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Post by Lews on Dec 19, 2007 5:40:06 GMT
I read the first 7 books of Wheel of Time. I was halfway through the 8th when my bookmarker fell out. I blinked a few times, then put the book back up on the shelf. I really didn't care enough to find where I was. Haven't read them sense, and that was like 4 years ago.
I read the last 3 [ i heard someone calling them the 'bastardized trology] Weis and Hickman wrote. It was intresting. I actually bought the first 3 and they are hanging around at my house some day for me to get bored and read if I ever run out of things to do [aka alcohol].
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Feb 18, 2008 17:56:48 GMT
Btw, should I get this book? The last few books were dreadfully disappointing so how does this last book hold up on its' own?
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Post by Winterfox on Feb 22, 2008 19:17:49 GMT
Btw, should I get this book? The last few books were dreadfully disappointing so how does this last book hold up on its' own? If you belong to the masses that hold every word Rowling has written as gospel and the woman as God, then get it. If, on the other hand, you're as disappointed as The Half-Blood Prince and possibly OotP as you've indicated here, pass on this book. Life is short and shouldn't be spent on mediocre bores, and however much the book costs where you are, you could spend that money on a better book or something. Of interest, you can go here for some extremely intelligent and thoroughly funny chapter-to-chapter critical dissection of the book, starting with the first chapter here. A similar undertaking was done for HBP in this community. Another chapter-to-chapter summary, again with hilarious and critical commentary, can be found right here. Oh, sure there are spoilers, but it's not like Deathly Hallows is worth reading anyway. These commentaries are so much funnier, more thoughtful, and just better-written than the crud Rowling vomited forth.
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Post by peterh on Feb 22, 2008 22:23:27 GMT
Btw, should I get this book? The last few books were dreadfully disappointing so how does this last book hold up on its' own? If you're interested in finding out what happens then you should. I was disappointed with book 5 as well but I do think book 7 holds up on it's own and is a fitting finale to the series. I think it's on par with book 4 as the best of the series. Mind, if you're on the fence with this maybe it'll be better to borrow the book at the library than spending money on it.
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Mar 6, 2008 18:33:23 GMT
Btw, should I get this book? The last few books were dreadfully disappointing so how does this last book hold up on its' own? If you belong to the masses that hold every word Rowling has written as gospel and the woman as God, then get it. If, on the other hand, you're as disappointed as The Half-Blood Prince and possibly OotP as you've indicated here, pass on this book. Life is short and shouldn't be spent on mediocre bores, and however much the book costs where you are, you could spend that money on a better book or something. Of interest, you can go here for some extremely intelligent and thoroughly funny chapter-to-chapter critical dissection of the book, starting with the first chapter here. A similar undertaking was done for HBP in this community. Another chapter-to-chapter summary, again with hilarious and critical commentary, can be found right here. Oh, sure there are spoilers, but it's not like Deathly Hallows is worth reading anyway. These commentaries are so much funnier, more thoughtful, and just better-written than the crud Rowling vomited forth. Man, the best book was 3 or 4... before she signed up with the contract. After that, I think the publishers got her to push the books out sooner than she could and probably got her to add in an extra book or 2 as well. I think they probably stretched her writing abilities beyond what she could put out as she took about 10 years to write the first 3 to 4 books. And later, you could see the decline in her writing abilities: the characters started to shift more and more out of character. And number 5 and 6 felt like a rushed job: the plot and characters were written to reach a certain plot conclusion and it was a big disappointment, given how interesting the earlier books were. And being the cunning shrewd she is, she very likely saw a chance to gain money and fame when she landed the contract and didn't mind playing along with the publishers' marketing plans. She likely is sprouting all that marketing spiel about how much research she did, how much effort she put in, etc. Anyways, she's not all that good though. I remember reading some Terry Pratchett and felt that he was leagues better even though that was Colour of Magic: his first novel in the Discworld series. Thanks for the links... will look at it later, if I ever get the time to. ;D
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Mar 6, 2008 19:39:12 GMT
Btw, should I get this book? The last few books were dreadfully disappointing so how does this last book hold up on its' own? If you're interested in finding out what happens then you should. I was disappointed with book 5 as well but I do think book 7 holds up on it's own and is a fitting finale to the series. I think it's on par with book 4 as the best of the series. Mind, if you're on the fence with this maybe it'll be better to borrow the book at the library than spending money on it. Eh... perhaps later, I think. I've got so many books I want to read and other things I want to do...
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