The new series The Wheel of Time llega a Amazon Prime Video. This blockbuster will bring us a world of magic and fantasy reminiscent of Game of Thrones o The Lord of the Rings. We tell you why many consider it a masterpiece and what will make you hopelessly hooked on it.
What is The Wheel of Time about?
The Wheel of Time is a series of novels by writer Robert Jordan in a saga that spans 14 volumes, a prequel, and two companion books. For the last three stories, Robert Jordan teamed up with another of the heavyweights of current fantasy literature, Brandon Sanderson.
Many qualify this saga as a masterpiece of fantasy and we are sure that you will get hooked on it without remedy for many reasons. Here are the main ones (don't worry, there are no spoilers).
Reasons to conquer you
We could make a monograph of what we love about The Wheel of Time, but you have to leave room for other things, so let's see the main thing.
It could be the new Game of Thrones
It sounds like a cliché and all the series that want to succeed say so, but in this case, It is true.
The Wheel of Time It is fantasy, yes, but not the usual one. Here you will not see elves or dwarves (although it is true that the trollocs they could pass for something resembling orcs). There is magic and wonder, but Jordan himself defined the world as: "A XNUMXth century without gunpowder."
So get ready for a complex world, with perfectly developed and adult characters that go beyond the traditional good and bad clichés.
It's fantasy, but suitable for non-fans of the genre
Game of Thrones hooked (at least until the series got ahead of the books), because it's a story of what makes us human, far from clichés and Disney-style simplicity.
That got the whole world addicted and The Wheel of Time it is a similar work. A detailed world and complex characters accompany an excellent narrative. If this is transferred to the series just as well as in the first seasons of Game of ThronesGet ready because you won't be able to stop watching it.
It is spectacular
The history of The Wheel of Time It was going to be a 6 book saga, but you see how it grew. And it is that the story deserves it and moves towards a tremendous final battle.
Along the way we will have others, like the one with the two rivers, and scenes that, if they are like in the books (Mat blows Valere's horn, Rand meets Elaida in Caemlyn…) they will put your heart in a fist and make you not detach from the screen.
Rafe Judkins is a true fan
The person in charge of the series, Rafe Judkins, has true love for the series. He has expressed on more than one occasion her passion for her and details such as memories of growing up with her mother and he reading books together.
The same goes for other members of the casting and production. They are true fans who are not there just for the money, so hopefully they won't break our hearts like the end of Game of Thrones.
Please, no, not that. This has to go well and, for the moment, it seems that it has all the paint and that you will not be able to stop talking about The Wheel of Time.