Starting about a year ago, I started to read a lot. One of the things that got me started reading was a book series by Terry Goodkind called the Sword of Truth. After reading the 11 book series twice, I decided I needed to find a new challenge. That turned out to be another series of greater length, the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. It's been said that Goodkind blatantly copied Jordan's WoT, but when I started it I had only read the SoT series. I picked up on some of the similarities at the start, and as a read on they got more and more frequent.
Only recently did I learn that WoT came first, so I did some research. Main characters, places, time lines, they all touch in some way. I've read both and they are great books, some probably agree with me, but then there are those who find the need to beat on Goodkind's books and reputation. Put side by side the series are similar, but they also have unique differences that add a build upon the bases that they share.
After reading both series to their latest book, I think Jordan's WoT was better. They both had the same starting pointbut Jordan's build upon it better. Goodkinds books started out good, but after the first third of the series they started revolving around Goodkind's political views, which I have nothing against they just don't build upon the stories. I think that when an author follows, some might call it copying, another like this it really shows where an author shines. These two books are a great example of parallel story structure that, when analysed together, shows how different two perspectives on the same type of story can be.
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