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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
This was way better than the other companion book I read, far more interesting, and taught a lot more about the world, the various societies, and what was going on in a more narrative sense. Of the two, I'd definitely recommend this one for anyone really wanting to dig more into the universe of the series.
Pretty good overview of the world RJ created expanding in some areas beyond the series but mostly being a more concise explanation of the history than you get reading the series.
Includes some knowledge that literally no one needs to know. As a WoT fanatic, I do recommend every reader who is as big a fan of WoT as me to read it.
An addition to the Wheel of Time series, this works more as an encyclopedia, delving in-depth to various elements of the books. More than just a gathering of facts, it expands the stories of the characters, the places, the times. I particularly enjoyed the section on the Age of Legends, with stories of the "wonders" of the time. I also liked the sections on the Forsaken, with backgrounds and details that aren't shown in the books.
This was a reread, I scanned before but read cover-to-cover this time. This is also the source of the name "Nemene," the original name of Semirhage.
This was a reread, I scanned before but read cover-to-cover this time. This is also the source of the name "Nemene," the original name of Semirhage.
informative
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Made it about halfway through - will likely come back to it in a few years when I inevitably re-read WoT again.
This book is a great resource for the roleplaying game, and well, anyone who wants to be able to keep in touch with what is going on in the convoluted plot-lines.
Oof, I really wish I would have read this when it was published during the series (ie. between books 7 and 8) rather than waiting until I’d finished the whole of WoT.
This is a very helpful volume for those who aren’t so intimately familiar with world of Wheel. However, by the time I actually read it, I felt like I already knew about 80% of the information it gave me. I wish the volume had dug into more history that we weren’t already familiar with.
Also I’m sorry but the artwork was quite bad.
This is a very helpful volume for those who aren’t so intimately familiar with world of Wheel. However, by the time I actually read it, I felt like I already knew about 80% of the information it gave me. I wish the volume had dug into more history that we weren’t already familiar with.
Also I’m sorry but the artwork was quite bad.
Let's be clear: This book is basically a history and textbook geography textbook for a fantasy world. I fucking LOVE that. Dive me into the history of the wars between ancient kings and queens any day. I am going to immediately need something like this for Middle Earth, the Cosmere, Nirn, the Avatar universe, and other great fantasy worlds. This isn't everybody's cup of tea, obviously, but I can't get enough of this kind of thing. I am the type of guy that reads fan wiki pages for hours on end, and to have similar material in a big official book on my shelf is a dream come true.
But (and it's a big ol' but)... the art in here is so bad. So utterly, frighteningly bad. Thom Merrilin should be looking jovial or sarcastic, but with a bit of pain behind his eyes. Here, he looks like he wants to eat my skin. I get that trying to nail the Aes Sedai agelessness is challenging, but my god they barely look like functional human beings. Well, have the time they are barely functional human beings anyway. but not in their appearance! Geez, the art is so bad it takes an entire star away from the rating. Hell I almost want to rate it 3 stars purely from Nightmare Cannibal Thom.
But (and it's a big ol' but)... the art in here is so bad. So utterly, frighteningly bad. Thom Merrilin should be looking jovial or sarcastic, but with a bit of pain behind his eyes. Here, he looks like he wants to eat my skin. I get that trying to nail the Aes Sedai agelessness is challenging, but my god they barely look like functional human beings. Well, have the time they are barely functional human beings anyway. but not in their appearance! Geez, the art is so bad it takes an entire star away from the rating. Hell I almost want to rate it 3 stars purely from Nightmare Cannibal Thom.