The Wheel of Time Reread at NOAF: Winter's Heart
Welcome back, dear readers, to The Wheel of Time Reread. Today @Joe talks about Winter’s Heart, the ninth book in the series.
Now that I've finished #TheWheelOfTime and gone back to reading "regular" books, I have a whole new appreciation for Robert Jordan's ability to create interesting characters and weave (🧐) them into a compelling story. I'll never complain about women who fold their arms under their breasts 47 times per chapter again.
...well okay I will because it's silly, but point is, the man could write, in a way that a lot of run-of-the-mill published authors cannot.
@ametonym@bookstodon I think I don't agree with that. I mean, sure there were a few typos that should have been fixed by better copy editing, and the story was certainly more complex than it needed to be in a few places, but neither of those detracted very much from my experience.
Or, I guess I should say, I don't think more aggressive editing would have made the books substantially better for me. I'd believe it could have done so for many other readers.
@ninsiana0@bookstodon For me it's the last book of the Wheel of Time series - I've been working on the series since January and it was my goal all along to get to the end this year
Hey. It's ok if you're behind on your yearly reading goal. That number was arbitrarily chosen in a January fog of optimism & champagne anyway, and you don't need to turn something you love & brings you comfort into a stressor. Read good books. Enjoy them. Be gentle with yourself.
@ninsiana0@bookstodon Wise words 😀 although I wouldn't discount the satisfaction that comes from achieving a goal over a long term. It's not the biggest deal but it is something.
I actually do have one goal I really care about, which is to finish the #WheelOfTime series this year... I'm definitely running a little behind on that (only 10.6 books in, out of 14) but it's close enough that I might just make it. 🤞
@markw@bookstodon The only thing holding me back is that I'm currently making a big push to finish #WheelOfTime and I'm kind of hesitant to be reading multiple sci-fi/fantasy novels at once, it can get confusing
Would be fascinated to know if anyone is watching #WheelOfTime that hasn't read the books. Must be almost indecipherable. There's like a 5% chance this series makes it to completion, and it will be wildly difficult to condense it down to something coherent, but season 2 episode one was decent - felt tighter than most of what I remember from season 1, which felt like years ago.
Been watching season 2 of The Wheel of Time on Prime. Is anyone else really disappointed with the significant changes made to the story line from the books?
I am FASCINATED by the adaptations being made by #WheelOfTime--and I dig them. Given the current media ecosystem, there's no way they'd ever get 14+ seasons to do a so-called "true" representation, so it seems like they're seeing how to make the arcs work in, eh, 4-7 seasons?
I'm Mura, gekidasa on practically every platform and @_alivealife_ on the birdsite. I like to make websites and sometimes I write. I came here back in November when so many did, and wandered away, mostly.
Anyway, I'm hoping to find people that have joined since.
Queers of Time, a #WheelOfTime podcast, is having an anniversary and charity livestream supporting the Marsha P Johnson Institute, which helps uplift the voices of Black Trans people.
Edit because I'm seeing this get some engagement now: the livestream was on June 3rd.