I read the first few Wheel of Time books, then got the audio books for the next 8 or so, and when I first made the switch, I spent a good quarter of a book having to re-learn who all of the characters were, since I’d been mentally mispronouncing so many of them.
I read the books 4ish times. 1st time, RJ died so I took a few years off and read it start to finish on my 2nd attempt. Another couple years pass, and I got to book 10 and couldn’t do the hunt for Falie again. Stopped. My last attempt was last year. I got to book 4, and then my kid got a PS5 for christmas. I was a real gamer back in the day, and I read all day at work, so I just stopped. I don’t read recreationally at all now. It’s kind of like how the last thing a chef wants to do when they get home is cook.
Anyway, there’s no way in hell that I’d ever pronounce the names right. Some of the more intuitive ones, maybe, but the rest? I’d probably blunder.
Arguably the worst book in the series is 10. I got slagged for 4 years at that point until surrendering to the audiobook. It felt like a disjointed midpoint with nowhere to go. So, feel you on just abandoning joy because quitting wasn’t an option.
Ah yes, Menzobananazan
A surface dwelling dark elf society that’s established a sizeable banana empire in the tropics of Faerun.
There’s always money in the Menzobananazan, Michael
You have no idea how hard it was to end up here and not there. No idea, Michael.
toddlers have it figure it out, just call them nana and move on
I listened to the audio books, so I can pronounce it but I can’t spell it
I read the first few Wheel of Time books, then got the audio books for the next 8 or so, and when I first made the switch, I spent a good quarter of a book having to re-learn who all of the characters were, since I’d been mentally mispronouncing so many of them.
I read the books 4ish times. 1st time, RJ died so I took a few years off and read it start to finish on my 2nd attempt. Another couple years pass, and I got to book 10 and couldn’t do the hunt for Falie again. Stopped. My last attempt was last year. I got to book 4, and then my kid got a PS5 for christmas. I was a real gamer back in the day, and I read all day at work, so I just stopped. I don’t read recreationally at all now. It’s kind of like how the last thing a chef wants to do when they get home is cook.
Anyway, there’s no way in hell that I’d ever pronounce the names right. Some of the more intuitive ones, maybe, but the rest? I’d probably blunder.
Arguably the worst book in the series is 10. I got slagged for 4 years at that point until surrendering to the audiobook. It felt like a disjointed midpoint with nowhere to go. So, feel you on just abandoning joy because quitting wasn’t an option.
Eye of the World as an audiobook sounds horrible. I’ve always assumed Jordan brought books 1-3 to a publisher and that’s how the series got published.