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The series is finished, would you still recommend the Wheel of Time series even though there are 4-5 poorly written books that have almost no plot advancement to them? I am considering taking the plunge but have been put off because of the poor reviews of certain books especially Crossroads of...

Potential spoilers here! In Eye of the World, I seemed to get the impression that Rand is significantly taller than anyone else in his village, and has much darker skin. I seem to recall wondering why no one ever seemed to consider this especially strange, especially Rand. Did I...

Tor.com have announced a further reread of WoT with Leigh Butler. The Wheel of Time Reread REDUX Begins on August 19th! | Tor.com By coincidence I've just started my own reread of the last three books as I've only read them once. Just couldn't find another fantasy series that satisfies me...

I know the existing covers are a little minimal, but I can't help but look at these new ones, and wonder if I'm looking at books from the 1950's: The Wheel of Time - new UK covers etc...

Hi, all. I've always bumped into Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books while out and about, and for the longest time they were a constant shelf of black spines which greeted me whenever I entered into the Fantasy/SciFi section of a book shop. I knew that the Wheel of Time was a "big deal"...

So... *drumroll* Hoopy is on the second-last book. WHOA! Truly, I never thought you would reach this point, Hoops, after having such a shaky start, like everyone else did. I'm glad you made it! WoT fans feel like a big family that can reminisce over lost times. :D Anyway, I'm hoping...

Genuinely couldn't remember the book title, then, I had to look it up! Is this the one that started with the farmer seeing the weird, moving storm? I think it must be...I've been on this book much longer than normal... So...my poor Semirhage *weeps* She was wasted, she could have done so much...

Whew, I had just finished reading the last book of the wheel of time series. And I am sad. Now, there is nothing more for me to look forward to. I will probably re-read the series, again. Spoilers:

...I will say it was nice to read a prologue that packs a wallop again :D Firstly Galad challenging and killing that horrible rapist d*ckweasel. Yay, Galad! Perrin finally getting some more information about Faile and making mysterious plans. And hah, Berelain, punching Galina full in the...

Me and WoT have a long history together, though not the novels, but mainly from the game. My dad showed me the demo of the WoT game (without even knowing about the WoT series), and i was scared to death by it. The grunts of the trollocs (which i learnt was their name later) traumatized me and...

Well, the events of this book take place side-by-side with the events of the next, though this is DEFINITELY my preferred book. In it we see Rand being... interesting, Perrin being loyal, and the girls having their way with Rand. :D The ending is also awesome. Absolutely. The highlight of...

So I better start this thread in case Hoopy's book arrives from the US... :D What to write here without giving spoilers? Hmmm. Well, book eight is the only book in the series without a whizzbang ending. Indeed, the book seems as if it should be combined with book nine to make one uber long...

It's been discussed that some of the words in the Wheel of Time series can result in...interesting pronunciations. I'm especially bad at this, as I read very quickly so my eyes barely register letters, just an impression of the word -- added with the fact that once I say a word a certain way...

Well, since I was well and truly scolded by Hoopy for not making the last thread in time, here is the next one super early. :D In book seven, Elayne, Aviendha and Mat come closer to the bowl ter'angreal that will restore natural weather to the world, whilst Egwene begins to gather all manner...

Oh, my goodness! I'm on the last book. Four chapters in. I have to say, I started my thread, "Why People SHOULD" Read the WoT", when I was on about book five, not knowing how the story progressed yet sensing it was something monumental. Well, all these months later I stand by that...

Seeing as someone hasn't started it yet :p I've made it past the opening prologue. Some bits I could take or leave -- the Morgase sections still aren't doing much for me and I don't even care about knowing anything that Gawyn's up to at the moment -- but other bits were quite interesting...

I've heard that 1-3 can be read as a stand alone series, and the rest was unnecessarily added on. In your opinion is this true? I must admit the infamy of WoT has me interested, but not all for the right reasons (especially when I hear the passionate hatred of books 6-10). If I decided to...

The long-standing tradition continues. Here is the thread for book five, since Hoopy's about to get it. In this book we see... stuff. I wish I could remember most of it! My WoT marathon has flown by, with so much to remember, learn, and keep track of! I remember there were interesting parts...

So. I know the series has finished, but some of us are still working our way through it. I thought a place for people who've not read the series would be great, where we can guess at plot threads and puzzles that we forget to mention in their relevant book threads. I have one. It *just*...

As ever, here's the thread for book four, The Shadow Rising. Even the name sounds ominous! :D In this book we see our character list expand and we see some surprising changes to places we love. We also see some fascinating new places, too, and discover more about the Aiel. And let's not forget...