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[Arx]

In a continued dive into the mind of society in the form of reading popular books, I'v ejust picked up The Fault in our Stars.

[Emma]

Call me a brainwashed member of society but I actually thought that The Fault in our Stars was pretty good. Sure there were problems with it, I mean what book doesn't have problems, but overall it was pretty good.

[Levi]

IDW Transformers comics.   

[Yoink]

Yay comics!

...I feel like I'm the only person on the forums who doesn't like WoT. I read the first couple of books and was bored/annoyed by them. :-/
I couldn't stand the Belagriad or however you spell it, either. ...All this talk of long fantasy series has got me wishing I had one to sink my teeth into, haha.

[Remuthra]

Yay comics!

...I feel like I'm the only person on the forums who doesn't like WoT. I read the first couple of books and was bored/annoyed by them. :-/
I couldn't stand the Belagriad or however you spell it, either. ...All this talk of long fantasy series has got me wishing I had one to sink my teeth into, haha.

I've never read them, or heard anything about what they entail, if that counts.

[Bohandas]

I'm reading Dave Barry's satirical do-it-yourself book, The Taming of the Screw

[Spehss _]

...I feel like I'm the only person on the forums who doesn't like WoT. I read the first couple of books and was bored/annoyed by them. :-/
I couldn't stand the Belagriad or however you spell it, either. ...All this talk of long fantasy series has got me wishing I had one to sink my teeth into, haha.

Eh. There's probably better fantasy series out there. WoT has great worldbuilding and the plot is quite complex with tons of different characters doing tons of different things all at the same time. But oftentimes the descriptions feel too overbearing or the subplots feel like unnecessary filler, and the complexity of all the different characters doing their own thing can make comprehending the plot as a whole to be difficult.

It's a big thing to read, basically.

[Arx]

Call me a brainwashed member of society but I actually thought that The Fault in our Stars was pretty good. Sure there were problems with it, I mean what book doesn't have problems, but overall it was pretty good.

It seemed much like that to me.

I sort of liked it.

[TheDarkStar]

Yay comics!

...I feel like I'm the only person on the forums who doesn't like WoT. I read the first couple of books and was bored/annoyed by them. :-/
I couldn't stand the Belagriad or however you spell it, either. ...All this talk of long fantasy series has got me wishing I had one to sink my teeth into, haha.

Jordan is good at worldbuilding and developing characters, which can make the books interesting, but he's not as good at being concise. It gets better as the series goes on, though - I'm pretty sure there are less than ten clothing descriptions in the last book  .

[Arcvasti]

The thing with WoT is, after the first few books, it seems like there's very little sense of progress[Crossroads of Twilight, I'm looking at you{The fuck is with that title, anyways?}.]. The division between books is basically only there because you can't physically make books bigger then this. It reads like a brick. I loved the series, but books ~7-10 were a bit of struggle.

Speaking of fucking huge fantasy series' with detailed settings and too many characters and subplots, I'm reading Clash of Kings at the moment. 0/10, not enough dragons.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

I attempted reading the Guardeans of Ga'hool series.
First book was amazing. (I purchased the first three out of (9?)). Got half way through reading the second one before I could taste the salt in my mouth and couldn't keep reading

[Arcvasti]

I attempted reading the Guardeans of Ga'hool series.
First book was amazing. (I purchased the first three out of (9?)). Got half way through reading the second one before I could taste the salt in my mouth and couldn't keep reading

I loved those when I was younger. Because owls. And there are 15 books, total, even if some of them are technically chronological prequels. Book two is basically all character introductions. It sort of gets better, although it drags a bit after book 6 an before they start with the prequels.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

.-.maybe I should dig them up and try again
I've got them somewhere from (3?) years ago

[Spehss _]

I attempted reading the Guardeans of Ga'hool series.
First book was amazing. (I purchased the first three out of (9?)). Got half way through reading the second one before I could taste the salt in my mouth and couldn't keep reading

Mang, I loved those books as a kid.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Also
An owl would make the best pet ever