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Old 10-09-2008, 03:34 PM   #50
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Oh dear lord, a re-read of Wheel of Time .... I shudder at the thought....


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I don't think I could ever do that, especially not since I don't really feel that they are that good. I've been rwading them more or less out of some stubborn streak or something
I like them well enough. I held off on them for some time, because they got the sort of extravagant praise that tends to put me off. Tor published the first half of the first book as a free giveaway PB edition. I read it on a slow afternoon, liked it well enough to buy the full book to see what happened, and buy them now in HC.

A correspondent elsewhere called it "Familiar elements, but in a tasty stew", and I think that's apt. I am impressed by Jordan's world building, his ability to keep a dozen plot threads going while not marring continuity, and his ability to give each character a unique enough "voice" that you generally aren't confused about who is talking.

It's been long enough that I will need to do some re-reading to refresh myself. We'll see if I successfully start from the beginning. I'm a fast reader, but they are large volumes.
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