I'm honestly beginning to lose hope that GRRM is ever going to finish the series. I mean, he's been doing everything under the sun except writing new aSoIaF, including rewriting the first book into a TV series. ;)
As for the Wheel of Time, honestly, I'm almost happy it's being written by someone else. I think book 11 was the only one that's reached the "Well, that didn't suck" level since... book 3? Maybe the new guy can actually write an ending as well. I can hope...
It's been a while, but I thought the first three were quite good, 4 through 6 were "pretty good," if you don't mind the crushing depression, and after that they got truly awful. I recall thinking that book 10 was better than I expected, but my expectations were very low at the time.
Yeah, that's the thing. It makes me wonder if he's just blocked or if he will never finish. Writers do get blocked, it's part of the territory, but....geez.
I still don't get why we haven't had the other half of the finished book from 4 years ago yet. Hell, if you have to leave on character out for later, and then have 12 chapters in a row where they catch up....um, do it?
at least 2 of books 4-6 I'd describe as very good, one I didn't like, I think Shiny and I differ on which ones those are. I really liked the book in the Aiel Waste, going thru the doorway, the assassination attempt on Mat [my 2nd fave character] et al. 7-10 are just godawful.
As for the Wheel of Time, honestly, I'm almost happy it's being written by someone else. I think book 11 was the only one that's reached the "Well, that didn't suck" level since... book 3? Maybe the new guy can actually write an ending as well. I can hope...
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I still don't get why we haven't had the other half of the finished book from 4 years ago yet. Hell, if you have to leave on character out for later, and then have 12 chapters in a row where they catch up....um, do it?
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