On to the sixth Wheel Of Time book now - Lord Of Chaos.
Must admit it's starting to drag a bit now. 80 pages in and nothing much has really happened, just a reprise of what various characters are doing, more new names brought in to add to the confusion or maybe one or two recast under a different name.
The fifth book had a fairly strong finish but was still bogged down by pages and pages of Aiel politics and Aes Sedai ruminations. And I have lost all sympathy for Rand, Robert Jordan has turned him from shepherd boy out of his depth to a rather unlikeable character.
Good story, but not always great storytelling. Book 6 is nearly 1000 pages - Tolien managed to tell the entire LOTR story (if you include The Hobbit) in less than 1500 pages.
Well I'll see if I can wade through this one, then might go back to reading The Witcher books for a bit - at least those have a bit of whimsy and humour. The other problem with RJ's story - very deadpan, almost like he is writing in a documentary style.