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I picked up the first book on sale a few months ago I got to about book 8 or 9 when I was young I fell off it cause he was still writing them slowly at the time. I will say the first 5 books hold up especially the first couple but I also remember they start to slow way the hell down and sure enough I’m on book 6 and it’s already starting. There probably should be an abridged version that cuts out like a million words that don’t need to be written.
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She hasn’t bothered me too much in my reread so far. In general the women chapters just get less of the real good bits unlike the boys. That first books tone is fuckin wild compared to the proceeding books. It’s like a horror movie. The braid poo poo is loving awful though, I think everyone agrees there.
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Oct 14, 2019 05:51
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I got the first one on sale a few months back but none of the rest have gone on sale. Sometimes you get a google play offer or a buy 20 bucks worth get 4 dollars off next deal for kindle but it’s hard to get deals on specific things. But considering the TV show is in production I bet they’ll start throwing them on sale for hype.
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Oct 14, 2019 23:47
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I think the first book takes a while to get going but it’s fun when it does. I have a feeling the books have too much magic to be a good real life tv show.
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Oct 16, 2019 16:09
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Wait till they start releasing them before you say that. At least Wheel of Time is finished.
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Oct 16, 2019 23:05
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Has any Amazon show become a huge hit?
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Oct 18, 2019 00:51
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We’ll see, every ancillary project associated with the books has failed. Remember the couple games that were supposed to come out based on the books? Yea nobody does. The show has been in production hell forever too hasn’t it? I vaguely remember hearing rumors about it a long time ago.
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Oct 18, 2019 16:15
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I don’t think the fireballs and stuff will be hard. I think the constant squinting with elemental magic weaving that only certain people can see will be hard.
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Oct 18, 2019 16:29
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Better be a shitload of braid pulling otherwise what the gently caress is the point?
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Oct 18, 2019 17:23
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That would be weird since she’s gone for large chunks of plot.
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Oct 18, 2019 20:40
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I get that but she’s physically not part of huge swathes of the story. Unless they just go by hearsay like they do in the books. That’s one of the things I appreciate even if it’s frustrating for me. Nobody knows poo poo unless they actually did it.
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Oct 18, 2019 21:14
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Don’t kink shame.
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Oct 19, 2019 17:40
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I wonder why he used it so much. You’d think an editor would be like, Hey only one or two braid pulls a book please.
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Oct 19, 2019 18:38
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Yea I don’t see it as all that bad, most of the main powerful characters are women even if Mr Dragon himself has to save every woman cause he’s a big strong man.
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Oct 19, 2019 22:53
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Besides some of the obvious things why is it not great on a macro level? How about compared to most fantasy in general? I truly like to read about it cause I’m dense as poo poo when it comes to these things.
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Oct 20, 2019 02:44
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I never did get to the Sanderson books, I’ve heard they end pretty alright but how is actually reading them, is it jarring?
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Oct 20, 2019 03:11
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Well that’s good and kind of impressive to be honest.
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Oct 20, 2019 05:05
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Can a mod just imbed that into the thread title?
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Oct 23, 2019 18:19
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Yea it’s weird, he probably needed some transition to those and the dream sequences. They just kinda happen and you have to orient yourself to going with it till he decides when to explain it. You get used to it but it’s very jarring and if it isn’t interesting to read will drag a bit.
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Oct 27, 2019 15:38
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I don’t even remember that one specifically and I read it recently. I just know whenever I’m confused the most with his writing is when he just time travels/dream prophecies all of a sudden. It might also be cause I’m reading on kindle but there has been a couple times he switches perspectives without a break and it takes like 3 paragraphs before you can figure that out.
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Oct 27, 2019 16:12
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That’s weird mine still shows the other covers.
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Oct 29, 2019 04:51
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Even moraine was like don’t trust any of them.
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Oct 29, 2019 15:05
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I really don’t mind any of the girls, they just have less fun stuff to do, which is a shame. Besides the obvious incessant ticks he decided to burden them with for no real reason.
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Oct 29, 2019 23:06
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I’m on book 6 and it’s been like three weeks or something since the events of the first book, how long does the series cover?
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Oct 31, 2019 00:45
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Tam shoulda been tagalong to Rand, how does he manage to be Perrins surrogate father instead? Kinda a weird choice but definitely not one that I would have thought of unless he’s around a lot more in later books I haven’t gotten to.
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Nov 6, 2019 19:26
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Sometimes I think I care about spoilers then I remember I don’t remember poo poo so do what you will.
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Nov 7, 2019 00:28
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Those are good points and I would have never thought that had you not said it.
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Nov 11, 2019 03:58
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He’s Mormon so that’s probably true.
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Nov 11, 2019 17:26
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The one thing I dislike the most in these books is how much of a prude everyone is. I don’t need sex and rape every other chapter like GRRM. But non stop ewww cleavage is tiring.
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Nov 14, 2019 13:23
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silvergoose posted:But a bunch of people are like whatever mixed baths, that butt is great, those legs, etc All the main characters spend at least once every chapter talking about how low cut a dress is and will blush profusely over a little side boob. I get it, but they do it A LOT.
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Nov 14, 2019 15:54
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Failed artistically is a phrase that seems very interpretive.
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Nov 18, 2019 18:50
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EoTW was kinda good in that regard. Except for the forsaken bit at the end, Rand got his poo poo kicked in for most of the book. He had this master sword he couldn’t use and everyone rightfully mocked him for having it. Then the second book he’s Superman. It’s fine but I could have used more of poo poo kicked in.
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Nov 19, 2019 15:19
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I forgot I till I reread the book but I was so totally ready for Rand and Asmodean to become buds. What a let down.
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Nov 19, 2019 19:06
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He thinks he’s a simpleton but you wouldn’t think that if you were now would you Perrin? Though I do rather like that each boy thinks the other is good with women when none of them are.
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Nov 27, 2019 01:53
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Under my testicles.
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Nov 27, 2019 01:56
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No it was a Bart Simpson doll.
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Nov 27, 2019 19:06
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Good loving luck getting through it in a month.
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Dec 5, 2019 13:26
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Oh yea by the end of 2020 I misread. Still could be hard depending on how much you read.
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Dec 5, 2019 15:46
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Just look at this gates’ girth Rand.
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Are there any official images of the way the armor and stuff is supposed to look from the books?
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