Man, I'm about halfway through Memory of Light and cannot believe that this massive series is almost over

@chrissleeping65

2 жыл бұрын

I just finished the series for the first time back in April, 5 months later and I'm now 4 books in on my re-read. Wheel of Time has consumed my life 🙃 Looking forward to the shows interpretation of the story.

@benbutler9282

2 жыл бұрын

re-read you will not regret it

@boli2746

2 жыл бұрын

@@benbutler9282 a reread of WoT is perhaps the most rewarding thing you'll ever do as you notice *soooo* much foreshadowing and subtle development you skim-read the first time.

@jcalz216

2 жыл бұрын

Check out John M. Ford’s The Dragon Waiting. It’s kinda cool how much WOT is a vast extrapolation on what this little-known novel from 1983 did, especially since RJ and Ford were close friends. There’s a Slate article about Ford I also recommend; the phrase “games consultant” came up and continues to interest me no end.

The letter that Verin left Mat revealed info to him that could only be revealed after she died so when she negotiated down from 90 days to 30 days she knew she was negotiating away 60 days of her life.

Just finished Towers of Midnight an hour ago. Loved it.

@TheJackedNerd.

11 ай бұрын

Nice! Everything 11 and after is like an avalanche of awesome storytelling

I feel the same about Perrin's Wolfdream arc, it would have been better if we had more of a build up to the reveal of his end game power. Jain's death scene is fantastic, and so sorrowful when Matt realises what the Ashanderai actually does. The Maradon scenes were incredible, you really get to know Rodel and it's pretty devastating. I've always really loved the Little Wolf, but this book really made him for me. Aviendha's future visions are written incredibly, I remember the first time I read that chapter and felt hollow and shocked for a whole day afterwards.

I'm not a darkfriend😄 You just made my day. Awesome💪 Great reviews, brother👍

Just finished it today, the last 3 entries have been brilliant. About to start AMoL and I got a little emotional just looking at the map lmfao. I'll definitely be watching your reviews in the future, especially the final WOT one

About Noal (Jain Fairstrider) with the Malkier, I just re read book one and when the Emmonds fielders are all learning about Malkier and how it fell, Agolmar says that Cowan Fairheart, one of the main darkfriends responsible for the fall of Malkier, was taken by young Jain Charan, already called Jain Farstrider.

Man you are flying through these. Yep Perrin's story needed to catch-up and it is a bit awkward at times. Rand's few scenes are flat out epic, not the guy you want to be your enemy. Mat is not the same but he still gives me a chuckle. Avi has gotten so little page time, but what she gets is so good. Elayne and her brother... I know cats and dogs smarter then either of them, at least they are pretty I guess. Eggy is a wee bit full of herself with the seal thing and a few other things, but overall she has her people headed in the right direction. Here we are about to drop into the valley of destruction, hope you enjoy it man. I dont know what you have read, but most seem to get into Brandon Sanderson and his Cosmere. So series like Mistborn or Stormlight or the few stand alone books he has written.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Read all of cosmere!

Great summary of the book man. Good to see another wheelie being born. Almost at the end now but…. The first re-read is probably the best read ever.😀 Also…not critizising.. but listening to the audiobooks is good , especially for getting names and words pronounciation.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I know I definitely pronounce names wrong like Brigitte instead of birgitte but I feel like it makes the story my own experience just like having your own image of characters in your head

@fanaticbox

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh, the audiobook humbled the hell out of me. Like Damm, I suck at pronunciation

This is a completely old skool fantasy but Raymond E Fiest's Magician (and subsequent books) is a great series to jump in to cool off after the monster that is WoT :)

@derrickdavis5390

2 жыл бұрын

Eh the first four books M:A, M:M, Silverthorn, and Darkness at Sethanon are all great. Everything after that is kinda eh....there's even a point where Feist creates a scene between two characters who have already met but it's written like they haven't met....I feel like the quality goes down significantly from this point on and it was so sad for me as I loved the first several books.

@boli2746

2 жыл бұрын

@@derrickdavis5390 I agree with you but I say that the good books extend further: The Riftwar Saga (initial books) * Magician * Silverthorn * A Darkness at Sethanon The Empire Trilogy (a MUST READ! fantastic trilogy) * Daughter of the Empire * Servant of the Empire * Mistress of the Empire Krondor's Sons (Two standalone stories, but decent) * Prince of the Blood * The King's Buccaneer The Serpentwar Saga (three great books, one terrible) * Shadow of a Dark Queen * Rise of a Merchant Prince * Rage of a Demon King And THIS is where I stop reading; on purpose. I have read all the way to the end and there is some cool scenes, characters and the like but here, it just feels a great place to conclude the Saga as it concludes a lot of the original plot points and character development. Reading the fourth in this saga you are just gonna feel 'bleh' about a lot of it.

My theory was that Olver, who in the books is always described as an ugly kid, is the reborn Gaidal Kain. I was really surprised it was never confirmed and I do believe that if Robert Jordan had time to finish the books, it would have turned out to be the case.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

That actually makes a lot of sense but I still think it would be funny for ghalad and berlain to have an ugly kid

@cabalpaxiarch7239

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. Though genetically impossible it would certainly be ironic and hilarious.

Totally agree with the flashback stuff. Perrin fixing the wagon pissing and moaning to himself made me wanna pull my hair out.

We love Hopper in tis house 😢

I read the First law trilogy right after I finished the Wheel of Time. It's completely different, but it's what I needed tbh.

ok for book recommendation i have to say, Kings of the Wyld. it's a great book to read after a heavy series like WoT.

okay a lot I wanna say lol if you like scifi I have loved the "Bobiverse" series by Dennis E. Taylor; the "Children of time" series by Adrian Tchaikovsky; or some Orsin Scott Card sequels to Ender's game. A lot happened in this book so I get some of the confusion you have at certain points. That is why many of us have reread the series multiple times lol. The Verin letter is a good example of this as she wrote it while under her black oaths so she could only do that under specific conditions. I definitely agree that Perrin's training is much more muted than egwene's. Very excited to see what you think of MoL.

Galad + Berelan = Gaidal Cain is now my new head canon. Bravo.

I think you will really like the King Killer Chronicle, hopefully Rathfuss finishes the damn series. You will get your answers about the Aiel, and the black tower, the black tower arc I think you will really like. Hey

I highly recommend reading the Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter. Spicy af.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Watched an interview with him, cool guy

Read His Dark Materials and Dune. At least your overall thoughts or ranking on the ASOIAF books would be nice as well

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve read dune and ASOIAF and adore them but would love to revisit them in the future once I catch up on some of the other popular series I’ve missed

@Deadsicle

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. His Dark Materials is a good rec

“ Chosen, wait im not a dark friend” 🤣 Freudian slip huh

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Shhhhhhh my grand plan isn’t ready to be revealed yet

I'd suggest either Patrick Rothfuss, The King Killer Chronicles or Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Read all of Sanderson! King killers definitely on the list

After you finish The Wheel of Time, I recommend that you read all of Sanderson's Cosmere novels starting with The Mistborn Trilogy. Joe Abercrombie's First Law Trilogy and Robin Hobbs Realm of the Elderlings novels starting with the Farseer Trilogy are also really good.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Read all of cosmere! Think lies of locklemora is up next

@beardedbookworm794

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. Yep, The Gentlemen Bastards are definitely great too, and I think that the fourth book is finally being released soon.

There's only one series so far that feels as big as the Wheel of Time, and it's Malazan: Book of the Fallen.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Oh boy, definitely have Malazan on the list but kinda want to get through a couple other smaller series before throwing away a few months on that

By having Mat wait 30 days she ensures that he and his army will be there to defend Caemlyn regardless whether he reads the letter or not. What she didn't anticipate though is that Mat would leave the band of the red hand to help Thom save Moiraine.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Ok that makes sense

@chrissleeping65

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. how's A Memory of Light so far?

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Great, feels simple after everybody having so many varying storylines but not in a bad way. Don’t want it to end

Didn't Lan's choice happen on the same day he felt Nyneave take over his bond? That could have influenced it.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

No it was after I’m pretty sure, still wish he’d had to actually do something to make the decision

Basically, I am next.

The 30 days was intended to keep the band in the city long enough to defend it. If he opened the letter he would have known of the attack. If not, The attack will come before the 30 days are up. Either way the band can help defend the city.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Yea it took me a couple extra days to figure that it, thanks for watching!

I’m at this point now

If you really want a nice change of pace read the first law trilogy it’s unbelievably great and the perfect thing to read after a huge series like wheel of time. Dresden files is also great check that out as well.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

On the second book of first law!

Tell them Jain Farstrider died clean

You are just quickly ripping through these books... guess you are jacked :P If you wanna stay with Sanderson, his Mistborn books are amazing. Never read, but I've heard I'm missing out on the Stormlight Archive

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I loved the storm light archive and the rest of the cosmere

@rainbowsprinklez

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. I feel like any fantasy I read now will always be lacking. I already read the best

@rainbowsprinklez

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. Have you ever read the Mistborn: Alloy of Law series? I think it is fantastically done.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I have looking forward to the 4th one

The first law trilogy and then the stand alones by Joe Abercrombie

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

On book 5, reviews dropping soon!

Bro try the cosmere books by brandon sanderson start with the mistborn trilogy in my recommendation. 😁

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Read it all!

@NOONE00001

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. what you think bout it and how bout the gentleman bastard sequence by scott lynch?

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

That’s top of the list

Done! Not as good as the previous 2 unfortuntely. The Perrin stuff was good but should have happened about 4/5 books ago. Also, is this really the only reaso Morgase was kept alive? I still enjoyed it, but it also reminded me of how dumb the whole shaido stuff was which spoiled it a little bit for me. Graendl also does nothing really to actually kill Perrin. Unfortuntely, I've given up on the Forsaken being anything other than rubbish villains a this point. Regarding the letter... sigh. Here's what does make sense. Mat is requested to either open the letter after 10 days or not open it and stay in Caemlyn for 30 days (cant remember the exact number for the latter but whatever). The reason for the initial 10 days is to use the loophole in her oath to the Shadow. She is guaranteeing that she will be dead before Mat opens the letter keeping her oath intact. The reason for the 30 days is simply to keep Mat in Caemlyn for as long as she possibly can so that he can defend the city. The problem with all this is....WHY ARE YOU GIVING THIS TO MAT?? Give it to someone else! Oh well, final book now. It feels a bit emotionl!

@TheJackedNerd.

28 күн бұрын

Dang man you are ripping through these!

@alexayres7642

28 күн бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. Ha yeah the post slog was a real shot in the arm and now I can sorta sense the end and i gotta know!

re-read this series if you want to really understand what you have read - also rearrange chapters to do it better if you can- plenty criticize it no-one details how to do it better- its harder than you think when you try by the way

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Of course it’s harder to write it I’m just sharing my opinion on how I thought it should’ve been arranged. The writing isn’t the problem, just the placement of chapters

@benbutler9282

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. all good - just saying you didnt advise how to rearrange - just that it could be - i've thought alot about it and each move of a chapter has consequence.

Read the belgariad 5 books but not as heavy sledding

You keep mentioning re-reads which is cool. That's how people handle the emptyness after finishing AMoL. I wonder how your opinions of characters and events will change! You'll read things that you don't remember and learn new things. Re-reads are great.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

I’m super excited to do one in the future but I want to let it sit for awhile longer