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Jordan, sadly, he's lost his focus. My advice is put off reading him until he finishes the series. The first books are great. Just awesome reading. And then the plot stops and all you get for a bunch of books is people whining about how so and so can handle the opposite gender better then them. Okay, we get the point, move on. Combine that with trying to follow too many characters in too many places doing too many unimportant things... well, suffice it to say one of the most compelling (and one of the main as well) characters doesn't even get touched upon in one of the later books.
With the plot stopped as it currently is, not starting is the best way to go. Hopefully, a few less book sales will enlighten Jordan that maybe, just maybe, he needs to get back to what made the first books great. And it'll save you from having to wait a year or two between books for the next book in which nothing will happen. And when that book does come out, you'll reread the previous ones... up until the time you realize that nothing really happens and you decide to just not bother refreshing your memory anymore.
So much potential... but sadly much of it lost due to an author that has lost his grip on his vision and let it spiral out of control.
And so, wait for him to finish... and then read it all.
Until then, enjoy your Goodkind.
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