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Originally Posted by tompe
So the writing style change from earlier to later books in the series?
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It's not so much that Jordan's writing style changed, as that the overall pace of the novels slowed. As the series moved along he kept adding characters and sub-plots and increasing the importance of existing characters. However he didn't really close out existing sub-plots or move characters off-stage to any real degree. As a result he had less space in each succeeding novel to devote to any one plot or character.
With less room, each part of the story moved less as the series went on and so things seemed to drag on. The fact that the series has been going on for about 16 years now doesn't help either.