If I was going to revisit them all again, I would definitely consider that. First time through I'd like to read them.

It's just a matter of large stretches without much motivation followed by bursts where I knock out most of a book in a week or two.

It's normal to get mired in the slough of despair during some if these books. Try skimming. Perrins not going anywhere in a hurry.

Yeah, books 7-11 are very slow... Brandon Sanderson really picks up the pace though.

If I had to put my finger on it

I think Jordan spent a great deal of time re-setting the stage at each of his books.

Which might have been nice if you were reading them as they were published, a year or more apart.

But I don't need a long reintroduction to Rand and Perrin and Egwene two hours after I finished the last one.

It feels to me like very little ever happens in the first 300 or so pages of the books.

And all the action is loaded into the second half.

So it takes me half a year to read the first half and a week to read the second.

At least that pace has been the norm for me pretty consistently now 7 books into the series.

Which might have been nice if you were reading them as they were published, a year or more apart.

It was not.

And it was usually a lot more than a year start which added insult to injury.

 

If I had to put my finger on it I'd say he wasn't feeling well for many years and just lost the plot. Without contractual obligations and the need for more income I don't think he'd gave continued writing.

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So it takes me half a year to read the first half and a week to read the second.

Skim skim spam spam skim skim spam spam

Then you're in for some fun with Crossroads of Twilight.

 

That's basically the first half of the book of which Knife of Dreams is the second half. Only they're both the length of a full book.

Fair warning, it's very hard to stop after Knife of Dreams.

It basically ends mid-scene.

Yeah, books 7-11 are very slow... Brandon Sanderson really picks up the pace though.

How is Knife of Dreams slow? 

 

Yeah, books 7-11 are very slow... Brandon Sanderson really picks up the pace though.

How is Knife of Dreams slow? 

 

 

It's probably the fastest of them, but it's nowhere close to the last three, or the first three for that matter. 7-10 if you wish.

Everything from PoD to ToM is slow in my opinion. The 4 book Perrin arc greatly disturbes me. I don't give a rats behind about Malden.

I wouldn't call The Gathering Storm slow, with all Rand's and Egwene's character development in there, and much less so for Towers of Midnight, though I have to say that about every chapter in ToM with Rand in it is one of my favorite chapters, which may influence my view.

Let me rephrase that. PoD up to ToM. ToM is probably my favorite in the whole series.

Ouch, four book Perrin arc is not something I was looking forward to.