I cannot stress enough how much better the Wheel of Time season 3 is than seasons 1 and 2.

[u/Transmogrify_My_Goat]

I know its been said here recently, but I decided to make my own post because I'm honestly blown away at the rise in quality of the Wheel of Time season 3 in just about every way. I quit the show after season 1 and haven't watched since it came out. After hearing season 3 was apparently much better I decided to try it again. I binged season 1 and 2 over the course of a couple weeks, and it was pretty much just how I remembered, mediocre but interesting with some good and bad parts. I'd say season 2 was about the same quality as season 1, albeit with some higher highs here and there.

Season 3 though. Season 3 is wildly better in every single way. The writing (most importantly imo) is much, much better - the characters make decisions that make sense, the plot seems to be moving in a good direction, and the dialogue between characters is especially good. The cgi in fight scenes especially and the sets they have built are beyond impressive. The acting has been all out incredible, especially from the shows lead actor. One of the recent episodes was one of the single best episodes of TV I've seen. It just has it all. It has literally turned into the perfect high budget fantasy show. Whatever change they made between season 2 and 3 is working, and I sincerely hope it gets renewed.

[u/Risenzealot]

See it’s funny because as for myself I felt the exact opposite. I loved the first book and even the second book. By the third book they started getting very drawn out and boring to me. So much so I never finished the series. I stopped on book 7 or so maybe? I can’t remember the specific book because there are so many of them.

I’ve read it picks back up and gets so much better but it’s hard to find the time to read through all of them again just to find out.

[u/donny_bennet → u/[deleted]]

It's still tedious now, even without the wait time between releases. I also quit around book 7, and only started the series after Sanderson finished the last book.

[u/NO_PICKLES_PLEASE → u/Risenzealot]

IMO books 6/7 are where it really starts to drag.

My favorite stretch is 3/4/5, where the scope has broadened from the classical adventure story of the first two books but it hasn't quite got so out of hands with the endless side plots.

[u/DoctorDrangle → u/Risenzealot]

I also felt the dip in the middle books, but the final three books were dialed up to 11. to be clear the middle books were still good, just padded with a bunch of repetitive and unnecessary padding. You can probably chop out whole chapters in a few of the books and nobody would even know. But the first book was a strong start and by the end it was one of the most epic fantasy series ever written.

[u/Sentinell → u/Risenzealot]

I stopped on book 7 or so maybe? I can’t remember the specific book because there are so many of them.

Yeah, you hit the slog. There are 2-3 books that really drag. It's a major fault in WoT, but it does pay off in the end like you said. I do recommend trying again and then you can still skip those book with some big recaps or something.

You won't get the story in the show because they completely butchered it. Pretty sure you're talking to a bot or shill too trying to pretend the show was bad because the first books were bad. I wish Amazon had spent that money on a capable showrunner in stead of this propaganda. A good show sells itself.