I don’t know how much of the series you read before getting turned off, but there are ample plot lines leaving suspense- many of which are subtle and take a while to evolve. Although my enjoyment is a reality, the suspense certainly is too. If not the actual outcomes (which some are despite your beliefs), the sheer amount of characters and nations (their intentions and deceptions) keep things lively and interesting. Like I said before, I can see your point. I am just requesting that you see mine. Suspense doesn’t come exclusively from one aspect of a story line. Some of us enjoy the subtle mysteries that are ample throughout this series.

That’s all well and good… and if I had said that killing a main character was necessary to make a series interesting or good, then your post to me would have some point to it… however, since (stop me if this quote sound familiar, like, I may have used it in my previous post) I can appreciate that you like the book the way it is… different strokes and all of that… Your post to me is devoid of point.

It doesn’t make the book bad and / or uninteresting if the outcome is already determined, it simply takes away the suspense that is built from the aprehension of the possibility of defeat/death of the hero(s). Although this is not my particular cup of tea, I am quite aware that a great many people are perfectly fine witout such apprehension… Steven Segal wouldn’t have been able to make so many of his movies if there weren’t plenty of people who didn’t care that the outcome was preordained.

@Niki,

See above paragraph… and previous post of mine… While a story can certainly be interesting and entertaining with a preordained outcome, there simply is no suspense when you already know what’s going to happen… you’re confusing suspense with enjoyment I believe.

The point I m trying to make is that these are fantasy novels (stories) u r reading not Some Bloody Live Journal or history record…..
And story becomes a story only if the character its about completes his quest and not dies in between….

Suppose that there is a story about character A who is supposed to rescues a Princess by fighting a dragon,,,,,it becomes only when he competes his quest….. And Not when he dies fighting the Dragon.

In WoT every Characters has his own quest,……..and Pattern wouldn’t let them die unless they complete it.

I can appreciate that you like the book the way it is… different strokes and all that… And I’m fine with it if you think Nynaeve is great… I’m sure plenty of submissives out there love her ;p… But drama and suspense are not “agree / disagree” concepts when discussing a known outcome… You may love your christmas/birthday gift to death, but if you knew what it was before you opened it, then there is no drama/suspense to the occasion… you may have thought the lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin in episode 3 was awesome, but because you KNOW that Obi-Wan wins (and that they both survive) it removes the sense of danger and suspense from the scenario that they were trying to build with all the crumbling structures and lava explosions. In Jordan’s WoT books, you KNOW that Jordan’s main characters are going to survive, and that removes the suspense from the threat that they may be facing at any given time… that’s not an ‘agreeable’ point, it’s simply a fact.