Is The Wheel of Time worth it?

I've been debating about whether or not to start reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. The general consensus appears to be that they start off excellent but quickly deteriorate at around the middle, turning into a pile of slop by the tenth book, but it picks up again with Sanderson's volume. Should I give it a go or no?

No, you should go play some BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger or Continuum Shift instead.

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Wheel of Time is overrated. Drags on, gets boring.

If you want really, really good fantasy go with Martin's a Song of Ice and Fire series. It's not finished yet, and he's taking forever on A Dance With Dragons - but unfinished as it is it is completely awesome and head and shoulders above Wheel of Time.

If you want to read a finished series read Robin Hobb's Elderlings saga (which is the Farseer Trilogy, the LiveShip Trilogy, and the Tawny Man trilogy - in that order.) The most underrated fantasy series of all time, in my opinion just as good as Martin. I might even like it better.

Wheel of Time is overrated. Drags on, gets boring.

If you want really, really good fantasy go with Martin's a Song of Ice and Fire series. It's not finished yet, and he's taking forever on A Dance With Dragons - but unfinished as it is it is completely awesome and head and shoulders above Wheel of Time.

If you want to read a finished series read Robin Hobb's Elderlings saga (which is the Farseer Trilogy, the LiveShip Trilogy, and the Tawny Man trilogy - in that order.) The most underrated fantasy series of all time, in my opinion just as good as Martin. I might even like it better.

RuprechtMonkey

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Wheel of Time is overrated. Drags on, gets boring.

If you want really, really good fantasy go with Martin's a Song of Ice and Fire series. It's not finished yet, and he's taking forever on A Dance With Dragons - but unfinished as it is it is completely awesome and head and shoulders above Wheel of Time.

If you want to read a finished series read Robin Hobb's Elderlings saga (which is the Farseer Trilogy, the LiveShip Trilogy, and the Tawny Man trilogy - in that order.) The most underrated fantasy series of all time, in my opinion just as good as Martin. I might even like it better.

Theokhoth

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Wheel of Time is overrated. Drags on, gets boring.

If you want really, really good fantasy go with Martin's a Song of Ice and Fire series. It's not finished yet, and he's taking forever on A Dance With Dragons - but unfinished as it is it is completely awesome and head and shoulders above Wheel of Time.

If you want to read a finished series read Robin Hobb's Elderlings saga (which is the Farseer Trilogy, the LiveShip Trilogy, and the Tawny Man trilogy - in that order.) The most underrated fantasy series of all time, in my opinion just as good as Martin. I might even like it better.

Commander-Gree

If you guys are finishing A Song of Ice and Firea nd loved it, get into Robin Hobb's Elderling stuff. Seriously, the Elderling Saga (start with the Farseer Trilogy, then LiveShip trilogy, then Tawny Man trilogy) is such a great series.

Stop the series after the Tawny Man trilogy though, Dragon Keeper was supposed to be a fleshed-out followup to the LiveShip trilogy but clearly it was written just to get more money off of its popularity, it should be skipped - it adds nothing whatsoever to the series.

While I haven't read the series myself, I love this review of book ten:

While I haven't read the series myself, I love this review of book ten:

Nagru