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Fri 10th May 2013 00:39 #1 / 13
Finally finished the Wheel of Time series. Anyone else read it?
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Fri 10th May 2013 14:07 #2 / 13I'm a man.
yup
But I can change,
if I have to,
I guess...
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Fri 10th May 2013 14:59 #3 / 13
I made it about halfway before I couldn't stand to see the phrase "Neineve tugged at her braid" anymore and gave up.
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Fri 10th May 2013 15:01 #4 / 13
I'm a man.
there were definitely a couple books in the middle that pissed me off. it got a bit better until the last half of the last book.
But I can change,
if I have to,
I guess...
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Fri 10th May 2013 23:18 #5 / 13
"I shall pass this but once, any good I can do, or kindness I can show; let me do it now. Let me not difer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." -Stephen Grellet
Yeah, huge downer of ending. But a genius series none the less.
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Sat 11th May 2013 11:48 #6 / 13
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Fortune favors the bold, and chance favors the prepared mind...I thought it peaked around book 5 & 6.
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Sat 11th May 2013 17:57 #7 / 13
Cramchakle wrote:
I made it about halfway before I couldn't stand to see the phrase "Neineve tugged at her braid" anymore and gave up.
*spoiler alert*
She cuts it off eventually.
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Sat 11th May 2013 18:48 #8 / 13
ratsy wrote:
Yeah, huge downer of ending. But a genius series none the less.
I don't think the ending was the worst part of the series (and it was a lot better than the ending of Hunger Games; blehch).
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Sat 11th May 2013 19:21 #9 / 13
I'm a man.
true!
But I can change,
if I have to,
I guess...
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Sat 11th May 2013 22:22 #10 / 13
"I shall pass this but once, any good I can do, or kindness I can show; let me do it now. Let me not difer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." -Stephen Grellet
A cliche ending is one thing... one where we all smile and all our problems are solved and we skip off merrily into the sunset is the kind that makes me go: ...ugh.
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Sat 11th May 2013 23:36 #11 / 13
I abandoned the series after several books of shuffling players with no progress towards a finish. This was about a decade ago. I'd have to start at the beginning.
I probably will read the whole series some day. But not today. Not this month. Probably not this year.
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Sun 12th May 2013 11:15 #12 / 13
Korrun wrote:
ratsy wrote:
Yeah, huge downer of ending. But a genius series none the less.
I don't think the ending was the worst part of the series (and it was a lot better than the ending of Hunger Games; blehch).
The worst part of the Hunger Games was all of it.
The author's universe wasn't particularly consistent. Also, most of the sci fi tech felt more like a MacGuffin created by someone who had no appreciation for science fiction. I think the only reason The Hunger Games didn't end up going straight to the dusty part of urban libraries was the concurrent release timing with other pseudo-sci-fi/fantasy books appealing to the mostly illiterate (Twighlight, etc).
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Sun 12th May 2013 16:02 #13 / 13
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Fortune favors the bold, and chance favors the prepared mind...Cramchakle wrote:
Korrun wrote:
ratsy wrote:
Yeah, huge downer of ending. But a genius series none the less.
I don't think the ending was the worst part of the series (and it was a lot better than the ending of Hunger Games; blehch).
The worst part of the Hunger Games was all of it.
The author's universe wasn't particularly consistent. Also, most of the sci fi tech felt more like a MacGuffin created by someone who had no appreciation for science fiction. I think the only reason The Hunger Games didn't end up going straight to the dusty part of urban libraries was the concurrent release timing with other pseudo-sci-fi/fantasy books appealing to the mostly illiterate (Twighlight, etc).
Lol, they're called teenagers. Book 1 was pretty engaging though. The important thing is if you hook them with the crap and maybe they'll start reading the good stuff later.
More readers will mean more successful authors which is good for those of us who've read most of the books for the best (and not too bad) authors a few times and want more books.
