I’m nearing the last 20% or so of Book 5, and there are so many loose ends. I’ve really loved these books but the story seems so all over the place. I don’t plan on stopping, but editing would’ve been helpful.

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Just started with the Eye of the World. Many people complain that it's too similar to Lord of the Rings.

That's not a problem for me, I haven't read Lord of the Rings either!!

I've tried to start reading this series before, two years ago when my low reading comprehension allowed me to read only easier books. I had to put it down because it was too slow paced and difficult for me then.

I've warmed up to slower pace since then, and my vocabulary is considerably better.

Had a conversation on discord where I recommended when reading Wheel of Time to just read 1-5 then skip to 12–14. Guy was really upset about that, thinking I ruined the experience.

Eh, I enjoyed myself, and got a satisfying conclusion to a series I had once loved and stopped when I got frustrated in the middle.

I’ll be honest, I kinda wish I could tell people to skip book 1, but it’s kinda important if weak.

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While it is fun having the progress shown as 3500 / 13488 with The Complete Wheel of Time ebook, I wanted to enjoy the individual covers as well.

Luckily Calibre with the epub-split plugin made that rather painless, just some metadata adjustments.

Also kudos to TOR publishing for intentionally providing a DRM-free epub, making this possible (without having to remove it beforehand)

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Damn Robert Jordans twists hit like nothing else .

Wheel of Time, Book 4 might be my favourite so far

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Sosehr ich meine #Bibliothek auch liebe, die haben leider nur die echt grottige Übersetzung von Das Rad der Zeit.

Darum hab ich jetzt den Schritt getan und den Vorteil von ebooks genutzt, der auch so ein gigantisches Werk in eine handliche Größe bringt (zumindest gewichtsmäßig)

Das schwierigste dabei war eine wirklich DRM-freie Version vom TOR zu bekommen:

https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-complete-wheel-of-time/?isbn=9780765376862&format=ebook

Es gibt auch eine von Little Brown Book was wohl einfach der UK Verlag ist. Trotzdem hat mich dieser Amazon prime sticker abgeschreckt bei denen abgeschreckt, da wollte ich doch beim Ursprungsverlag bleiben.

Am Ende hab icb es dann bei Kobo gekauft (weil dort DRM freies epub) und es dann auf mein Pocketbook gezogen, auch wenn Kobo den Download button gut versteckt und mir stattdessen ihre Webview oder App aufquatschen will.

Sollten e-books nicht alles bequemer machen?

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Finished book five! On to book six.

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