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[yakumo fujii]

Anyways 8 was so much better than 9...9 bored be a bit but then again so did 10..KoD was bad ___ though

Eh? 9 was awesome, Rand is great in it!

[Renoard]

I was talking to a friend about how I wish the same binding had been used on all the volumes.  She thought I meant all 13+ volumes in ONE binding.  She insisted it would be done when BS is finished.  Can you imagine the 2'X3' tome with 10 point type?

[Inquisitor]

I don't think that would even fit in my room.

[Patriotic Kaz]

That  Reonard would take up a shelf by itself and any person over the age o 40 trying to read it would end up with a hernia...

I stand by my previous post 9 and 10 were meh...even not associated in comparison to the awesomeness of the serious... in comparison they blew chunks... (a couple of scenes can not redeem a book, those books had me thinking he was milking the series for cash)

[Shard]

Cleansing Saidin was NOT a couple of scenes it's like half the freaking book!!

[Inquisitor]

Half of a book can be a scene. Granted, that makes for a boring book, but still.

[Shaggy]

Not the case at all (here).

[Shard]

Well I wasn't bored with the Cleansing.

[darxbane]

I agree that he started to drag it out a bit, but I don't think it was for cash.  He had two more prequal novels and outrigger novels planned that could net the cash after the story was done.  I believe he just loved the series so much he didn't want it to end.  I disagree about book 9; I thought it was pretty good.  I admit that I was first introduced to the series just after book 10 came out, so like a lot of people have said, my reading the series all the way through with no time in between may color my perspective.  I certainly sympathize with those who have been waiting almost 20 years to see the end of this thing.

The cleansing was awesome, especially the Dashiva story arc.  I love irony.

[happyman]

The cleansing is one of the highlights of the later books.  I cannot imagine calling it boring or "Meh,"  unlike all the politicking, which I found noticeably less interesting.

[Patriotic Kaz]

The cleansing was only like 4 chapters max...so this tirade is not very rational

[Shard]

There was a build up to the Cleansing to consider as well. For me it really made book 9 worth the wait and read.

[Shaggy]

Me too it was an awesome climax.

[Andrew the Great]

I liked 9, though some of the stuff with Elayne was a little boring. It was 10 that I wanted to kill. But then I read 11 and everything was ok again. I was lucky and started about 2 years ago, so I haven't had to do nearly as much waiting as some.

[Wolfstar]

I liked 9, though some of the stuff with Elayne was a little boring. It was 10 that I wanted to kill. But then I read 11 and everything was ok again. I was lucky and started about 2 years ago, so I haven't had to do nearly as much waiting as some.

11 seemed to get back on track with the first 6 or so books.  The sense of urgency in world was renewed.  Unfortunately, I think that's a result of the real-life urgency of Robert Jordan's illness that forced him to resume the very fast-paced style of the earlier books.