A couple months ago I found an anthology of the Wheel of Time.
I had watched the first 3 or so episodes of the Amazon adaptation and wasn’t super invested into the characters, but wanted to give the book series a shot.
Basically I’ve read about 7 chapters of New Spring and was wondering why literally none of this was brought up in the Amazon series until I realized that adaptation started with Eye of the World. Should I just skip New Spring and come back later? Does this even add to the new reading experience outside of a glance at Tar Vallon and the hierarchy of the Aes Sedai?
I don’t hate this book - but I already know Lan becomes Moirane’s Warder and that she meets/finds the Dragon Reborn.
Edit: I’m reading Chapter 1 of Eye of the World now. Thanks!
It’s definitely straightforwardly good vs evil in the worldbuilding, but there’s a lot more nuance in terms of actual characters.
One of the biggest themes throughout the series is (I don’t consider this a spoiler, but I’ll put it behind spoiler tags to allow you to make your own mind up):
Themes
Around who knows what and when. And how. And the problems that arise when people who ultimately are on the same side are operating with different information, including miscommunications.
The result is multiple factions working against each other and complex political machinations.