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The TV series gives visuals, but you lose much of the character thoughts and building. The books are far more involved and detailed.
I personally prefer to read things in chronological order. So I read this first, but then again, this is my third time through the series.
That said, Robert Jordan does not really write the books in chronological order. He will start a passage out about someone doing something and then immediately go back a day or several and explain how they got to that point, which in my opinion destroys a large amount of opportunity to create suspense. If you already know that the characters are perfectly fine in the future, any obstacle put in front of them becomes a moot point.
I really like the characters and the setting and story, except the ending, which is absolutely pathetic. It would have been awesome if the PC game that was green lighted for it had ever been created. They had one where you played an Aes Sedai but it is abandoned ware and will not really run on modern PCs
Haha, I just looked at my avatar after I posted and realized my son hadn't been born when I joined slickdeals either
With that said, the WoT series isn't really a friendly book to read. It goes beyond purple prose, where the writer describes the color of a wall for a whole chapter and nothing seems to happen - and this gets worse after each book, especially the 4th one. There used to be a joke on WoT fan forums where a gif summarizes each book in a single sentence since nothing happens.
Doesn't mean it's a bad series, I mean I spent my H.S and college days following the series. I am saying that the Amazon Prime original series may be easier to get into for a lot of people, and that's okay because this series really is worth exploring by any means!
One of these days I will finish it as I've heard Sanderson did a good job. Unfortunately I will have to start at the beginning again
I did somehow made it all the way through Goodkind's Sword of truth series. It was a slog after awhile, just like WOT.
And Rothfuss and Martin can just piss off.
Then the additional salt in the wound, if he ever did finish Winds of Winter, he still has at least 1 more book to go which will absolutely never be finished.
THEN to top it off, the man has a deathwish that if he passes before completing the series that no one ever be allowed to finish the series. So no chance Sanderson will be able to step in and conclude this one...