I know I know the illustration is horrible ! I really really wonder why they keep choosing the cheesy graphics. Sorry for the artist, but I just can't stand them. Luckily I bought the hard cover book by mistake on Amazon and the illustration is just on the jacket ! So when I took the book with me during my train trip and on the bus, I had a very smooth book with me. By the way, I am used to reading this series in the cheap edition (pocket edition) but the hard cover book is really nice ! I love the feel of the pages, how thick the book is, and yet so light ! Perfect.On with the story. I have re-read all 11 books I had from the series before buying "The Knife of Dreams", the last book entirely written by Robert Jordan before his death. While the beginning of the series is great, books 9 and 10 are exceedingly slow and boring. Number 11, that I read a couple of months ago, gets back on track.
All 11 books are in the picture below (the first one is a prequel I think .. I haven't read it yet anyway).
Then Robert Jordan died. Luckily for all the fans, Brandon Sanderson, fantasy author and WOT fan, was able to take on the job to write the end of the series, based on notes from Robert Jordan, sometimes even entire chapters already written down. There are still two more books to be published, but "The Gathering Storm" was really really good.
So many things happening, and a great end. I am already re-reading "The Knife of Dreams" (slowly this time) and will re-read "The Gathering Storm" after that. I just love being in the universe Robert Jordan created. Like many fans, I feel as if the main characters of the series were old friends.
Looking forward to the two last books !
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