I really think he should have left off after book 1. It had a good story, interesting things happened. Neat stuff. Wrapped up well. Then.. 11 books later it keeps being dragged out. By about book 7 I had come to hate almost every main character and most of the minor ones and hoping the Dark One would win and end it all.
And seriously, I don't know if he literarily could have ripped off he Fremen and Bene Jesuits any more. The Aiel got all water-soft and lame and the cool female Aiel leads got all soppy and let's-knit-and-mooneye-about-Rand and junk.. like, I don't know.. EVERY OTHER FEMALE CHARACTER. I mean, geeze, can you say groupies?
That and Jordan seemed to have an increasing and vaguely creepifying preoccupation with big breasts and naked women as the 'plot' progressed.
Then the three non-Aiel lead women spent all their time either feminizing about how stupid and useless men were and how awesome and empowered they were, or moping about which one of them Rand liked more. Come the heck off it already, be strong and independent, or be weak and whiny.
Old Tongue: I can't decide if it is supposed to be a painfully contrived mishmash of scraps of every language known to god and man, or if he really was that unoriginal and bland of a linguist. I'd almost prefer he say right out that the Third Age is a post-post-Earth-apocalypse and have used Esperanto instead.
Mat: Lawl, got killed by elves. Gambles and womanizes but has no actual character. Lack of deep concept obscured by Unique Weapon, Dark Secret, and Distracting Accessories. Wait.. is this Final Fantasy?
Perrin: Big axe. Furry in denial. Would be cool if he were able to maintain a backbone long enough to progress the plot.
Best redeeming quality of the series so far: The Japane^H^H^H Seanchan invading and taking over everything. Europe is screwed.
Rosebud is the name of Rand's sword.
And seriously, I don't know if he literarily could have ripped off he Fremen and Bene Jesuits any more. The Aiel got all water-soft and lame and the cool female Aiel leads got all soppy and let's-knit-and-mooneye-about-Rand and junk.. like, I don't know.. EVERY OTHER FEMALE CHARACTER. I mean, geeze, can you say groupies?
That and Jordan seemed to have an increasing and vaguely creepifying preoccupation with big breasts and naked women as the 'plot' progressed.
Then the three non-Aiel lead women spent all their time either feminizing about how stupid and useless men were and how awesome and empowered they were, or moping about which one of them Rand liked more. Come the heck off it already, be strong and independent, or be weak and whiny.
Old Tongue: I can't decide if it is supposed to be a painfully contrived mishmash of scraps of every language known to god and man, or if he really was that unoriginal and bland of a linguist. I'd almost prefer he say right out that the Third Age is a post-post-Earth-apocalypse and have used Esperanto instead.
Mat: Lawl, got killed by elves. Gambles and womanizes but has no actual character. Lack of deep concept obscured by Unique Weapon, Dark Secret, and Distracting Accessories. Wait.. is this Final Fantasy?
Perrin: Big axe. Furry in denial. Would be cool if he were able to maintain a backbone long enough to progress the plot.
Best redeeming quality of the series so far: The Japane^H^H^H Seanchan invading and taking over everything. Europe is screwed.
Rosebud is the name of Rand's sword.
Also, I can kill you with my brain.