Robert Jordan Theory (A bit wacky)

[ShadowHM]

I would say that there are many other wonderful books/series out there that merit more of your scarce leisure time than this series.

I loved the first few books. I even bought them on tape to enjoy for car rides. But they has gone steadily downhill in terms of the plot to verbiage ratio.

There is a huge and sprawling cast of characters. In fact the last book spent its entirety bringing us up to the the time frame of the previous book, just with a different part of the cast.

And, for your reading pleasure: May I suggest "Family Matters" by Rohinton Mistry ? I just started reading it last weekend at the cottage, forgot it there and have been kicking myself all week. :)

Edit: I have consulted with some teenage friends on this. Apparently, Robert Jordan, in a book reading at the University of Toronto last fall, admitted that his plan for the series does not involve resolution of all the conflicts he has created in the story line. He plans to resolve only the one main one and leave the rest dangling for our own imagination to resolve. He 'promised' that he would end the story in the next 'two or three' books. In other words, we will get more of same.