The Eye of the World
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Is The Wheel of Time series clean?
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It is clean. It is really drawn out but I still like it. For more reading, I like the Belgarian Series by David Eddings. That is my favorite series. I also like The Adept series by Piers Anthony.
It's clean. If you go read further to the later books such as the Path of Daggers, it can be a bit of slow and draggy. Overall, I would recommend the entire series.
The sex is so PG that it's over in a sentence XD
must read..weeks of fantasy ahead... :)
It's clean. Very PG.
I have read WOT twice. Obviously, I LOVED it! Very enjoyable read.
I have read the first 10 WOT books three times so far. It is extremely in depth, and I have completely fallen in love with the characters. There is no cussing, and the only sex is just barely hinted at. It is my favorite series of all time and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to escape from this mundane world for awhile.
April wrote: "I have read the first 10 WOT books three times so far. It is extremely in depth, and I have completely fallen in love with the characters. There is no cussing, and the only sex is just barely hinte..."Preach it!! This series is awesome beyond awesome
Absolutely clean. But keep in mind, while the stories are wonderful, Robert Jordan had a thing for repetitive scenery description, and side-stories. He will take time to describe a chair for three pages, and then come back to that same chair in another chapter. The first three books are his strongest.
S. wrote: "He will take time to describe a chair for three pages, and then come back to that same chair in another chapter. The first three books are his strongest.."People always say that, and the first time I read WoT, I was expecting way too much detail in all of the descriptions. Because I was therefore paying attention, I noticed that everyone is actually remembering it wrong.
There is never a whole page of description, ever. Two sentences, even, would be unusually long for describing something other than a new setting.
What does happen is that Jordan always describes things. You don't make assumptions about what a character is wearing; it gets described to you. And indeed, even when a character is wearing their usual, we might at least get a couple of words describing the clothing. Any time characters visit a city, there are a few sentences about the architecture, what kinds of clothing are common, peculiarities of the culture...
For some reason, people tend to remember that as being big blocks of description, but really, it's just that almost nothing ever happens without some description attached. But, yes, we do return to consistent descriptions of the same people, places, and things, just about every single time that they appear.
It may be a bit of an exaggeration. And probably also becomes fuzzy with time. For me, it is just the thing that struck me most about him. Obviously, his work is strong enough that I kept reading through the entire series. Well almost, I have gotten to the last book.
I've read the first 5 WOT books and haven't seen anything to suggest they aren't clean
As much as I'm enjoying Eye of the World, I'm a bit disappointed to hear it's too "PG"...I liked that in Song of Ice and Fire, people got laid, pissed and shat, cussed, and bled like stuck pigs. Regardless, I do enjoy it thus far.
It sort of falls into that mid 80's to late 90's affair of Sword and Sorcery, at first. It gets darker however.
It's utterly bad and Sanderson can't save it, but it's satisfyingly clean.
Regarding descriptions, it always struck me Jordan always found new ways of describing things, drawing you in and actually keeping you curious about what he's going to come up with next. But that's just a matter of perspective and preference.
The series is a bit drawn out in my opinion, and there are many characters to follow, but when the three main protagonist are highlighted it is a fantastic tale. Sanderson's wrapping up of the story increased the pace and brought all the pieces together in an action, packed way. Worth the read.
While WoT is in a cool world, Jordan is not my favorite writer. If you want clean, fun fantasy, might I submit the Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman? CS Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy and Magister Trilogy are good (though Magister is darker than expected, and Friedman tends toward dark writing)
L.E. Modesitt Jr.'s Recluse Saga is a favorite. They can get a bit formulaic, but I enjoy the formula
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Chronicles of Prydain
Chronicles of Narnia
Harry Potter
Percy Jackson
Fablehaven
The First mistborn
The only 2 books out for the Stormlight archive.
And obviously some other ones. That pretty much sums up the notable ones I've read though.
I don't even know if The Wheel of Time would be good. I hear it's really drawn out. In some ways, that doesn't really bother me. The Stormlight Archive is drawn out too and still really good.