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Brys · 3rd February 2006, 04:57 PM

The first book is very similar, but he does start to move away from Tolkien in the later books.
(Wait - I'm defending Jordan? What's happening?)
But it never becomes very original, and a lot is stolen from Frank Herbert's Dune later on, and when he finally stops being derivative, the writing becomes pretty awful and the pace slows to a crawl.

If you didn't enjoy the Eye of the World much, I'd suggest to stop reading, because it doesn't improve much more than that, and it definitely gets a lot worse - not because of similarities to Tolkien, but because of some truly terrible writing by book 10. The pace is about as fast as it gets in the Eye of the World, even if it isn't quite the best in the series. If you mildly enjoyed it, read the Great Hunt, and then decide.

3rd February 2006, 04:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
Brys Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 809	Re: Is WoT a long winded copy of LOTR? The first book is very similar, but he does start to move away from Tolkien in the later books. (Wait - I'm defending Jordan? What's happening?) But it never becomes very original, and a lot is stolen from Frank Herbert's Dune later on, and when he finally stops being derivative, the writing becomes pretty awful and the pace slows to a crawl. If you didn't enjoy the Eye of the World much, I'd suggest to stop reading, because it doesn't improve much more than that, and it definitely gets a lot worse - not because of similarities to Tolkien, but because of some truly terrible writing by book 10. The pace is about as fast as it gets in the Eye of the World, even if it isn't quite the best in the series. If you mildly enjoyed it, read the Great Hunt, and then decide.