Fair enough; I do not dispute that much (TGS was pretty good, but apparently the last gasp of quality writing in the series.) However, it does not make the whole series "worthless;" at least the first half had value, if only as entertainment. The pretense all resident literature snobs always knew Jordan far beneath them is just that: Pretentious. Were it true none would be here to express disgust for Jordan. If people want to call it a guilty pleasure, something they grew out of or whatever, fine, but to say it was always narratively barren is to say they devoted years of life to something narratively barren. "Who is the greater fool, the fool or the fool who follows him?"