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Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. muppet Send a noteboard - 29/01/2013 01:47:48 PM
It was a bit exhausting to keep reading about more and more of it.

The whole book was a bit of a struggle.

At no point did I feel I wuld miss out by skipping a page of trollocs marching to their death for fear there would be some important information in it.

I feel that the constant use of what Sanderson obviously feels are clever uses of the power (Gateways) was tedious in the extreme.

A gateway to watch the battle .... A gateway to send someones fireball back at them .... a gateway to make some cheap leather goods ....


I think there was a LOT of "nerd-service" in this book from Sanderson. He's that kind of author: big on reddit and panders to the fandom, etc. I think he was trying to put shades of "Portal" into the work, as a nod. I'm surprised he didn't use the word "aperture" anywhere.
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Anyone else totally unimpressed? beckstcw - 09/01/2013 04:58:39 AM 2404 Views
I couldn't disagree more DREWRULESWOT! - 09/01/2013 05:32:41 AM 1349 Views
I enjoyed the book as entertainment beckstcw - 09/01/2013 05:47:22 AM 1300 Views
I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. Tom - 09/01/2013 06:14:25 AM 1134 Views
You missed what was being conveyed. *NM* Nargs - 18/01/2013 08:16:50 AM 574 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. Joar Nessosin - 29/01/2013 11:01:11 AM 1001 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. Joar Nessosin - 29/01/2013 11:03:36 AM 1040 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. muppet - 29/01/2013 01:47:48 PM 1112 Views
I had extremely low expectations, which I guess were sort of met. Tom - 09/01/2013 06:12:05 AM 1405 Views
You don't have to worry about continuations of WoT DREWRULESWOT! - 09/01/2013 07:24:55 AM 1182 Views
People change their minds... *NM* Tom - 09/01/2013 01:48:33 PM 566 Views
Mine weren't, even with the low expectations Larry - 09/01/2013 05:04:07 PM 1501 Views
I don't remember you being such an arrogant prick years ago on WoTmania Zeran - 11/01/2013 05:28:07 AM 1192 Views
Pardon, but I don't even recall who you are *NM* Larry - 11/01/2013 08:39:54 AM 633 Views
You are a... Nargs - 18/01/2013 08:21:54 AM 1139 Views
Uh... Larry - 18/01/2013 12:19:13 PM 1159 Views
Rather... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:11:11 PM 1112 Views
Why does any of this matter to you? Larry - 18/01/2013 10:35:18 PM 1220 Views
Oh sure... Nargs - 19/01/2013 06:43:19 AM 1024 Views
No, not quite Larry - 19/01/2013 08:57:47 AM 1073 Views
LoL @ Larry Nargs - 19/01/2013 09:21:13 PM 1006 Views
Ummm.... Larry - 19/01/2013 10:05:30 PM 1067 Views
That was a dodge. Nargs - 20/01/2013 01:40:59 AM 1068 Views
Nah, more like me cutting this short. Larry - 20/01/2013 02:30:28 AM 1064 Views
Everyone has their own coping mechanisms. Nargs - 20/01/2013 10:09:02 PM 1373 Views
I'm sorry, Trolloc, but I had things to deal with to answer Larry - 22/01/2013 06:36:15 PM 1678 Views
I'm as satisfied as I could possibly be. Ghavrel - 09/01/2013 07:39:35 AM 1240 Views
I thought it was fantastic Sidious - 09/01/2013 07:46:16 AM 1287 Views
My thoughts exactly *NM* HousealThor - 16/01/2013 06:56:59 PM 512 Views
I'm surprised you are so happy with it. It was action packed, but sloppy. Usually you dislike that darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:55:17 AM 1079 Views
"Totally unimpressed" would be a hyperbole but... eucatastrophe - 09/01/2013 06:53:20 PM 1281 Views
It was ok IndigoAjahV2 - 10/01/2013 01:09:52 AM 1112 Views
It just felt like they needed 3 more books to finish it up darius_sedai - 14/01/2013 03:58:57 AM 1069 Views
Yeah... and they had a totally legit reason to do it, too. Praziquantel - 14/01/2013 05:14:21 PM 1002 Views
I wouldn't go so far as to say TOTALLY, but I was not satisfied. HyogaRott - 14/01/2013 06:04:30 PM 1152 Views
I will say that the battle was well constructed in certain places darius_sedai - 14/01/2013 06:10:54 PM 1087 Views
Re: Anyone else totally unimpressed? Evil_Monkey - 18/01/2013 10:23:22 PM 1080 Views
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