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I know a lot of people on here have read it, and it gets tons of praise, but I didn't make it halfway through the first book. Nothing about it grabbed my interest.

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thegoodolag15 said:
Has anyone read The Wheel of Time series? I'm considering starting it.

What you will find is a lot of book series since they were released heavily borrow from it. If you like high fantasy (magic, monsters, medieval settings) I think you will like the books.
You would for sure read the first 4 books, then if you want there are some guides on sort of skimming through the middle part of the series if you get bogged down.
Then it finishes strong again at the end of the series.

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maverick2076 said:
I know a lot of people on here have read it, and it gets tons of praise, but I didn't make it halfway through the first book. Nothing about it grabbed my interest.

I never made it past The Slog^TM. It was enjoyable up till then for me though the writing was decidedly dated for sure.

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thegoodolag15 said:
Has anyone read The Wheel of Time series? I'm considering starting it.

I watched the series so not going to mess with the books. I know they're much much much better and deeper just have too much other stuff that needs read.

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Eliminatus said:
maverick2076 said:
I know a lot of people on here have read it, and it gets tons of praise, but I didn't make it halfway through the first book. Nothing about it grabbed my interest.

I never made it past The Slog^TM. It was enjoyable up till then for me though the writing was decidedly dated for sure.

Glad I'm not alone. The first four books were/are arguably the greatest fantasy ever put on paper. 5-8, heretofore known as The Slog, ruined it for me. I abandoned it after book 8 and never went back. I know Sanderson finished it out and that's what made him famous, but the Herculean effort of having to reread all of that since I recall nothing, but Nynaeve tugging her mother f'ing braid over and over, is too daunting to contemplate.