| books 5-10 were, for me, not the same series as books 1-4 and 11. 5-10 were the "joy" of 9 million characters with 9 million different plots, including the ungodly boring "Perrin <3 Faile, Perrin lose Faile, Perrin Smash!" series (to think I really really liked Perrin, and grew to loathe reading anything about him), the "Elayne being whiny and uppity over and over again" arc (Thank god that was finally resolved, except now she just spends every appearance complaining about how out of control her emotions are ~sigh~), and Egwene's "brilliant manipulations!" that were mostly hamfisted and groaners.
Srsly, when I reread 5-10, I find myself skipping anything that doesn't involve Mat, Rand, or Logain. It's just...blah. Also, needs more Loial yo.
I still lurv the Rand/Mat stories enough to buy the books tho lol |