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A review by didyousaybooks
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
adventurous
slow-paced
3.75
I overall enjoy this one more than the others because I feel like the characters are finally coming around for me - aka I don’t find them as annoying as before - but because it took me +5 months to read, I don’t feel it is quite a 4 stars for me.
Though once I got to really read it (in the last couple days) I flew through it. But again, I started it in September and was really aiming to finish it this month so that helped.
For a book series with so many characters, I find it a bit sad that I do not have any favorite.
As a character driven reader, it certainly impacts my feeling about it.
Also, we get it: all the men characters have a crazy hard time understanding women…
I do get that the way the society is contructed in the series has a big impact with gender roles but still, I do find it a bit annoying to have lots of characters being so clueless and as a whole, while I’m aware and glad that the romantic relationships are not really a big part of the plot (yet at least), I think those interactions between all the “couples” or just characters of the opposite sex are the weakest point of the series to me.
If I grow to love the characters more, I hope this changes.
So while this huge series isn’t a favorite, I’m still interested in the overall story and see how it will all play out.
Because Jordan did craft a huge and complex universe, with many characters that have their own intrigues while still being connected to the main storyline, I’m intrigued.
Though once I got to really read it (in the last couple days) I flew through it. But again, I started it in September and was really aiming to finish it this month so that helped.
For a book series with so many characters, I find it a bit sad that I do not have any favorite.
As a character driven reader, it certainly impacts my feeling about it.
Also, we get it: all the men characters have a crazy hard time understanding women…
I do get that the way the society is contructed in the series has a big impact with gender roles but still, I do find it a bit annoying to have lots of characters being so clueless and as a whole, while I’m aware and glad that the romantic relationships are not really a big part of the plot (yet at least), I think those interactions between all the “couples” or just characters of the opposite sex are the weakest point of the series to me.
If I grow to love the characters more, I hope this changes.
So while this huge series isn’t a favorite, I’m still interested in the overall story and see how it will all play out.
Because Jordan did craft a huge and complex universe, with many characters that have their own intrigues while still being connected to the main storyline, I’m intrigued.