Leigh Butler

I'm reading these as a final ramp-up to the last three books. This first batch of summaries and commentary cover the first four books, and are brief only in comparison with the original material. I haven't compared word counts but this felt like finishing one regular-length Wheel of Time book. It's been a good refresher on the early part of the series, and I've enjoyed the author's informal commentary. It reminded me of conversations my friends and I had through a good portion of high school as we were first reading these books: reliving the cool parts, complaining about the characters that were annoying us at the time, and bandying theories.… (mehr)

I'm reading these as a final ramp-up to the last three books. This first batch of summaries and commentary cover the first four books, and are brief only in comparison with the original material. I haven't compared word counts but this felt like finishing one regular-length Wheel of Time book. It's been a good refresher on the early part of the series, and I've enjoyed the author's informal commentary. It reminded me of conversations my friends and I had through a good portion of high school as we were first reading these books: reliving the cool parts, complaining about the characters that were annoying us at the time, and bandying theories.… (mehr)