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Book 8. Let's fly...

This is a slog, each book is taking WAY longer to read than they should. On to number 8!

Book 12, and the first credited to 2 people. I'm a bit dubious, but let's go...

Book 7 of 16 - not even half way through! Here we go...

Planned as the penultimate book in the series, this was the last novel to be completed by the Author before his death - the next book was planned to be written by another author, using Jordan's notes as a guide, but that ran so long it was split in to 3. This does not bode well, especially considering how fracturehd the story has become - with 7 major plot threads, each based around different characters, all happening in different places at the same time, plus lesser threads featuring other characters, there are several jarring jumps, and far too often, things come to a head in several threads, at the same time, with little to no apparent connection, almost as if events are being co-ordinated. 3 books and a prequel to go, and I'll be glad to put it behind me.

These are getting tired and formulaic, now - the Secret Seven are horribly middle-class and horribly proud of how clever they are (even though, actually, they aren't very clever at all), and the writing, plot, and character development are dire. I'm beginning to regret deciding to re-read all these!

Book 10 done, and I think I can see at least part of Jordan's endgame. 4 more books to go...

9 books in, and still a solid read - it's amazing how much of this I had forgotten in the intervening 20 years, and the ending was totally unexpected - I think I might have been reading the last 20 pages or so for the first time! Books 10-14 are coming up, and all are entirely new to me.