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Title: had it been half the size it would have been twice the story
Review: Don't get me wrong, I love many long stories and fantasy series but I didn't think Jordan's world or characters were rich enough to fill the space of this book. It starts great. It's mysterious, unpredictable, exciting...Then the long, drawn out, boring middle. I was forcing myself through the pages, sure I'd get paid off with some glorious climax, but the ending was so anemic I felt cheated. The series improves but wastes way too much time, sometimes an entire book has hardly any contribution to the overall story. Tolkien's world was overflowing with history and atmosphere and mythology, so much that it's still rampantly discussed all over the world today. Jordan exhausts the possibilities of his world quickly and I lost interest just as fast. Rand is a boring character and the "One Power" (the world's source or magic) is very nebulous and unconvincing. Overall it was a cool story but with way too much useless, aimless plot wandering.
