I read wheel of time book 10 recently. I read the first 10 books or so when they originally came out, but kind of gave up on the series at that point. During Covid I decided to make my way through the series and actually read to the end this time.

So far its kind of both better and worse than I remembered. Some of those middle books were less dull than I remembered, but also in the intervening 20 years I have read a lot more, including a lot more fantasy, and Wheel of time comes off a bit pulpy now. I don't think if these books were to release today that they would get nearly the same attention they did in the 90s.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I agree, I also started when they were just released, and they're definitely a looooot more pulpy than I remember. For me this is a bonus! Love me some pulp. Also I found books 5 and 6 or 4 and 5, can't quite recall, to be a major slog. Had to almost force myself to keep reading, which is not great.

Sadly, I think the reason they wouldn't do very well if released today is not that they're a bit pulpy, but that they're not drivel, been noticing the trend in the last decade that the most popular books are verrry poorly written.

[–] Theroddd@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Wheel of time is massive. It's great a and deep and soe parts do drag but at least it's finished! (small barb aimed at KKC)

[–] hybridhavoc@darkfriend.social 1 points 1 year ago

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@SturgiesYrFase
Still the best payoff in fantasy, I think.

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