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Summary: Is this the best that Jordan could come up with?
Review: Please do not waste your money buying this book. He does not deserve anything for this poor excuse for literature. Borrow it from a library and save your money to buy a book you will at least enjoy. If you must own it, wait till it comes out in paperback. I am very disapointed that this was the best he could come up with in nearly 2 years. I have little hope for the next book.
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Summary: Can I have my money back?
Review: This book is boring from the first to the last page. It seems that jordans books are getting worse as the series goes on. In this book he is focusing on parts of the overall storyline that we do not need to know and would frankly be better off not knowing. There was not one exciting scene in the entire book. And this was a fairly long book. There are too many names in this book. The majority of characters are not important in any sense and should be left out completely. This is a message to jordan: Get on with it and stop trying to milk us for all we are worth. I refuse to buy another one of your books.
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Summary: Can I have two days back please........
Review: This is the last Jordan I buy...new anyway. It might have 50 pages worth of actual plot advancement. The rest is pure filler designed to pad the profits of Tor and Jordan. How many times can Jordan use the same cookie cutter scenes and descriptions to show how much Perrin loves his wife, or that Rand can't believe he has three woman who love him. Save your money, if you have to read this book, wait until it hits your used paperback book store. Get a clue Jordan, get a editor with a honking big box of red pens. Perhaps then you'll get this story back on track.
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Summary: Review
Review: I'm a big fa of the series but the lack of action was distracting from the plot.
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Summary: Better than you might think!
Review: Most of the reviewers of this book have trashed it and many say they are getting out of the series for good. To them I say stick it out! While it might make for an unsatisfying read for those looking for immediate resolutions, this is the book Jordan needed to write to allign plots and people for the mad dash to the end. While the reviews are correct in saying that nothing monumental happens, that isn't to say that there isn't plot development. The past 2 books really began a consolidation, and I think this books pulls together strings that will be drawn into a knot of excitement for the last two books. Many have complained that Jordan is milking the series for all its worth (and I don't deny that it could have been shorter if done differently, but when all is said and done, would it be as satisfying as this will be?), but I think Jordan does want this to end. I think this should be the final major set up book. Jordan has set this book up so that all his main characters (Rand, Mat, & Perrin at least) should be meeting up in the next book. I think that many/all the major political plot lines will be largely wrapped up in book 11, with book 12 being the final battle. This book essentially is "marking time", however the things that do happen (the implications of what Egwene does, for both the fight with the White Tower as well as at the last battle, are stunning), the hints given, and thinking through what he has intentionally left untouched (why is Padin Fain mentioned in the glossory? Hmm...think about that one!), has me quivering with anticipation for what comes next.
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Summary: Do NOT buy this book
Review: Hopefully you read this before you buy. Nothing happens in the book. Everything is stalled until the next one. If you MUST find out something about the book, go to a bookstore and read the last 4 pages. That is all that is interesting in the whole thing. It's sad that such a great series has turned so bad. Good writing, good characters, good plot, has turned into, bad writing, predictable and cloned characters, with zero plot movement. Mr. Jordan has claimed over and over that he's had the last scene in his head for 15 years or more now. It would do us all a big favor if he just wrote it down and posted it on some of the Wheel of Time boards and started something new.
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Summary: Just Treading Water
Review: I have read all of the Wheel of Time series and this was my least favorite. I have to admit I still enjoyed the book, but was disappointed in that it really did not move the story along as the other books have. There were no battles, no action, no love "scenes", no obvious movement towards an end. If you have read the previous nine books this one will make sense, but if not, do not, repeat, do not read this book. It is hard to keep up with all the characters even if you have read all nine before this one, but if you have not read them do not start with this one. I have enjoyed the series, but I am ready for the end.
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Summary: It saddens me to see RJ selling out...
Review: while authors write professionally to make money, I still believe that authors hold a special trust with their readers to bring out the best work that they possibly can. I do not here discuss the fact that RJ's works have meandered on and stretched out unnecessarily, since that is my opinion (altho one shared by a great many) I do however hold issue with the fact that RJ is choosing to SELL parts of his books in advance via the internet as "preview", and moreover i hold issue with the fact that RJ seems to be deliberately writing less pages for each book. For example, today i happened to glance at book 6 of the series, and compared to book 10 the font seems strikingly smaller while the amount of pages remian same. Is RJ and TOR seeking to squeeze out an extra book from the series thru using larger fonts per page? WIll WOT books soon read like restaurant menus rather than book pages? One can't fault an author for trying to make a buck, but nonetheless it saddens me to see one sell out his integrity for profit.
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Summary: Stretching the story for 500 Alex
Review: Yes, another echo of the plot-development sentiment. RJ has strayed from the rapid developments and masterful plot twists that served to hook dedicated readers in books 1-8. The first two-thirds of CoT is so boring that it makes one wonder if RJ himself knows how to move his own plot forward. (you don't even get to see what Al Thor is doing until the last third of the book) or if he is simply doing some remedial development. I for one get the distinct impression that if he does, he has learned that stretching the story out is far more profitable than bringing it to its (overdue) climax. For the hard-core WoT fan that will stick with it to the end, I advise passing on this one until the eleventh installment is available. Doing so might avoid a great deal of frustration as it is unlikely that this "plot development" can be stretched far beyond what is already a ridiculous span of pages.
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Summary: Reviews better than the book
Review: I have to agree with one reviewer who said he encouraged Jordan to keep writing, as a book of this sheer ineptitude had engendered some of the finest reviews he'd ever read. I wish CoT had done half the job of keeping me up late reading that these reviews have done. When readers as erudite, thoughtful and downright funny as these say your book is bad, it just is. End of story. And my God, is this book bad. I do have a couple of comments to those few brave souls still trying to defend Jordan: 1.) Transition book? What the hell is a transition book? Transition paragraph, yeah. Transition chapter, OK. But since when does anyone need to, let alone have the right to, write a transition novel? Or maybe I'm wrong. I'm sure the Lord of the Rings could have been greatly improved by wedging 400 pages of "character development" between Two Towers and Return of the King. This innovative literary device will no doubt be creeping its way into community college creative writing classes any day now. 2.) Speaking of character development - you can't have development without action of some kind. No, it doesn't have to involve swords or battle or Forsaken, but it does have to involve something more than a character kicking back and contemplating events. Characters develop by reacting to external events and each other. Sitting in place thinking is just that - sitting in place. The only thing it develops is extreme boredom in the reader. Despite my warnings, my younger brother will no doubt launch into CoT as soon as I hand it over to him. He, like most long-time Wheel of Time readers, simply can't believe it can be as bad as those of use who've gone before say. After he's finished, and we've commiserated a bit, I'm going to ask for it back. Then I'll do something I've never done before, never considered doing before, heck, have never even heard of before. I'm going to pack the book in a box and mail it to Tor, with a nice little sticky attached that informs them that not only will I never buy another Jordan book, I'll be reluctant to buy any book Tor puts out. I still eagerly anticipate the next book, however - not so that I can read it, but so I can see where it debuts on the NY Times Bestseller list. Five? 10? Not at all? Now that will be entertaining. We Constant Readers (to borrow Stephen King's term) may be loyal, but we're not stupid. I hope.
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