The Wheel of Time Series?

Gaius · Post by **Gaius** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:03 pm

Anyone else read them?

Blackjack · Post by **Blackjack** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:08 pm

I've known a lot of people who totally loved that series so I thought I'd give it a try myself. I got Eye of the World but had a really hard time getting into it, something about Jordan's writing style didn't agree with me at all. But I hadn't given up on it yet when my family moved and the book disappeared (as a few things inevitably seem to whenever you move) and I haven't bought a new one since then.

Gaius · Post by **Gaius** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:28 am

I'll be first to admit; His writing style is boring. He can't write women. The books are riddled with cliches.

But the world he created is second to none. The actual world of Wheel of Time is better than Lord of the Rings, but Tolkien is easily the better writer of the two.

Blackjack · Post by **Blackjack** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:26 am

Oh yes, that's one of the things I remember the most clearly is how annoyingly he portrayed female characters. I'm surprised none of the women who recommended the series to me were more offended by that.

Before I lost the book I hadn't gotten to know the WoT world well enough to compare it with anything else, but I'll give it another go sometime.

123cat · Post by **123cat** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:22 pm

gave up, will it ever end? 3 books is surely enough.