• 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    The Wheel Of Time, by Robert Jordan

    The entire series, start to finish, repeatedly. I’ve read it at least a dozen times since the late 90s when I first discovered it. I’d read the entire series over again whenever a new book in the series was released so the first few books I’ve read far more frequently.

    Then the TV show came out and now I can’t bring myself to look at it ever again.

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      8 months ago

      Then the TV show came out and now I can’t bring myself to look at it ever again.

      I tell people the TV show is what you’d get if you handed the books to the CW’s teen soap/drama writers. Yes, it’s that bad.

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        8 months ago

        My Darwin, the teeth in that show. All of them have PERFECT Hollywood teeth, shining brightly like a magical lantern.

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          8 months ago

          Yeah, it’s pretty ridiculous. I watch a lot of German and Scandinavian TV because they use actors that look like real people rather than Hollywood Barbie dolls.

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      8 months ago

      I struggle with the abundance of characters from time to time. I’ve reread some of the books just because I forgot who, what, when…

      The tv shows always are a compromise. They just don’t have the time to build the characters and have to force some stuff because of that.

      I have this guilty pleasure. I’ve reread ‘Interview with the vampire’ after seeing the movie and even liked the book pore afterwards.