Fine, then say you do not like his style, that you think his writing is clumsy and uncompelling then move on.
Your proposed 12 edition musing about how Jordan does not advance his plots, does not develop his characters the way you think he should, and spends too many words describing clothes and repetative manerism is not needed. It has all been written before, andpossibly better. Simply say "Me Too!" and go do something new. There is an entire Library of Congress of books out there with hundreds of new ones being published each month just begging to be compared against your sylistc preferences. It should not be hard to find one that someone else has not done yet.
Your proposed 12 edition musing about how Jordan does not advance his plots, does not develop his characters the way you think he should, and spends too many words describing clothes and repetative manerism is not needed. It has all been written before, andpossibly better. Simply say "Me Too!" and go do something new. There is an entire Library of Congress of books out there with hundreds of new ones being published each month just begging to be compared against your sylistc preferences. It should not be hard to find one that someone else has not done yet.
But there's more to it than just that, or else I wouldn't have bothered with a re-read. I'm exploring personal reactions and memories as much as anything else and I believe I have some things to say that may be of interest to some (and obviously not to others ). I suspect there will some "surprises" along the way, so I wouldn't try to judge what I'll say before I read and then write it, as for example, I was surprised by how much more I enjoyed EotW this time than I did 10-13 years ago, despite the problems I also noted.
And considering I've written hundreds of reviews over the years, some of them of an "academic" nature, I suppose you'd like to read those as well?
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Re-reading WoT Ten Years Later
16/04/2010 06:07:40 AM
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The Eye of the World (1997-2000, 2010 reads)
16/04/2010 06:08:54 AM
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Re: The Eye of the World (1997-2000, 2010 reads)
16/04/2010 06:29:53 PM
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I think you misrepresent me
16/04/2010 11:15:34 PM
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Re: I think you misrepresent me
17/04/2010 02:56:53 PM
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Re: I think you misrepresent me
17/04/2010 09:45:25 PM
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MA in History? Is there a more useless degree?
16/04/2010 09:56:36 PM
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Yes, whatever degree you have/are studying for
16/04/2010 11:12:55 PM
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Aww...
16/04/2010 07:58:27 PM
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That's next month or June
16/04/2010 11:12:02 PM
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Be sure to send me a noteboard then .
17/04/2010 03:45:46 AM
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Oh, I'd post it at this site as well, perhaps
17/04/2010 03:51:19 AM
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Yeah, but I only lurk in the OF when I'm interested in getting new books...
17/04/2010 04:00:14 AM
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The more posts from this larry guy I read, the more I think.........
18/04/2010 08:56:34 AM
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Interesting metatextual analysis there
18/04/2010 09:47:43 AM
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Nice, but in the future...
18/04/2010 04:04:07 PM
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I know...
18/04/2010 08:11:18 PM
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Re: The more posts from this larry guy I read, the more I think.........
18/04/2010 10:26:12 AM
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The Great Hunt (1997-2000, 2010 reads)
19/04/2010 09:22:40 AM
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It's interesting you thought this about The Great Hunt.
19/04/2010 07:06:57 PM
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Yeah, I almost gave up this series after The Eye of the World too. *NM*
19/04/2010 08:38:25 PM
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Winter's Heart (2000 initial read; 2010 re-read)
07/05/2010 01:35:13 PM
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Re: Winter's Heart (2000 initial read; 2010 re-read)
08/05/2010 09:43:31 AM
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