[skim1420]

I recommend you read books 2 and 3 in the REP series. TBP is comparatively really slow (IMO necessarily), but the series really picks up in 2 and 3 in a way that makes you appreciate the foundation that book 1 laid.

[awwaiid]

After reading all three, I often think back on book-2, sometimes on book-3, never on book-1.