Jordan has worn out his welcome on my bookshelf. His WoT series started out good, abeit borrowing heavily from his predecessors. But after reading the latest book, I am sorely disappointed. His plot driven story has turned into a character driven soap opera.
Yes, his universe is very detailed. Overly so. Book 9 culminated with what had to be one of the most important events to his universe, and then we spend the next thousand pages covering the details of Egwene's dress? Come on Jordan, you are killing us here. How can it be that in a universe with the imagination to have two forces of magic that each and every character is dominated by an everpresent and static misunderstanding of the opposite gender? If you are going to be character driven, please don't copy and paste so much between characters...
Lets face it, 99% of those reading the WoT will have read/watched LOTR. What was the point of Mr. Underhill? I thought the Misty Mountains was bad, let alone the fremen..err...Aiel.
So I guess this constitutes my vote against the WoT as top 100. I'm not yet done with Crossroads, I'm already unhappy, and the ending does not sound good...
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Jordan has worn out his welcome on my bookshelf. His WoT series started out good, abeit borrowing heavily from his predecessors. But after reading the latest book, I am sorely disappointed. His plot driven story has turned into a character driven soap opera.
Yes, his universe is very detailed. Overly so. Book 9 culminated with what had to be one of the most important events to his universe, and then we spend the next thousand pages covering the details of Egwene's dress? Come on Jordan, you are killing us here. How can it be that in a universe with the imagination to have two forces of magic that each and every character is dominated by an everpresent and static misunderstanding of the opposite gender? If you are going to be character driven, please don't copy and paste so much between characters...
Lets face it, 99% of those reading the WoT will have read/watched LOTR. What was the point of Mr. Underhill? I thought the Misty Mountains was bad, let alone the fremen..err...Aiel.
So I guess this constitutes my vote against the WoT as top 100. I'm not yet done with Crossroads, I'm already unhappy, and the ending does not sound good...