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Summary: Just Finish It
Review: Like so many others before him Mr Jordan gets to a certain point in the story and begins to write fill. No substance just filling pages. I notice this with Terry Brooks as well. This is really unfortunate, as it kills the reading excitement and you begin to lose interest. I'm sure this is a money thing to stretch the story into as many books as possible, but enough already. It may be Mr Jordan's purpose in life to write this never ending saga, but it is not my purpose to read it. I'm finished with the wheel.
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Summary: Disappointing... when will it end?
Review: This is definitely the worst book yet in this series. I love the series, and I enjoy epic novels of large proportions, but this story is getting out of hand. To anyone who was excited at the end of Winter's Heart with Rand's cleansing of the male half of the source, you'll be happy (being sarcastic) to know he appears in only one chapter of this book. Instead of following Rand who you are expecting to really bring it on now that he got rid of the Taint, you instead will be bored to tears following along, for a good portion of this book, Elayne Trakand and her attempt to gain control of Andor. The only chapters I want to read are ones that center on Rand or Mat because they are the only ones doing anything of interest at this point in the series. Even the chapters on Perrin are a drag. Since the end of book nine, you would expect Rand to really start to whoop on the bad guys.. but no, he's "recovering". Also I think the amount of time that has passed between Winter's Heart and CoT to be about 2 days, since the first third of the book shows various wielders of saidin and saidar taking notice of the amount of the One Power being channelled by Rand and Nynaeve as they cleanse the male half of the source which happened in the last book. Also I don't see how this series will ever end since Rand has killed off at least half of the Forsaken, but most of them have been brought back to life. I have owned this book for almost a year now and have not even made it halfway through. The next book in the series better focus on Rand and be packed with action, or I don't know that I'll be able to finish off this saga.
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Summary: For God's sake, get on with it!
Review: I absolutely loved the first few books in the series. Then I started to get tired of waiting for some of the story lines to continue. The characters, after all, are so complex and have so much going on. So I got one book, then another, then another - and finally realized that Jordan is milking this for all it's worth! He's never going to resolve anything because he's making too much money stretching it out, and stretching it out, and stretching it out...... Could we have a little more action instead of pages and pages of bland, totally unnecessary descriptions and feelings, please? This is finally it for me. I will not buy another book of his in this series. I'll miss the characters, but it won't be nearly as bad as having to read through 100 pages of drivel per scene! Hey Robert - good premise, but you're losing it!
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Summary: The worst book in all of man kind to be accurate.
Review: This is the worst book i have ever read if at all Robert Jordan even chekc out these reviews he should know for sure that his stupid book no longer interests most readers. Omg the amount of desctiption on a 2 minute incounter between 2 people takes up 10 pages for pete sake. I must agree the first 5 or 6 books were awsome the pace was moving, things were happening, people were discovering themselves than boom!!! its like we are stuck in a time warp going slower and slower and everyone waiting to see what the others were doing so basically sitting around and doing nothing.....IF I CAN GIVE THIS A 0 STAR REVIEW I WOULD HAVE!!!! I SHOULD HAVE WAITED TILL I COULD RENT IT INSTEAD OF BUYING IT LIKE A DUNCE THINKING IT WAS GOING TO GET BETTER... <<<THE 11TH BOOK I WILL JSUT RENT IT AND HOPE TO GOD I DONT DIE OF BORDOM!!!
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Summary: A friendly suggestion for Bobby J
Review: Dear Robert I am not a writer, so this review probably won't hold any significance for you. However, as an avid consumer of fiction, I believe that I am somewhat qualified to comment on the 'Wheel of Time' debacle. The first five or six books were fantastic. Plot threads were opened, existing conflicts were worked up to fever pitch, and everything hummed along at a comfortable pace. I will finish your series, if _you_ ever decide to, on the strength of the promise in these groundbreaking pieces of art. Since then, the vitality of your story has been continually eroded, for motives which are as yet unclear. The latest novel crossed a very special line for me, beyond which I start skipping pages. Surely this is not your intention? In the interest of resolving the situation, I suggest the following. Put down the pen, have a beer (trust me, I can wait), and then give book 10 an honest read. If you can't figure out where you went wrong, get in your late model Rolls, drive down to the Millionaire Paper Wasters Club, and ask David Eddings to tell you. Kindest regards
Keith Smith
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Summary: A difficult book.....an easy choice
Review: I liked it because it gave us something for which we've been crying for years: Put all the heroes in one book. Well, he delivered and more than delivered. The problem, however, is that when this is done, no one advances much and suddenly everyone (mostly) is complaining that the author has lost The Thread or, (and even worse in mine opinion because the next statements are so annoying) they accuse him of "milking" it, drawing out the series just to make money. Pah! He is prolific enough of an author not to be that desperate, and if he is the man his bio says he is, he has more pride than that.
The people who critcize him have their points and some of those reviews are very well-thought out(Thank you,Oscar) but many of these people seem to be taking it personally, as if Robert Jordan were going out of his way to insult them. I have made that mistake myself with other authors. Hey, we wanted a book with everything in it, and we got it. Remember, it was the richness of detail that made us want more, and if now it has grown repetitve, well, someday the story will be finished, and it will be read by someone who will not know anything about how long it took Robert Jordan to write the series. I expect that that kind of reader will enjoy the series more than ANY of us who read it while it is being written.
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Summary: Filler, but not a complete turd
Review: I can't say as I enjoyed the 10th book so much as it has made me excited about the 11th. Not a lot happens, but a lot is foreshadowed. It is this that drew me to Jordan in the first place. Sure, I'm all for the hero hacking the baddies to bits for the sake of his true love, but I find it much more fulfilling to read a story where I am engaged in the plotline and invited to bring my own sense of right and wrong to bear on the situations described. Jordan's work is engaging if not always exciting.
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Summary: I Enjoyed It
Review: I liked the book very much. Stuff happened that wasn't to obvious, but still was important. I can't wait for Book 11. I've enjoyed every book in this series.
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Summary: Another Excellent Book By Robert Jordan
Review: In the tenth installment of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, Jordan again intricately and masterfully weaves his fantastic story of a handful of adventurers out to save the world from the sinister cluches of the Dark One. Jordan weaves his tale around familiar and unfamiliar characters alike, mixing in other points of view with battle scenes from centuries past, combining to make a sensational tale full of adventure, romance, and plenty of action.
Most importantly, though, Jordan weaves a realistic tale of a man's war within himself, and he realistically and accurately portrays complicated human emotion. This makes the world he has created almost seem real. At times, it feels as if you are a denizen of Jordan's world, empathizing with all the triumph and anguish that his characters feel. This is what makes his very in-depth tale a masterpiece. But, like every book, Jordan's story has a hinderance. His scenes (and introductions especially) are descriptive to a fault, making even the most patient reader squirm. Sometimes, entire pages are used to describe a person entering a room, and prompts the eye to skip past the description. This can make it hard for anybody to "get into" the book, or to even start the series. However, starting the series is a very rewarding exprience once one is used to the depths of the descriptions, and should be read along with the likes of Tolkien, Goodkind, and King.
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Summary: Whats Wrong?
Review: Well, you might all think im crazy, but i really dont see whats wrong with this book. Sure, there might be more details than are strictly necessary, but there is still a lot going on, its just not right out in the open. If you just read into what it's saying more and think about the big picture, theres as much going on as in the others. Also, i dont see how you can even think there was nothing going on in eight and nine, they were two of the most important books in the series, with many very important developements. Frankly, i think book ten is about the same, just at a slightly slower pace.
So, i guess what im saying is that i think youre crazy to think its no good anymore. If its been changing in quality at all its for the better. I would definitely recommend that anyone who likes fantasy and complicated stories should read the whole series. This story may be complicated, and it might not be easy to see all thats going on, but thats the best part of it. A series with everything in the open is the kind thats really boring. Anyway if ive been rambling, sorry. The point is, this book is a lot better than you guys say.
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