Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Danger! Addicting series with no end in sight

I don't know wiether to thank or hate the friend who recommended this series to me. It certainly is enjoyable, at least up to book six where I am at. The characters definitely seem like real people, the vivid detail gives a feeling that I've visited these places. The political intrigue and fanatical religious fervor of each culture resemble this morning's newpaper headlines. You get a sense that Jordan wrote down his favorite Tolkien literary devices on 3x5 notecards, suffled them out of order and then for the first three books in his series pulled a card at random when he needed to spice up the story. HOWEVER, as the story progressed he did become more original in ideas but sacrificed plausability. I have and will recommend this series to people, that is if I can find anyone left who hasn't started it already.