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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.
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Semirhage and Egwene - 04/12/2009 02:31:45 PM 1741 Views
I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 02:58:48 PM 979 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. *NM* - 04/12/2009 03:22:49 PM 473 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 03:29:46 PM 930 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 03:33:03 PM 953 Views
Re: I agree with all of that. - 04/12/2009 04:13:55 PM 844 Views
The entire cast is full of Perfect Sues and Stuarts (I may have just made latter up) - 04/12/2009 03:14:27 PM 982 Views
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 412 Views
I'm actually pretty comfortable with it! - 04/12/2009 04:12:32 PM 885 Views
Re: I'm actually pretty comfortable with it! - 04/12/2009 06:50:10 PM 906 Views
about Semirhage - 04/12/2009 03:21:32 PM 1298 Views
but - 04/12/2009 03:26:29 PM 875 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 03:35:52 PM 868 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 03:46:00 PM 937 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 03:51:03 PM 883 Views
Cadsuane is rather close to perfect herself. - 04/12/2009 08:37:21 PM 964 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 05:04:12 PM 883 Views
Re: but - 04/12/2009 05:41:51 PM 890 Views
She was never THAT person. - 06/12/2009 01:22:39 AM 855 Views
Never WHAT person? - 06/12/2009 10:21:43 PM 888 Views
I'm not sure I agree - 08/12/2009 12:54:43 PM 735 Views
I agree! - 04/12/2009 04:31:24 PM 841 Views
Re: about Semirhage - 04/12/2009 08:16:15 PM 878 Views
Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 04/12/2009 05:03:48 PM 1014 Views
Re: Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 04/12/2009 06:42:41 PM 863 Views
If one compares the characters... - 05/12/2009 11:24:16 AM 797 Views
Did I miss Rand's marriage ceremonies? I always thought the three girls only bonded him *NM* - 05/12/2009 11:27:36 AM 405 Views
You are right... - 05/12/2009 12:21:59 PM 842 Views
I disagree - 05/12/2009 05:11:28 PM 818 Views
Egwene had the best mix of teachers and a desire to learn. Most believable, IMO. *NM* - 04/12/2009 10:17:56 PM 431 Views
That's really nonsense - 05/12/2009 11:13:20 AM 783 Views
I think your perception is very skewed - 05/12/2009 05:16:46 PM 814 Views
Agreed - 05/12/2009 06:15:46 PM 846 Views
Bull! - 06/12/2009 02:55:13 AM 836 Views
Rabbit! - 06/12/2009 04:14:10 AM 770 Views
Re: Alas, Semirhage was actually an idiot - 05/12/2009 06:11:40 PM 837 Views
Indeed - 05/12/2009 06:30:39 PM 882 Views
And yet Egwene is still a fool regarding Gawyn. - 04/12/2009 05:44:49 PM 941 Views
Gawyn is a fool all of his own - 04/12/2009 08:02:10 PM 866 Views
Re: Gawyn is a fool all of his own - 05/12/2009 05:54:11 AM 781 Views
Please stop - your use of logic here is sickening! - 06/12/2009 04:43:31 AM 853 Views
I disagree with most of that - 05/12/2009 10:58:12 AM 859 Views
Egwene has a long way to go ... - 05/12/2009 06:16:31 PM 869 Views
Hardly a blunder - 06/12/2009 01:43:54 AM 823 Views
Re: Hardly a blunder? Send Egwene back to Silviana. - 07/12/2009 04:03:08 PM 850 Views
Or she her rescue forced her hand. She lost her advantage - 07/12/2009 04:47:56 PM 736 Views
She lost her advantage?!? Siuan probably saved her life - 09/12/2009 11:57:26 AM 832 Views
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She should have attacked when they first arrived - 07/12/2009 09:35:33 PM 775 Views
Don't damn me, damn Graendal - 09/12/2009 12:51:18 PM 797 Views
Re: Don't damn me, damn Graendal - 09/12/2009 06:11:53 PM 964 Views
A couple of points - 09/12/2009 07:11:18 PM 843 Views
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 827 Views
LOL *NM* - 07/12/2009 04:29:56 AM 342 Views
I think you'll find few people who agree with you on both of those counts... - 07/12/2009 01:53:58 PM 787 Views
Not at all. - 07/12/2009 03:20:38 PM 773 Views
Irritating teen spirits ... - 07/12/2009 04:32:51 PM 868 Views
As long as the bags were Louis Vuitton all would be fine *NM* - 07/12/2009 04:51:13 PM 471 Views
You must not have been reading the same series I have. - 07/12/2009 10:33:23 PM 898 Views
Re: You must not have been reading the same series I have. - 09/12/2009 01:12:56 PM 801 Views
Re: You must not have been reading the same series I have. - 09/12/2009 02:59:04 PM 859 Views

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