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>>20427720
>eighty six named characters in four pages
>half of them have apostrophes
visceral disgust

>Over 11k pages long
Is the Wheel of Time series worth reading to the very end or should I stop at a certain point along the way? I found it best to just leave ASOIAF after the third book. So I'm wondering if I should read Wheel of Time until somewhere in the middle unless it's worth all 15 books.

What am I in for?

Got about halfway through this and I can't bring myself to finish it. Is this actually boring or am I just a brainlet? Should I power through or give up and read something else?

Can /lit/ explain why they hate this?

Is this the second best non-discworld fantasy series after LOTR?

Is it a good read? And is the series any good? This booktuber I watch occasionally highly recommends it but I’m skeptical.

ITT books you are embarrassed to have on your shelf

200 pages in and this is the most cliche poorly written Tolkien knock-off. Is this really that highly regarded? when does this get good? Most people say the first book is one of the best but it just seems so trite.

>>18232382
I know a lot of people hate it, but I love EotW's cover. It's just so damn comfy.

>casually turns the fantasy genre into tropey drivel that panders to science obsessed autists
>heh, nothin' personnel kid

>Just finished 'The Eye of the World'

I have mixed feeling about this book. 95% of the book is nothing. They are just travelling from town to town, talking and world-building. Then the last 5% of the book throws that out the window and teleport them into an ending outta nowhere.
It feels like RJ needed to split up the books, but didn't have an ending for the first one, so he just quickly threw together some rushed (compared to the other 700+ pages) unsatisfying ending. If I had read this on release, I would've probably hated it.

It is a comfortable book though, and I am looking forward to continuing despite how long-winded the series seems.

>Book 1 Ranking
Rand > Nynaeve > Lan > Loial > Mat > Perrin > Moiraine > Egwene

Nynaeve was my number one; she is very dominant, and takes no shit. Then she decided to admit she likes Lan, and turns into a complete skirt, running after him and trying to stop him from doing his job.

Perrin also dropped a bit. He was pretty good when he was talking with wolves, and actually doing something. Now he does even show any emotions what so ever. Hope he gets a personality in the next book.

Egwene is such a boring, miserable cunt. She was completely fine hooking up with the first pikey she came across, but then has the nerve to get mad at Rand for talking to any other female. Also, constantly in danger, but still gets mad at Rand for saving. Even at the end when he saved the fucking life, again, she was pissed off that he shoved her stubborn ass. I hope she gets a taste of reality in the next book, because she is pretty insufferable.

Overall, i'd probably give it a 7/10.
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So is this series a giant meme or actually worth reading? Seems like the consensus is all over the place whether its good or not.

Is this worth reading?

About to go down this rabbit hole of 15 books. Is it worth or is it autistic hype?

Is the wheel of time series actually good or is it fantasy BS

>>15745959
>gonna reply to the last threads prompt about whether or not cover art is important
Covers are useful for picking up/spotting books I would otherwise never give a try, but theres such a large amount of books that I want to read that I don't even have the time to give these random books a try. I don't like to let things outside of the actual text of the books influence how I think about the world within them. I try to avoid all discussions on books I'm interested in reading beyond a very surface level "I found this book to be enjoyable" from friends and critics/reviewers until I've fully read a series and digested the material. I disagree wholeheartedly with the sentiment that the cover art should play an integral part to the story or have some sort of symbolism, because most of the time these writers don't draw the art themselves, either they give an artist some vague ideas or their publishing company does. Just give me the name of the book and the author and let the actual content within the pages speak for itself, more often than not the books I end up enjoying have lackluster coverarts that wouldn't have caught my eye.

i literally have all the time in the world right now to start reading
is it worth a shot?
what am i in for?

>lads just trying to have a good time
>seething roasties do everything in their power to stop them
What did Robert Jordan mean by this?

>>14077957
>28
>6'2
>White
>The Eye of the World
>Viking/Ancient Greek history
>Don't like poetry
>None, Northern Euro traditions for holidays
>Farm family to comp programmer
>5 or 6
>4

Which is the greatest fantasy book post-Tolkien?

>>13100644
Reading this shit right now its so fucking bad dear god

Why the fuck is Robert Jordan such a cuck? Currently reading Eye of the World and its nothing but muh feminism and shitty writing. FUCK

>>12628548
Really