Khuutra said:
haxxiy said:
Khuutra said:
FFXII is the best game in the series with the best writing and the best characters but that's savagely off-topic.
Robert Jordan (may he rest in peace) couldn't write women. Period. I can only assume that his understanding of the relationships between men and women was not accurately communicated in his portrayals of them. I liked the first few Wheel of Time books, but Jordan is not in any way comparable to Erikson or Martin.
And yes, characters are more important than worldbuilding - unless, ah, the world becomes something so grand, so wonderful, as to match the means of characters who walk other worlds.
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Haha I'm glad you agree about FFXII, I mentioned it because so many unfortunately hated it and I thought you might be one of them. Go check my FFXII rating if you have any doubts.
And you are right about Jordan, of course. Every single woman on WoT cross her arms under the breasts and call men woolheads... Sanderson is similar in a way since all his characters roll eyes and frown. As to the worldbuilding argument I have not much to say since I mainly agree - with the difference I think Erikson is not quite there. Yet.
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In fairness, Sanderson is kind of trapped doing that way of writing women now, otherwise it wouldn't be the Wheel of Time.
I wonder how Way of Kings is.
Confession: I stopped reading partway through the eighth or ninth book of hte Wheel of Time. I'll wait until Sanderson really truly well and finishes the thing before picking it up again - yes, from the very beginning - and trying once more.
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Well I was talking more about Mistborn and Way of Kings than his writing on Wheel of Time.
And if you want to know how Way of Kings is, well... maybe you won't like it too much if Erikson and Martin are your standards instead of the likes of Jordan or (going a lot lower and dare I say their accursed names) Goodking and Paolini.
Sadly the book is filled with useless and endless flashbacks and interludes and story arches dragging and being redudant. You can skip hundreds of pages and still understand the story, and the worldbuilding is massive and worthy of applause but too often gets in your nerves (I had enough of safehands and lighteyes for a lifetime). Maybe with a massive editing job we'd be looking at a new Gardens of Moon.
