(the jumping around from one character to another. I figured that we would see the constant switching back-and-forth in the final book, when everyone is at the same point in time.) Of the people I've talked to, all said pretty much the same thing; that it stopped the book from flowing smoothly. OTOH, everyone seemed to like that it was fast-paced and moved the story forward. (Something seriously lacking in the past few editions, IMO.)
For myself, I liked the book. If I had to critique, I would say what I missed most was RJ's subtlety. The way he always left you wondering if you just read what you thought you had. Nothing ever felt like it was concrete, written-in-stone, straight-forward with RJ. The man was truly the master of twisting words like an Aes Sedai.
For myself, I liked the book. If I had to critique, I would say what I missed most was RJ's subtlety. The way he always left you wondering if you just read what you thought you had. Nothing ever felt like it was concrete, written-in-stone, straight-forward with RJ. The man was truly the master of twisting words like an Aes Sedai.
I think this book is the first ever to answer more questions than it introduced. Given your love of making theories, I would think you'd find that disconcerting as the series approached the end. I think that the missing subtlety may have been present even if RJ had been writing the book.
General complaints about tGS
- 04/11/2009 05:24:01 AM
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Don't entirely disagree, but I'm not sure how much of it is Sanderson and how much circumstances.
- 04/11/2009 06:35:49 AM
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Agree in part of the POV's and also Avi.
- 04/11/2009 08:35:40 AM
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I didn't expect it this soon
- 04/11/2009 09:34:14 AM
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Re: I didn't expect it this soon
- 04/11/2009 03:47:29 PM
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I did have a problem with the POV shifts toward the end, so I just read out of order.
- 05/11/2009 04:15:45 PM
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