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Summary: Wheel of Time keeps spinning
Review: A major disappointment. Little plot development, endless descriptive paragraphs with little contribution to the storyline or character development, basically hundreds of pages with virtually no movement. I had been a big fan, but in the future I suspect if I read any more Jordan it will be a paperback. Given the torpid pace of this book, it is likely you could pass over it and still pick up the next volume without missing a step.
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Summary: Why can't I give a book ZERO stars?
Review: Put a gun to my head and paint the wall with my brains. Book ten is the WORST "Robot" Jordan book to date. I am beginning to become impatient with his lack of creativity and excessive frivilous details. And hey, seriously, nothing happens in this entire book. I can make a list of things that are more constructive and entertaining than reading this book.1. Painting a Self-Portrait
2. Doing Community Service
3. Calling Old Friends
4. Watching Paint Dry
5. Learning Yoga ....The list goes on.... Seriously, DO NOT BUY THIS GOD-FORSAKEN BOOK, its only another letdown, in a series of obvious dissappointment. I want my time and money back.
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Summary: Disappointing is an understatement
Review: Like thousands of others, I anxiously awaited publication of this book to help me get through a dark winter. Upon delivery, I sat down in front of the fireplace and got ready to be swept away.
But nothing happened. The more I read, the more disappointed I became. The "events" of this book be done away with entirely and would take nothing from the series. Or they could condensed into three chapters at the most. An absolute travesty!!
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Summary: adds depth and complexity to an already deeply textured land
Review: The world slowly moves on, but has reached a period of crossroads whether its is individuals, people, or nations. Decisions will prove pivotal, as the turning point in the Wheel of Time seems at hand. However, many have reached different crossroads and twilight is now for choices that must be made even when the options seem negative. Perrin considers obtaining help from those he does not trust to help liberate his incarcerated wife. Not sure what to do except flee from the Seanchan, Mat takes the abducted daughter of the Nine Moons, Tuon with him while she seductively toys with him. The sieges at Tar Valon and Caemlyn continue unabated leaving insiders to ponder an escape attempt. Egwene the Amyrlin tries to unite the rebel Aes Sedai against the Dark One and considers an alliance with the Asha'man. The Dragon Reborn has eradicated the Dark One from the True Source, but wonders if he should negotiate with the Seanchan or perhaps Perrin for the next trial. Everything is slowly changing with any one decision could prove the pivotal turning point in the Wheel of Time. Book ten of the Wheel of Time series adds depth and complexity to an already deeply textured landscape. However, as been the case of the last few books, the numerous involved subplots seem on a slow speed treadmill as no forward motion occurs and little action happens. Fans of Robert Jordan will cherish learning even more about the prime players as they struggle to decide what to do next as few writers can dig as insightfully deep as this author does. However, readers who relish action need to look elsewhere. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Give us our money back!
Review: This was junk. I have been a devoted Jordan fan since 1995. I've told all my freinds how great the series is and what an exceptional writer Robert Jordan is. I never thought Robert would make me out to be a lier. I just don't get it. Did he forget what a sword and fantasy novel is? How does he publish a book that has no action in it whatsoever? My advice to Jordan is try agian. It has occured to me that he's prolonging this series to get money. And I would hope that no author would go this low to solicite money. If he need $ he could of just asked for donations. That way there wouldn't be extra space in my closet taken up with this poor excuse for a fantasy novel.
Some would say that he's just trying to fulfill his vision of a fantasy novel much the same way George Lucas makes Star Wars- for himsef first and the public second. In which case I say fine. Just give us our money back robert! That way we don't feel so cheated.
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Summary: Where is the series going?
Review: Mister Jordan is definitely short of ideas. I discovered the Wheel of Time five years ago and rushed throough the first eight books, but my enthusiasm paled by book 7. It is really quite simple: from book 7 onwards the author had too many subplots to do more than devote a few chapters to each of them.
Book 10, alas, is no exception: more of the same plodding pace, of page after page where nothing happens but where the reader is introduced (or re-introduced) to a bewildering cast of characters (per subplot there are at least a dozen of them, and my memory is not that good, unfortunately, to hold all of them in). Add to that the problem of names that sound too much alike (Mariline and Merilline being two), and you will understand why one would get lost in there.
If you want to buy the book, beware: things are not really getting that exciting, and personally I got bored enough to drop the book, which would never have happened with the first one in the series.
The series, as a whole, has lost its momentum, and one gets the feeling that Jordan is milking it for all it is worth while trying to figure out what happens next (how he will tie all those strands of narrative together, for instance...)
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Summary: Waste of Time
Review: Reading reviews of this book is more entertaining than the book itself. If Jordan was attempting to deliver anything other than a cash cow for his personal fortune, he failed miserably. The book delivers no plot movement, and for those of you who have defended Mr. Jordan saying he was putting the context in place for a rousing finale, how many books of context do you need? This was once one of my favorite series, but I will never again purchase one. I found myself 500 pages with less action than occurred in the first 100 of "Eye of the World". It became a labor to pick up the book to finish it.
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Summary: This must be a joke
Review: I understand the last person's thinking that this is a setup for what is to come. Unlike the last person, I do not believe that you need 3-4 books with 600+ pages to describe location and sub-characters. I can understand if Mr.Jordan decided to have the main character in his books. But one chapter for the main character(Rand)in this last installment is ridiculous. The characters that he delves more into are Perrin, Elayne, Mat and just about everyone else and their cousin. Mr.Jordan should be ashamed of himself. From the momentum of the first 4 books he was going so good. Now he is out of ideas and trying to milk his past successes for all that they are worth. Mr. Jordan, if you are listening, end the series sometime soon and move on to another profession.
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Summary: She wore a red silk dress with seven black buttons...
Review: Robert Jordan is a capable of writing much better work than this. No, I do not need every page to be soaked in blood dripping battle or action, but it would be nice for some action and some common sense in the plot. It makes no sense to cleanse saidin in book 9 then act like something mysterious is happening in book 10 when everybody knows what is happening. This did not need to go on for over 400 pages! Also the plotline with Alviarin--why would she be commanded to leave the Tower for months with a distinct chance of losing her reins on Elaida? What was Alviarin doing that was so important to risk that loss? And Halima, why hasn't anybody noticed that Egwene's headaches appear right after Halima has been scolded by Egwene. If Aes Sedais are supposed to suspicious of everybody why aren't they suspicious of how she, a mere person, treats Delana Sedai like she's an inferior. Aes Sedai are anal rententive about proper hierarchy and respect and would never stand for such foolishness. And the conclusion--why would anybody place themselves at such risk? Don't you think the rebel Aes Sedai would have tested the security measures taken by the Tower Aes Sedai? Don't you think the Tower Aes Sedai would have their own roaming the city just waiting for any non-authorized channeling? As far as the action goes, Jordan really blew it. We start off with not a gripping account of how mat escaped with Tuon, but instead mat complaining of his aching body and Tuon calling him Toy with a tiny flashback to their escape. Jordan could've written three exciting chapters about their escape, instead we get three dull chapters about nothing. The same goes with the rebel Aes Sedai that was murdered in the camp. Instead of a great battle with her and her Warder versus a "mysterious" male channeler we hear of her death as report. "I just learned so-so died." How exciting! Perhaps Tarmon Gai'don will end with somebody walking into the Amyrlin's study and announcing, "The Dragon Reborn has won the Last Battle, mother." Whoops! I just gave away the plot for the next two books! I also really missed the arguments between the Forsaken and a general lack of chapters dedicated to evil characters. What happened to Padan Fain? moridin? Suroth? The Spider? I was also disappointed nothing exciting happened in Tel'aran'rhiod. No new discoveries of its dangers, nobody skulking about in it. Just a quick conversation there because they lack telephones. Sigh. The whole book feels like Jordan wasn't paying attention to it, like this was some side project he wasn't interested in, like his poblishers are forcing him to drag it out--or perhaps he's dragging it out on purpose to line his coffers with more of our hard earned gold crowns. I think more but shorter chapters would have solved alot of these problems. Almost all the books have over 50 chapters save the most recent ones, including COT. We don't need to know redundant facts (so redundant I won't repeat the litany that starts with men/women are impossible to understand and ends with how many buttons were on Elayne's silk dress) over actual action within the plot. And while I'm at it, can somebody please give Robert Jordan a J. Crew catalog so he'll know there is more than just red, yellow, orange, blue, green, purple, black, white, and gray when it comes to describing clothes. How about using turquoise or crimson or wheat or salmon or emerald. Can't a dress be any other color besides the color of the Ajahs? And as much as he blathers on about dresses you'd think he'd have more ideas than a "red dress" or a "red dress slashed with yellow". How about "She wore a silk gown done in a pattern of roses" or "He wore a cobalt, gray, and white houndstooth check jacket?"
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Summary: Please "STILL" Robert Jordan !
Review: I just finished reading the tenth book, and if I could just get ahold of Mr. Jordan long enough to knock that ridiculous hat off his head, I might get SOME satisfaction out of the whole expierence! I simply cannot believe so little could happen in over 600 pages! I was stunned when Rand finally appeared on page 540...my god! I read the first 8 novels in a little over a month, and loved almost all of them. Now, after having to wait so long for this meandering waste, I am so upset..I can hardly type this! I actually found myself skimming page after page searching for any scrap of actual meaningful plot. I am also convinced that R. J. himself could not keep track of all those endlessly similar Aes Sedai names without the help of of computer program. Could somebody just tell me if Moraine is actually dead..so I can skip the rest?
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