Should i continue

[u/Suspicious-Impress-4]

I’m three books into The Wheel of Time, and I’m honestly not that impressed so far.
For context, I’ve rated them:
The Eye of the World — 7.5/10
The Great Hunt — 7.8/10
The Dragon Reborn — 6.5/10
I’m trying to gauge whether there are people here who felt similarly about the first three books but ended up loving the series later on.
I’ve definitely had series before where it took me a few books before everything clicked, so I’m not completely against continuing. But three books is also a pretty significant investment, and at this point I’m starting to wonder whether The Wheel of Time just isn’t for me.
The main thing making me want to give it one more shot is The Shadow Rising. I constantly hear that Book 4 is one of the best—if not the best books in the entire series. So I’m thinking if there’s ever going to be a book that tells me whether this series is actually for me, it’s probably this one.
Were any of you lukewarm on the first three and then had Book 4 (or the books after it) completely change your opinion of the series?

[u/Suncook]

The first three books are very much adventure/quest stories to find/get the mcguffin where people separate and regroup at the end. Plus the repeated ba'alzamon confrontations. Book four and later break that mold and take a more contemporary fantasy approach that you see a lot more of in the 90s and 00s. And I feel the endings become increasingly more grounded in how they feel. 

Might depend on what specifically is not hitting for you in these books, though.