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Title: Read through it first. Do not buy it first.
Review: This book is extremely disappointing, in a word. I'm a loyal (and somewhat obsessed) reader of the Wheel of Time series, and I pre-ordered this book as it looked really good. When I got it...well. While the information contained in the book is a good reference for someone as obsessed as myself, the artwork really, really brings the book down. The characters look like they have some kind of deformity (Loial with his head smashed in, Lan having some sort of nose problem) and it's in a style I, personally, do not like. To its credit, the book has some interesting information on the Age of Legends, etc, but please, read this at a local bookshop and see if you can get past the artwork. If you can, then go ahead and buy it.
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