IRA: ANALYSIS & RECOMMENDATION

Here i am going to give a recommendation for this book (The Towers of Midnight). I personally like the book but i plan to attempt to give an unbiased analysis and recommendation of the book. It is a well written book, detailed and fairly easy to understand. There is plenty of background, which helps you understand the mindset of the characters. Now, there is another issue in this book which most people would consider negative but it is also a positive thing. The book tends to repeat itself a lot, going over events in the history of their world, as well as events in the previous books. While this can be repetitive, it is also a good thing so that if you start reading the series midway through, you can still understand whats going on. So it has both negative and positive points. Another good thing about it is the characters. They are relatable and human. They're just normal people. They aren't totally larger than life. They aren't just one-dimensional. They are three-dimensional and have very developed personalities. This is something that not all books can boast. While this book has one major conflict that binds all the characters and everything together, it also has a lot of smaller, personal conflicts and other things going on in it. This prevents it from being tedious. If it didn't have these smaller issues and only focused on the major issue all the time, it would be kind of boring. This book has the potential to be a very dark story and while it is at times, it also has comedic relief. I believe this is a common problem for many stories. You can't have it be all dark; you need some humor in the story. Admittedly, its a rather long series, but the fact it is and has still remained interesting with new material and with interesting plot turns and character developments, reflects well on the author. Another thing that impressed me is that he doesn't let his personal religious views influence his story. This story has elements of various religions in it (Budhism, Hinduism, and Christianity), which shows that he doesn't exclude religions simply because they aren't his. This is a common failing of authors, i believe. They frequently let their personal views interfere with their stories. If they could discard their personal biases, they would be able to create a wider range of literature.

Overall, I believe this book is very good. I readily admit that i might be somewhat biased in my recommendation. I also concede the point that it has negative points and isn't perfect. I admit that my analysis of the book is probably biased. However, i also believe that it definitely isn't the worst book ever written.  So, in my opinion, however biased it may be, i would definitely recommend this book to anyone. I'd recommend it to fans of sci-fi/fantasy books in particular. You don't have to be a fan of fantasy to enjoy the book, though. So, to recap, go out and read these books. I know you'll enjoy them.