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Betrayer of Hope Send a noteboard - 23/12/2009 07:01:48 PM
is one of the few explanations I can come up with. Like you, I'm sort of confused as to how anyone could honestly claim that this was a well written book, let alone "one of the best books of the series." If you look at the reviews on Amazon, those are a bit more negative, although generally still more positive than I would have expected. A few possibilities:
1) BS seems like a nice guy. He was given a virtually impossible task. For better or worse, he's going to be completing the series, so what's the point of harshly criticizing him?
2) A fair number of WOT fans do not speak English as their first language. Perhaps the obvious difference in writing ability and style between RJ and BS is less pronounced to them?
3) "Things happened" in TGS, and at this late stage in the series, plot advancement and resolution of mysteries is enough to make people happy.
As for me, I'm with you. I'm still looking forward to the final two books to see what happens, but I'm deeply saddened at the quality of writing in TGS. The bottom line is that this book was written at maybe a 6th or 7th grade level. I defy anyone to compare passages from TGS with the rest of the series and honestly claim that there has not been a jarring drop-off in the quality of the writing.
1) BS seems like a nice guy. He was given a virtually impossible task. For better or worse, he's going to be completing the series, so what's the point of harshly criticizing him?
2) A fair number of WOT fans do not speak English as their first language. Perhaps the obvious difference in writing ability and style between RJ and BS is less pronounced to them?
3) "Things happened" in TGS, and at this late stage in the series, plot advancement and resolution of mysteries is enough to make people happy.
As for me, I'm with you. I'm still looking forward to the final two books to see what happens, but I'm deeply saddened at the quality of writing in TGS. The bottom line is that this book was written at maybe a 6th or 7th grade level. I defy anyone to compare passages from TGS with the rest of the series and honestly claim that there has not been a jarring drop-off in the quality of the writing.
Can't bring myself to re-read tGS
- 23/12/2009 12:01:33 PM
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I think pretty much alone, yes
- 23/12/2009 01:39:52 PM
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I'm sorry you feel that way. I thought Sanderson did an outstanding job. *NM*
- 23/12/2009 04:30:16 PM
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- 23/12/2009 07:01:48 PM
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- 23/12/2009 10:34:15 PM
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*NM*
It was better than POD or COT if you ask me. It was as good as I could have asked for from BS *NM*
- 25/12/2009 12:10:51 AM
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OK, maybe the writting wasn't as good, but the story was better than the previous couple of books *NM*
- 29/12/2009 08:24:17 AM
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No, you're not. It was OK - I was more happy that the series seemed to be progressing
- 29/12/2009 03:43:59 PM
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Except for the Mat parts, it was fairly good.
- 30/12/2009 04:30:15 AM
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Yeah, CoT is one of the WoT books I don't even use as a reference. I try to forget it. *NM*
- 30/12/2009 03:53:25 PM
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The Mat parts were the only places I was jarred by the difference in writing style
- 14/01/2010 03:12:58 PM
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Sorry, but I think Jordan was not writing all that well himself anymore
- 14/01/2010 09:19:07 AM
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