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Originally Posted by jidar
I felt like the Series really went downhill with book 4.
It lost me at book 5 or 6, part way through. I can't recall which.
After awhile the manners and personalities of the characters start to seem cliched. Does every female in the series have to be unreasonably angry all the time and cross her arms under her breasts? Do none of them have any hidden motives or slyness?
I really liked the series early, In fact for awhile I considered it the best fantasy fiction I had read, but somewhere around 4000-5000 pages the sameness of it really starts to get on your nerves.
Now I've moved on to George Martin series, A Song of Ice and Fire. This truly is the greatest fantasy series ever.  |
That is a common theme amongst readers of Jordan. I feel the same. ASOIAF, on the other hand, is amazing, but Mr. Martin is beginning to upset me with all the NY football blogging and no Dance with Dragons working.
I just picked up the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson. Read it when I was younger, re-reading it now with a little more appreciation.