The Wheel of Time
In 1996 I picked up a softcover copy of The Eye of the World at the recommendation of a classmate. The Wheel of Time only had a few books out, but the world was vast and historied, being written by Robert Jordan; our contemporary Tolkien
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I quite liked the first few books in the series. I read them while I was in university, and snapped up the newest ones as soon as they were published.
I noted that the books were getting longer and longer, and the action was getting slower and slower. My patience with the author reached its end when I read the book that was fully three inches thick, and comprised of about one day (albeit spread out over four or five storylines). It was too slow, and the author's misogyny was far, far too obvious (ie, the only way the author knows how to portray a strong woman is one who flies off the handle into irrational rages for the smallest infraction).
I gave up.
I'm glad you liked the books, as I did when I first started reading them. I just can't see myself getting back into them again.
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