Matt and his crew, Thom, Aviendha, Min, Verin… There are so few likeable characters, especially amongst the women (you could write an entire book about how WoT handles women). And due to the aforementioned thousand named characters, the good ones get almost no screen time.
But there’s always time for Egwene and Faile, the two worst “good” characters. Don’t you want to know what Salidar or the Shaido are(n’t) up to for the billionth time?
It’s funny. I actually liked the Wheel of Time, but any time I talk about it it’s to rant about its flaws.
That’s because the characters just serve as tour guides for the detailed and compelling world building. It’s funny that I’ve read the books over and over and couldn’t tell you much about the plot or what happens when or why but I can tell you about how Seanchan nobles wear their fingernails and the meaning of those knives Ebou Dari women wear around their necks or how seafolk political hierarchies work in a nomadic ocean based society. I think I read it over and over again just to spend more time in that world.
Matt and his crew, Thom, Aviendha, Min, Verin… There are so few likeable characters, especially amongst the women (you could write an entire book about how WoT handles women). And due to the aforementioned thousand named characters, the good ones get almost no screen time.
But there’s always time for Egwene and Faile, the two worst “good” characters. Don’t you want to know what Salidar or the Shaido are(n’t) up to for the billionth time?
It’s funny. I actually liked the Wheel of Time, but any time I talk about it it’s to rant about its flaws.
That’s because the characters just serve as tour guides for the detailed and compelling world building. It’s funny that I’ve read the books over and over and couldn’t tell you much about the plot or what happens when or why but I can tell you about how Seanchan nobles wear their fingernails and the meaning of those knives Ebou Dari women wear around their necks or how seafolk political hierarchies work in a nomadic ocean based society. I think I read it over and over again just to spend more time in that world.