by DJ Old Man Stares » Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:14 pm
X-Thor wrote:LadyBlackfhyre wrote:How many books are slow in WoT? It is still a goo read though correct?
I'm excited to see how things unfold. I am loving every second of reading Wheel of Time!!!!!
Books 7 and 8 start to slow down. Books 9 and 10 are SLOOOOOOWWWWW, but still entertaining. It has a lot of plot to unravel, so it doesn't advance much. Then it gets awesome and faster again.
I guess it's better if you read them having the next book already with you.
I thought book six was the first really slow one. I have many gripes about that one. You can tell that's where Robert Jordan didn't know quite where he was going with everyone and that he was getting paid by the word.
I thought book 7 was great, but many people complain about that one. Personally I believe he should've condensed the awesome stuff in books 6 and 7 for one amazing book.
Books 8 and 9 should have been condensed. Book eight was terribly slow and ended horribly, and while book nine was pretty slow the ending was well worth it.
Book 10 should have never happened, it was a complete waste of time.
Book 11 was a step back in the right direction but I would say at best that its on par with book 7.
Books 12, 13 and 14 reward all your wasted time with finally resolving plots that should have been resolved five books ago. Almost done with book 14 (less than 400 pages left) and its probably the best book out of them all. Keep powering through the slow moments and in time they will pay off.
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