Wheel of Time thread

Inspired by the "unpopular opinions" thread I thought I'd start this one for fun... not necessarily expecting it to have support and it might just fall off.


Yeah but basically I kinda loved the Wheel of Time, over and above all the other fantasy series, even though they were formidable at times. I thought it was hands down better than Sword of Truth, which basically just copied all the central ideas. I thought it was better than GoT as stated in the other thread, simply because it was much more fantastical and kind of high striving (magic, fantasy, vast cultures, etc)

I think the kind of world itself was more complicated and dense, the heroes like Artur Hawkwing, the kind of endless comparisons between characters and the banter between characters, Mat, Perrin, etc. Also, the battles, I mean, that should be clear because RJ was a military Historian basically they were always epic in the extreme. 

But yeah, apparently they are making this into a TV series, which I zero confidence in, I doubt they have the chops to convert this mammoth thing into the ultimate series, but you never know. 

My favorite book is probably... the.... 2nd or 3rd... whereas by the 6th (Lord of Chaos) I think the series started to drop off. I mean, once Rand had Callandor and all that I thought it was pretty much game over for everyone else but then I think they felt the need to come up with more ideas to keep it all going for longer when he was about as powerful as it gets there. However (spoilers) the trick with the Aes Sedai and neutralization there was fairly clever, but after that point... eh. 

Still, I think following Mat, Perrin, all around, and back again, was always a great joy, plus I really liked the side characters like all the women of the series, Nynaeve, Elayne, Aviendha (and her famous ahem, spoilers, MOMENT with Rand). 

Yeah basically as much as anything I actually enjoyed this book series. 

This is the English list of the books in their order of release as well as titles

# Title Paperback 

0. New Spring (Prequel set 20 years before the events of the first novel.)
1. The Eye of the World 
2. The Great Hunt 
3. The Dragon Reborn 
4. The Shadow Rising 
5. The Fires of Heaven 
6. Lord of Chaos 
7. A Crown of Swords 
8. The Path of Daggers 
9. Winter's Heart 
10. Crossroads of Twilight 
11. Knife of Dreams 
12. The Gathering Storm (completed by Brandon Sanderson)
13. Towers of Midnight  (completed by Brandon Sanderson)
14. A Memory of Light   (completed by Brandon Sanderson)