Has anyone read Robert Jordans most recent book? Need help =)

Hi All =) I would be greatly appreciative if someone can help me with something. My friend is having this really romantic, long distance, love affair and he emailed something to her last night that is driving her nuts, and in hindsight, being her good friend she is driving me nuts LOL.

He emailed her that she needs to read the whole Robert Jordan series because he just finished the last book and some guyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s whole life quest was revealed and it reminded him of her. Being that she would have to read like 15 books to get there and I am only almost done the first book both of us have no clue what the heck he meant!

She is going nuts because they can not speak for 2 weeks, and she just HAS to know LOL. I find the whole thing very sweet.

So can anyone help me? What happened at the end of his latest book? I guess just private message me so as to not spoil anyone elseâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s reading experience.

Thanks in advanced!

Ok, excuse my blathering. My dad read the WoT series from the very beginning, and I picked it up in high school. The series...never...ends! Seriously, each book is increadibly verbous, has a billion characters who go off on their own plot adventures, and on and on and on. It was good for the first few books (I'll say 8, although most people I've talked to say it went downhill before then). In the last few books, there were so many plot lines and he wrote so wordilly that you only visiting each character once or twice.

And then - HE DIED! Seriously, he died before he finished writing the series. Apparently, people are now finishing up the series from his notes, but still, geez.

Now, whenever I see someone reading a WoT book in public, I want to run up, grab it out of their hands and scream, run away, run away!

whew, ok. Sorry, haven't read the last book yet. Waiting for it to show up at a used bookstore in a few months. If she wants to read the WoT books, she can probably find a ton for really cheap. If she starts now, she may get to book 12 in a year or 2

Wheel of Time is my favorite series ever

Robert Jordan did die 2 years ago, but another fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson is completing the books from Jordan's notes and outlines. The one just released is Book 12, but there will be 2 more to complete the series released in the next 2 years.

As for the plotline your friend mentioned, its not really something you can explain. No idea how it could possibly relate to your friend.

There's more than one guy's life quest throughout the series - that's what makes it so long, too many characters.

If she reads slow maybe it would take a year, if she reads at normal speed it would take around.. well 12 weeks. Faster reader could do it in a month due to the fact that the books are quick reading.

rahma - resist that urge. Some people are protective and flip if you touch their books. I know I've always been weird about it and people who have tried physically taking a book from me in the past have been hit or stabbed with whatever object is nearby. It's reactive, I don't really plan to do it. It's probably from when I was little and other kids would bully me by taking my books and throwing them in mud/across the fence into the street.

I tried reading the first book of that series and was so bored I didn't finish it. I LOVE fantasy, but not this series.

For what it's worth, I think the absolute best length for a series is 3 books. Any more and it just drags on too long and ends up going downhill til you wonder why you liked it in the first place.

And then you have the authors who apparently get bored with their own series in the middle or something so that you can literally wait years or maybe forever for them to finish it (see George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire as an example).

I love the WoT series but I have not had the chance to read the newest book.

LMAO my poor friend has now gone mad. This is driving her crazy. So thereâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s no way Rands life mission has to do with something like romance or love? I told her he probably is trying to trick her into reading the books since he has been asking her for months now lol.

I started reading the series for this same guy, heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s a good friend, but itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s not really my style. I find it confusing and way too descriptive. I really enjoy reading it, but the above comments have made me want to stop. I did stop reading it when my favorite author came out with a new novel, who knows if I will finish the Robert Jordan book I started.

Well... there's a bit of that in there. But story is the typical good vs evil with an anti hero of sorts that has a lot of hurdles to overcome in the process. Another multibook seires that has a very similar plot would be Micheal Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone books.

Wheel of Time is my husband's favorite series. He rereads the entire series after each new book comes out. However, I think this time he's just going to read the new book solo. He is finishing up a different book right now, and then he will start the new Robert Jordan book. I myself don't have time to pee in private let alone read a book.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

rahma - resist that urge. Some people are protective and flip if you touch their books. I know I've always been weird about it and people who have tried physically taking a book from me in the past have been hit or stabbed with whatever object is nearby. It's reactive, I don't really plan to do it.

It's probably from when I was little and other kids would bully me by taking my books and throwing them in mud/across the fence into the street.

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Heh, I saw someone on the bus last night with Knife of Dreams. I'm proud to say I managed to restrain myself and instead kept my nose in my star wars novel

Originally Posted by marinewife05

He rereads the entire series after each new book comes out. However, I think this time he's just going to read the new book solo

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How on earth can he do that? I've read the series more than a dozen times probably, and by the time I get to the end, I can't remember most of what's happened in the beginning and middle.

Despite all my protestations, I'll probably read the series again 3 times, once for each new book. Then I'll have to decide whether or not I want to break my "never get rid of a book" trend and donate them to goodwill, so I won't be tempted to pick them up again and suck away 6 months of reading time.

I don't get why people reread books. I started that series around '93 or '94, reading all the released ones up within a couple weeks and then had to wait on all the others. I still remember what happened in the other books - though I couldn't tell you exactly what happened in each book because it all flows together.
I remember stuff as either actual text/page or as a mini movie. Non-fiction science stuff usually gets the page layout in my memory which I "flip through".

Originally Posted by strange_wings

I don't get why people reread books.

I started that series around '93 or '94, reading all the released ones up within a couple weeks and then had to wait on all the others. I still remember what happened in the other books - though I couldn't tell you exactly what happened in each book because it all flows together.
I remember stuff as either actual text/page or as a mini movie. Non-fiction science stuff usually gets the page layout in my memory which I "flip through".

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I like re-reading some books, even if I remember everything. It's like watching a favorite movie over again. Some people can't stand it, others enjoy it.

So as not to make this a complete thread hijack...I've never read the series, but good luck to your friend! BTW...why can't they talk for two weeks? Just curious.

I will only reread books if they were superduper awesome LOL. But i have read a few books more then once.

Her man is in the military, not sure of the details since i didnt ask but either he is moving bases, or doing some training and he wont have access to a phone or internet. I think... i really didnt ask.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

I don't get why people reread books.

I started that series around '93 or '94, reading all the released ones up within a couple weeks and then had to wait on all the others. I still remember what happened in the other books - though I couldn't tell you exactly what happened in each book because it all flows together.
I remember stuff as either actual text/page or as a mini movie. Non-fiction science stuff usually gets the page layout in my memory which I "flip through".

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Originally Posted by BaloneysMom

I will only reread books if they were superduper awesome LOL. But i have read a few books more then once.

Her man is in the military, not sure of the details since i didnt ask but either he is moving bases, or doing some training and he wont have access to a phone or internet. I think... i really didnt ask.

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Ah, ok. In this day and age, you never hear about people not being able to talk for 2 hours, much less 2 weeks, so it piqued my curiosity!

^I have too much to read - I've always been obsessed with reading more and more. In 2007 I read around 329 books, that's how bad it is. Average a year is usually around 200.

Whether you'll like the series depends on whether you like high fantasy type stuff. There's a lot of characters to follow and sometimes it seems like nothing really happens in some of the books because it's so broken up. But if you read fast and keep moving on to the next book this wouldn't really be noticed. Most libraries will have the series (unless people haven't been returning the books) so at least it's an easy one to get.
Others that flow similarly would be Terry Goodkind's work, Terry Brooks, Melanie Rawn, David Eddings, and a lot of the Dragonlance books and separate stuff that Weis and Hickman have wrote together - if you've read these authors you'll probably like Jordan.
For those who haven't read any of the authors I listed, definitely try Eddings. He has an odd sense of humor that makes his books fun.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

I don't get why people reread books.

I started that series around '93 or '94, reading all the released ones up within a couple weeks and then had to wait on all the others. I still remember what happened in the other books - though I couldn't tell you exactly what happened in each book because it all flows together.
I remember stuff as either actual text/page or as a mini movie. Non-fiction science stuff usually gets the page layout in my memory which I "flip through".

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I like to reread if it's a series and it's been awhile since I read the last book, because it helps to remember all of the plotlines. I also sometimes re-read books I enjoyed if it's been long enough since I read them that I don't remember every little detail. It's actually cheaper than buying new books

If they are books I enjoy, I reread them. Its a lot like visiting old friends, you already know everything about them, but you still enjoy their company. I love books as much as I love animals.

i've read all of Jordan's, Goodkind's, Terry Brook's,Eddings's and Martin's books. (except for Brooks i've got them all in hardcover & signed ). i've read all of Melanie Rawn's and Weis/Hickman's too. other authors along the same lines i liked are R.A. Salvatore, especially the dark elf books, Roger Zelazny's 'Amber' series and one of my very favorite is Dennis McKiernan's 'Mithgar' series and also K.Kerr's 'Deverry' series. and Raymond Feist. a really good book info site is www.fantasticfiction.com

^I tried to read some of Feist's stuff years ago and couldn't get into it. I like the books he did with Janny Wurts, though.
Oddly, I have yet to read Zelazny's Amber series, no library ever had all of the books . I have read(and collect) a lot of his sci-fi, which is primarily what he wrote - fun stuff, lighter reading than some sci-fi and with his odd humor.

The tv series based on Goodkind's series is starting up again - tomorrow.

you can get all 10 Amber novels in one book now, titled 'the great book of Amber'. it's an over-size paperback and cost $20. might be more now, i bought it about 10 years ago