The Wheel of Time

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Are there any fans of the wheel of time series? I read the first couple books and thought they were alright. I think it is a little slow and drawn out.
 
I thought the first 4-5 books were decent reads, but now i hear it’s all the way to book 12? That’s just a little bit ridiculous in my mind and having to wait a year or so to read a new book in the series has made me stop at book 6…I can’t even remember what’s going on…although I kind of want to know what’s happened…
 
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Are there any fans of the wheel of time series? I read the first couple books and thought they were alright. I think it is a little slow and drawn out.
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I read the first two and thought they were OK. Started the third but when figured out that the lead character’s issue wasn’t going to get resolved any time soon. At that point there were 10 books. Not sure why the author hasn’t figured out how to write an ending.
 
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I read the first two and thought they were OK. Started the third but when figured out that the lead character’s issue wasn’t going to get resolved any time soon. At that point there were 10 books. Not sure why the author hasn’t figured out how to write an ending.
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Yeh that is pretty much what happened with me. I started the third and then realized that he was on ten and going strong. I just figured I would pick it up when he got close to finishing writing them. Now that it is set that 12 is the last maybe I will finish them.
 
I have read all 12 and have renamed the series “The Never Ending Story”. I read an interview with Jordan. He claims that either the next book or the next will complete the series. At least this latest one advanced the story line a bit.
 
I loved the first 5 or 6, but then, I think it was book 7 was long, drawn out, and went no where. The series is finished? I may try to get back into it.
 
No the series is not finished. Not by a long shot. Jordan said it may take one or two more to finish not to mention that he started that prequel too.

George R. R. Martin is doing the same thing with his series too.
 
it has been a while since I read the books. The funny thing is that my 16 year old son has started reading them years after I did.

I am not certain but I believe that I got up to the fourth book. I enjoyed the writing and the plot but the author has some difficulty portraying authentic females. All the women that he depict as strong personalities end up being controlling, overbearing know it alls. His females really iritate me and that is the major reason that I have never finished the series.
 
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Are there any fans of the wheel of time series? I read the first couple books and thought they were alright. I think it is a little slow and drawn out.
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I enjoyed the first, and loved the second. Numbers three through six had far more good points than bad. Seven and eight suffered from an ENORMOUS lack of competent editing. Nine got better, especially at the end and ten was pretty good. Eleven advanced the story significantly – probably the best in 10 years.

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Oh my I used to love that series, so much so that till this day my username for any forum is The Dragon Reborn (not here though, when I put “religion” and “dragon” together the dragon in the book of revelations always comes to mind…)

Actually I found the series pretty good right around to book 8. At book ten I virtually stopped halfway through. I’m looking forward to book eleven though, but I won’t pay 30 more dollars just for a hardcover.
 
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