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The Wheel of Time (TV series)

Media Title · TV series · 24 mentions · 6 subreddits · discussed in r/Fantasy, r/audiobooks, r/LearnJapanese, r/books

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Pros

  • Parent context: one of my all-time favorites is The Wheel of Time. Robert Jordan does world building on the same scale as Tolkien. Reply: I've seen a bit of the WoT show and it was kinda interesting so I will jump on that for sure.
  • From category 1, I think the accessibility of The Wheel of Time is underrated. It's infamous for having a ton of description and myriad POVs, but it starts small and builds out from there. You don't get the fourth non-prologue POV until...
  • The Wheel of Time is my favorite series. 14 books plus a prequel. Its more of an epic. It gets pretty dark at times but the world building and characters are excellent.
  • Rosamund Pike's narration of The Wheel of Time brings the most comfort (I really, really need book 5 from her lmao). It's helped me to sleep on a few restless nights too.
  • The Wheel of Time feels like an obvious addition to this list.

Cons

  • The Japanese version is really bad. Due to the usual size of Japanese books, the first book (Eye of the World) is divided in 3 parts... the translation is pretty bad. It reads relatively unnatural in some parts, and even some of the more...
  • the new Kindle version that came out with the Amazon series (🤮).
  • I don't see *that* many recommends for the 1st three on your lists these days, and plenty of counter-arguments for especially WoT, but more and more Stormlight.
  • I was on book two of the wheel of time and I don’t think I can read it right now.
  • The Wheel of Time ... All series I feel don't get a huge bump from listening to in audio format.

Sentiment

15 positive (63%) · 4 mixed (17%) · 5 negative (21%)

Trust + time weighted score: +34% · raw score 42%

What redditors said (10 of 24)

The Japanese version is really bad. Due to the usual size of Japanese books, the first book (Eye of the World) is divided in 3 parts... the translation is pretty bad. It reads relatively unnatural in some parts, and even some of the more hype parts of the book felt very flat and uninteresting.
negative · u/m****_ · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Aug 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
the new Kindle version that came out with the Amazon series (🤮).
negative · u/l****e · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Aug 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: one of my all-time favorites is The Wheel of Time. Robert Jordan does world building on the same scale as Tolkien. Reply: I've seen a bit of the WoT show and it was kinda interesting so I will jump on that for sure.
positive · u/b****c · r/audiobooks · comment · Jul 16, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
From category 1, I think the accessibility of The Wheel of Time is underrated. It's infamous for having a ton of description and myriad POVs, but it starts small and builds out from there. You don't get the fourth non-prologue POV until the literal last line of the first book. It's huge (and I love it), so it's certainly an undertaking, but IMO it's pretty newbie-friendly.
positive · u/t****n · r/Fantasy · comment · Dec 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I don't see *that* many recommends for the 1st three on your lists these days, and plenty of counter-arguments for especially WoT, but more and more Stormlight.
mixed · u/R****s · r/Fantasy · comment · Jul 1, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I was on book two of the wheel of time and I don’t think I can read it right now.
negative · u/t****4 · r/suggestmeabook · Dec 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Wheel of Time is my favorite series. 14 books plus a prequel. Its more of an epic. It gets pretty dark at times but the world building and characters are excellent.
positive · u/b****t · r/Fantasy · comment · Dec 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Rosamund Pike's narration of The Wheel of Time brings the most comfort (I really, really need book 5 from her lmao). It's helped me to sleep on a few restless nights too.
positive · u/S****2 · r/audiobooks · Dec 3, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Wheel of Time ... All series I feel don't get a huge bump from listening to in audio format.
mixed · u/P****3 · r/Fantasy · comment · Nov 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Kind of weird, but I never really got into The Wheel of Time. I started the book ages ago as a teen, right after The Belgariad but never finished them...
negative · u/G****d · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 31, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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