I've refrained from posting anything online until my angst over this had a chance to cool.  Angry people make bad decisions. 

At the end of the day, after twenty-three years, fifteen books, hundreds of dollars buying mostly first edition hardcovers, and finally, two authors (which I wholeheartedly accepted, having read Sanderson's "Mistborn" series, choosing him softened the blow of losing RJ and potentially any sense of closure)...I felt that somehow, I deserved better than this. 

I'm a writer myself, currently working on my second novel, and if I were approached to have any of my work "adapted" by Rafe Judkins, well, all I can say is that I'd burn every word of it (figuratively, I'm not setting my computer on fire) before I allowed him to destroy my work as he has destroyed TWOT.  

Is it watchable?  I guess.  It's not as bad as some of the other trash on television.

I was watching Apocalypse Now the other night and there is a scene where Chef is relating to Captain Willard his first day of Cooks School in the Navy. 

“they lined us up in front of a hundred yards of prime rib.  All of us.  You know, lined up lookin’ at it. Magnificent meat, really. Beautifully marbled. Magnifique.  Next thing they’re throwing the meat into these big cauldrons.  All of it.  Boiling it.  I looked inside man it was turning gray.  I couldn’t f-ing believe that one.   That’s when I applied for radioman’s school.”

So, now I know exactly how Chef felt.  And he hadn't even been attacked by the tiger yet.

Watching Rafe Judkins The Wheel of Time.  It’s like watching someone boil prime rib.

In other words, it may be edible, and might keep you from starving, but the meal in no way lives up to the potential of the ingredients.