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I think the WoT's reputation also suffers because of the publication timeline. That middle "slow" period that people talk about was when there was a volume coming out every two years, and Jordan seemed to have a habit of introducing a lot of plot lines and resolving (some of) them in the next book. It was almost like each two books should have been a single volume. It was frustrating at the time to read the newest book, and find out nothing had been resolved, and you had to wait almost two years to read the next one. Anyone who doesn't re-read the whole thing is naturally going to remember the frustration and annoyance during that period.
That's far less of an issue for someone reading it now for the first time - you can just enjoy the detail that Wayspooled talks about and not worry about what is going to be resolved in the next couple hundred pages. You never have to be frustrated by a break in the story.
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