I'm actually pretty comfortable with it!
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 04/12/2009 04:12:32 PM
Preface: I normally do not read sci-fi/fantasy, and enjoy non-fiction more.
Here's the thing: I started the series reading it as a very serious take on the fantasy genre, and was very dissapointed with the direction RJ took in many instances.
Recently, while doing a re-read of the series earlier this year, I quelled the editor in my from my literary days, and just read it as an updated fairy story. I was surprised by the fact that I liked it very much more when reading it as the latter. Personally, I've found the story structure to be more interesting, and while the series has lost it's compellingness for me, I think it's a lot more fun.
It has some thought-provoking characters, such as Moiraine, but in general, I do not find the main cast to be that impressive or interesting - I'm actually more drawn into the world-building, as gestalt as it can be, and the way the laws of the universe are set up.
So my comment is not a knock against the series - it's simply that for me, as a reader, my enjoyment comes out of reading it as casual reader versus being overly critical towards it. This is not a series that does well under close scrutiny, IMHO of course.
Here's the thing: I started the series reading it as a very serious take on the fantasy genre, and was very dissapointed with the direction RJ took in many instances.
Recently, while doing a re-read of the series earlier this year, I quelled the editor in my from my literary days, and just read it as an updated fairy story. I was surprised by the fact that I liked it very much more when reading it as the latter. Personally, I've found the story structure to be more interesting, and while the series has lost it's compellingness for me, I think it's a lot more fun.
It has some thought-provoking characters, such as Moiraine, but in general, I do not find the main cast to be that impressive or interesting - I'm actually more drawn into the world-building, as gestalt as it can be, and the way the laws of the universe are set up.
So my comment is not a knock against the series - it's simply that for me, as a reader, my enjoyment comes out of reading it as casual reader versus being overly critical towards it. This is not a series that does well under close scrutiny, IMHO of course.
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Semirhage and Egwene
04/12/2009 02:31:45 PM
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I agree with all of that.
04/12/2009 02:58:48 PM
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Re: I agree with all of that. *NM*
04/12/2009 03:22:49 PM
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Re: I agree with all of that.
04/12/2009 03:29:46 PM
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The entire cast is full of Perfect Sues and Stuarts (I may have just made latter up)
04/12/2009 03:14:27 PM
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If you plan to write that review before the last two books are out, you better get re-reading now. *NM*
04/12/2009 03:20:31 PM
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I'm actually pretty comfortable with it!
04/12/2009 04:12:32 PM
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about Semirhage
04/12/2009 03:21:32 PM
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but
04/12/2009 03:26:29 PM
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She was never THAT person.
06/12/2009 01:22:39 AM
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Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot
04/12/2009 05:03:48 PM
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Re: Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot
04/12/2009 06:42:41 PM
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If one compares the characters...
05/12/2009 11:24:16 AM
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Did I miss Rand's marriage ceremonies? I always thought the three girls only bonded him *NM*
05/12/2009 11:27:36 AM
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Egwene had the best mix of teachers and a desire to learn. Most believable, IMO. *NM*
04/12/2009 10:17:56 PM
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That's really nonsense
05/12/2009 11:13:20 AM
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And yet Egwene is still a fool regarding Gawyn.
04/12/2009 05:44:49 PM
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Egwene has a long way to go ...
05/12/2009 06:16:31 PM
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Hardly a blunder
06/12/2009 01:43:54 AM
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Re: Hardly a blunder? Send Egwene back to Silviana.
07/12/2009 04:03:08 PM
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Or she her rescue forced her hand. She lost her advantage
07/12/2009 04:47:56 PM
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She should have attacked when they first arrived
07/12/2009 09:35:33 PM
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Don't damn me, damn Graendal
09/12/2009 12:51:18 PM
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Yes, the Aes Sedai need to rediscover the meaning of "servants of all" *NM*
06/12/2009 05:03:19 AM
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I'm re-reading the series now for the first time in years. Egwene has always been a weak character.
07/12/2009 01:12:15 AM
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I think you'll find few people who agree with you on both of those counts...
07/12/2009 01:53:58 PM
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Irritating teen spirits ...
07/12/2009 04:32:51 PM
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You must not have been reading the same series I have.
07/12/2009 10:33:23 PM
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