand and tells him to kill Min... Armageddon could've been going on outside my door and I wouldn't have noticed. I needed to know what would happen.
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So keen for the last book :D Didn't even notice this thread till now I found Sanderson's writing very refreshing. With the last of Jordan's book I felt it a chore to read it but Sanderson really helped me get back into it  Definitely excited for it to be all over then I can reread everything again haha.
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I'm on book 7 at the moment.
I tried reading it 12 years ago, really enjoyed the first few books but lost interest around book 6.
Right now I'm reading it thinking "why did I ever stop reading this. It's brilliant!" It does get slow around points and some of the characters are extremely annoying but the good parts more then make up for the bad. The end of book 6, for example, was frigging incredible.
I was hoping to get through all of them by the time the final book comes out. Hard to believe this series was started in 1990 and is only being concluded now. You'd think it would be a big deal but it probably wont be on any news networks or anything, even though they made a big deal when the final Harry Potter book came out despite that being kids stuff compared to something like Wheel of Time.
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Norway505 Posts
On February 18 2012 20:40 Spitfire wrote:
I'm on book 7 at the moment.
I tried reading it 12 years ago, really enjoyed the first few books but lost interest around book 6.
Right now I'm reading it thinking "why did I ever stop reading this. It's brilliant!" It does get slow around points and some of the characters are extremely annoying but the good parts more then make up for the bad. The end of book 6, for example, was frigging incredible.
I was hoping to get through all of them by the time the final book comes out. Hard to believe this series was started in 1990 and is only being concluded now. You'd think it would be a big deal but it probably wont be on any news networks or anything, even though they made a big deal when the final Harry Potter book came out despite that being kids stuff compared to something like Wheel of Time.
Harry Potter has many more readers, and is thus of bigger general interest.
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Must say, its taken a bit of a nosedive. On book 9: Winters Heart at the moment and its horrible, and apparently book 10 is even worse.
I'll keep it at it though since apprently it starts getting good again around book 11.
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Norway505 Posts
I thought 7 and 9 were two of the best books actually, but I agree that 10 wasn't that good.
book 9 spoiler
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The end covers the most important event thus far in the books, and I thought it was masterfully written. But I also enjoyed the earlier parts of the book, specifically those involving Mat and Rand.
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On April 13 2012 02:40 Spitfire wrote:
Must say, its taken a bit of a nosedive. On book 9: Winters Heart at the moment and its horrible, and apparently book 10 is even worse.
I'll keep it at it though since apprently it starts getting good again around book 11.
Yeah, those aren't very good. Too much tea, not enough action.
The last 2 are great, though.
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Bah. I don't exactly hate Sanderson, but it just don't feel like Wheel of Time anymore. The quality of deciptions of The One Power have fallen drastically imho with the some most recent example being Rand at Maradon and + Show Spoiler +Rand balefiring Graedals castle
I don't really see how Bradon is gonna wrap everything up in Memories of Light unless + Show Spoiler +they go to Shayol Ghul within the first 150 pages
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I can't wait for the final book to be released. Thought it was going to be sometime in the next few months, and I just saw that it won't be out until next year. :C Makes me sad...
Theres really only one problem I have with the series, and I'll spoiler it just in case, but its from fairly early in the series.
+ Show Spoiler +Perrin. Fuck he became so annoying. Everytime he talks about his wife (every time he talks), it makes me want to vomit. I understand that he is supposed to love his Faile more than any other love in the series, but it is much overdone IMO
Aside from that though, this is probably my favorite series :D
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On April 13 2012 03:29 Mordanis wrote:I can't wait for the final book to be released. Thought it was going to be sometime in the next few months, and I just saw that it won't be out until next year. :C Makes me sad... Theres really only one problem I have with the series, and I'll spoiler it just in case, but its from fairly early in the series. + Show Spoiler +Perrin. Fuck he became so annoying. Everytime he talks about his wife (every time he talks), it makes me want to vomit. I understand that he is supposed to love his Faile more than any other love in the series, but it is much overdone IMO Aside from that though, this is probably my favorite series :D
Was one of my favourite characters up until + Show Spoiler +Faile gets captured and his whole subplot just becomes him searching for Faile
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On February 18 2012 20:15 lagmaster wrote:Some of the early and middle books had those shit-your-pants scenes where something so amazing happens and it's so beautifully depicted you swear you can see it years after having read it. Scenes like Ingtar's last stand or when Mat fights Galad and Gawyn or when Lanfear goes batshit crazy and fights Rand (right before Moiraine disappears) are so so soooo well done. Unfortunately Winter's Heart didn't really have this and Crossroads of Twilight definitely has none of these. But after these two, those shit-your-pants scenes are back and they are just as good if not better than the originals. Book 12 spoiler + Show Spoiler +The scene where Semirhage snaps the male a'dam on Rand and tells him to kill Min... Armageddon could've been going on outside my door and I wouldn't have noticed. I needed to know what would happen.
Dude. Perrin's stand at Two Rivers against the Trollocs was hands down the best by far. Read that one over a decade ago and I still remember how awesome that whole part was.
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On April 13 2012 02:40 Spitfire wrote:
Must say, its taken a bit of a nosedive. On book 9: Winters Heart at the moment and its horrible, and apparently book 10 is even worse.
I'll keep it at it though since apprently it starts getting good again around book 11.
The last 2 that Sanderson helped write are a lot easier to read again. The main thing is that stuff is actually happening again and the characters are doing the stuff that should've been happening the last few books instead of just sitting around a lot.
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Book 8-9 are probably the worst in the series. after that it picks up again, and book 11 is totally awesome.
A shining beacon of joy is always Mats chapters though. While the rest of book 9 is boring, I have reread Mats chapters many, many times
EDIT: The thing that really, REALLY irks my about Sanderson, is that he can't really write Mat. in his books Mat feels...different. Thats pretty much my only complaint about Sanderson though.
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9 and 10 are terrible, a friend of mine recommended I just read summaries of the chapters online, wish I had listened. Sanderson is ok but I feel like he really comes up short when it comes to the dark/mysterious/mystical moments. Looking forward to the last book just so I can finally be done with it though I hate the direction it has gone with some of the characters.
+ Show Spoiler [ book 13] +Moiraine surviving and being in love with Thom.... so lame.
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Poll: Your favorite parts in WoTMat (24) 69% Rand (7) 20% Perrin (1) 3% The girls (Egwene, Nynaeve, Min, Elaine, Aviendha, Aes Sedai Rebellion) (1) 3% The other guys (Lan, Tom, Juilin etc.) (1) 3% Tea&Bossoms (1) 3% 35 total votes Your vote: Your favorite parts in WoT (Vote): Rand
(Vote): Perrin
(Vote): Mat
(Vote): The girls (Egwene, Nynaeve, Min, Elaine, Aviendha, Aes Sedai Rebellion)
(Vote): The other guys (Lan, Tom, Juilin etc.)
(Vote): Tea&Bossoms
The final book... I can't wait
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On April 13 2012 02:40 Spitfire wrote:
Must say, its taken a bit of a nosedive. On book 9: Winters Heart at the moment and its horrible, and apparently book 10 is even worse.
I'll keep it at it though since apprently it starts getting good again around book 11.
Winters Heart is so badass, pshh whatever. The last few chapters of that book are probably the best in the entire series.
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Read all the books so far, loving them :-) Quick question; which book is it that + Show Spoiler +Rand gets married? Cheers =)
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Norway505 Posts
On April 13 2012 06:57 Asol wrote:Read all the books so far, loving them :-) Quick question; which book is it that + Show Spoiler +Rand gets married? Cheers =)
Hmm, I don't think that has happened yet actually.
+ Show Spoiler +
Perrin gets married in book 4 and Mat in 11. Rand I think never marries the girls, but gets bonded by them in 9.
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Wheel of time is by far my favorite book series. I think Brandon Sanderson is an excellent writer and will make an awesome last book.
I love how there are so many subplots and conflicts with all the characters throughout the whole series on so many levels
i haven't really read a different series that compares to it yet
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Nearly finished the very first book last summer, not sure if I should re-read it in entirety or just finish the remaining ~200 pages.. either way, this thread is making me itch to start reading again
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