On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 07:08:36PM -0500, Chris Turkel wrote: > On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 07:06 PM, Davis, Iain E. wrote: > >I didn't like _any_ of the > >characters, which was a big part of the problem...I thought the main > >character was annoyingly inept/stupid, and the rest seemed annoying in > >a > >variety of other ways (arrogant, etc.). > I have heard that from a lot of people. I got through the first book > because my boss at work gushed about it. The ending was worth it. My, > how the characters have changed since then! They have changed, but imo they haven't gotten any better. I have heard the annoyance at the characters from just about everyone I know. The general consensus seems to be that we read Jordan for the complexity of the plot and the richness of the world, but not for the depth of the characters. Kat