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Cat Lady Kydia Music | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 I watched Season 1 of Wheel of Time about a year ago.

Started watching Season 2 tonight without bothering to re-watch S1, and even with the "recap" I'm like "hmm, yes, I remember most of these faces, but I have no idea who they are or where they are or how they got here, or wtF is going on." 😩
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James | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c53d74b8 Just like with the books!
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d4bc7838 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c53d74b8 I felt like that most of the time I was watching S1. (Never read the books, which I imagine didn't help any.)
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1cfc5c22 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c53d74b8 Read the books. Watched S1. Bounced off S2 pretty fast. The departures from the books are so huge (though sometimes interesting) that I don’t feel as if I’m even watching WoT. The casting is pretty great, the acting’s pretty great, the production values are high, but the writing is so-so and the pacing is ugh. Most fans of the book will admit that the middle books drag, but that’s mostly because there are so many characters in so many places. Which the TV series decided to emulate.