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Summary: Jinkies!
Review: I really didn't care much for the first several books in the series, as I found Jordan's tendency to "borrow" from other authors disgusting. Moiraine, Perrin, Thom, and Elayne seemed a lot like Polgara, Durnik, Belgarath, and C'Nedra from David Edding's series, and the Aiel are straight out of Dune. But that's not too uncommon in this genre. How many 14 y.o. farm boys turn out to be kings with super powers? Lots. Too many. What really annoyed me was that around book 7 this series stopped being even remotely interesting. That's right, the last several were stinkers. Not just this one. And each time, some fan cries "setup!" or "you're just not a good reader" or some such drivel to excuse Jordan's poor writing. These are the same readers who are continually surprised by the endings of Scooby-Doo cartoons. This is not setup or brilliant writing. It is garbage. One reviewer even likened the detail to script-writing for a movie and another wrote that anyone annoyed by 800+ pages of writing just didn't know good stuff when they saw it. ... This series was bad from book 7 on, and it cannot be redeemed. Want to know how it ends? As for the bad guys, the remaining Forsaken that DON'T finally die by balefire will one day realized that if THEY are loyal only to themselves, kill randomly and cruelly, and live only for themselves, then the DARK ONE (lame name) will probably do the same to them once he's free. Didn't that little fact occur to them at some point in the last several thousand years? Ane the heroes? Mat loses an eye, Moiraine is rescued, Rand sacrifices himself to save the world, and no one cares because they stopped reading long ago.
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Summary: An introduction
Review: This seems to be an introduction or preview to Book 11. However, if it takes as long for Jordan to publish the next as it did for this one, I am afraid this is another reader he has lost but then after reading this one, maybe he doesn't care about the readers.
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Summary: Crossroads of Boredom
Review: In over 600 pages, nothing happens that couldn't have been listed in a prologue. And the 75 page prologue is absolutely meaningless. It doesn't get you caught up, it doesn't review important current events, it does nothing but add more context for the absence of events. A major, world-shattering event takes place, and it's a mere footnote to what the characters had for breakfast. Mind-boggling!And how many characters look constantly startled in this silly book? I think it's between 8 and 10 now. I don't need to know what every one of the 200 characters is wearing during every moment of the day. I don't need to know every member of every family, Ajah, royal family or army. I don't need to know the different ways that each group of characters picks weevils out of their food. Let's get the show on the road. Let's get rid of the typographical errors. (Absolutely unforgiveable!) And lets start tying up some loose ends. Elayne in Caemlyn, the Aes Sedai conflict, the Black Ajah, Mat and the Seanchan, Perrin and the Shaido, Rand and the Forsaken, and Moiraine. Not to mention all the minor subplots and prophecy. Time to bring this thing to a close. Mr. Jordan is a good writer and he ought to move on to some new characters and new worlds.
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Summary: Crossroads of Twilight
Review: Have you ever been on the phone with someone who just blabs and you can put the phone down and pick it up 5 minutes later and have missed nothing? Well feel free to just skip pages with this book, you will have missed nothing. There is a lot of fluff that is totally pointless except to waste paper.
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Summary: The Wheel of Time (almost) Grinds to a Halt
Review: The first six books in this series were great fun -- the kind of books I would stay up until 5AM to finish. I thought they were a fine example of an author keeping control of an increasingly complex world and plot. The seventh book slowed down considerably, and in the eighth and ninth, the roller coaster had turned into a chess game (with no time clock). I've felt that Jordan has lost control of his plot -- he no longer seems to see what is important in moving the story along. Pages and pages are spent on minute details, while interesting threads are lost, and overall the action has stagnated. I was hoping that the last chapter of book 9 was a sign of things to come. It wasn't. Practically nothing happens in this book, and it takes 672 pages to not happen. Not a single major plot element is resolved (and many are totally ignored -- this book is all about side adventures and has very little to do with the main conflict). I had seen some of the bad reviews, but felt compelled to read the book because of my "investment" of having read the previous nine. Resist this feeling. You can completely skip this one and lose nothing as far as knowing what is going on for the next book (you won't remember anything that happened in Crossroads of Twilight in two years when the next book is out anyway). I know, I know, it's build-up to the grand finale (which I now fear is several slow-moving books away). Build-up is fine, but it needs to be interesting and this isn't.
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Summary: the pain
Review: I dont understand whats going on. Who are all the new characters.; My brain is too smal to keep track.. The nuthing that happens in the book would be ok if the characters were likable. But i hate quite a number of them. Faile and the useless trio of Egwyene and Nyenne. And all the other stupid Aes Sedai who dont do anything. What nneds to be done is a drastic pruning by having some big cataclasm that kills ff 3/4 of the characters. I only had fun reading about Matt cause it was funny. Uselless book,. I ll buy the next one but i m sure i ll hate that as well. TOR should add a few asprin tablets with the book.
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Summary: it took 2 years to produce this?!
Review: I read the book and I really, honestly tried to find something worth 2 or 3 stars. I kept an open mind and reminded myself that it was really just a set up for even greater things to come. In the end I couldn't even justify the single star that I'm required to give. To give this book 1 star is an insult to all the other books that had to earn their 1 star. There was only about 20 pages worth reading in the nearly 700 page book. To think of all the trees that gave their lives for this book to be published. What a waste... what a crying shame of a waste of oxygen producing trees. In all honesty, the part with Alviarin was captivating. However it doesn't make up for the 498 pages that came before it, or the 160 pages that came after. If you've read the other 9 books (and who hasn't, if they read book 10?) just skip to page 499 and read that chapter. For the rest of the book: a) ALL the women are still bra-burning, Julia-Roberts-watching, arms-crossed-under-her-breast-while-she-sniffs-at-all-the-brainless-men feminists. b) all the men still like to be treated like kids by the women. c) on page 677, SOMETHING HAPPENS!! OH MY GOD!! but don't get your hopes up, it's over by 678. d) You can still count the number of chapters Rand gets for himself on one hand. In this case, ONE!! and a two page epilogue for a grand total of 18 pages, even though HE'S ONLY THE MAIN CHARACTER and is perhapes the coolest character in the entire series. e) on page 284 you get a neato map of Caemlyn. In summary, this book reminded me a lot about the movie "The Thin Red Line" in that you have endless detail and character exploration to a fault. The writer says: "Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, oooo action sequence here, blah blah blah blah blah, oh man I have 670 pages/3 hours of screenplay already! Errrr.. bad stuff happens to a main character, The End, thank you for your money, come again next time!"
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Summary: One paragraph expanded to 600+ pages
Review: This book could have easily been edited down to a single paragraph. I held out hope to the last page. I've defended Jordan as the books have become progressively bland and I've been a huge fan until now. I'm done. I feel molested and cheated. When I realized that I had 3 pages left in the book and was still waiting for some big plot twist, something to blow my mind, it dawned on me that I'd wasted a lot of time not even being entertained. I feel betrayed and very disappointed.
600 pages of characters sitting around talking about tea and the weather. Even when we come across a haunted village, the characters sit outside it and talk about it then leave. Nothing. nothing.... nothing. what a waste.
You know, I'm becoming angry as I write this. I don't even care how the storey ends now. This book was a money grab and a fatal blunder. Jordan, you've stolen the last money you'll ever get out of me.
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Summary: Setting up for future action
Review: This next installment in WOT contains almost none of the hard core action that was in his earlier works, but unlike Winter's Heart, stuff actually happens. We see Egwene as a growing Amyrlin Seat, and Mat's relationship with Tuon begins to develop. However, once again, nothing is actually resolved. Rand is still going crazy, Cadsuane hasn't taught Rand anything, Perrin is still looking for Faile, and Elaida has yet to be overthrown. I am also still waiting for Nynaeve to stop playing the role of a hopelessly lovesick newlywed. Although disappointing, Jordan fans should still continue, for this book seems to be setting up some exciting developments in the next installment.
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Summary: This book was pure torture
Review: I was a faithful Robert Jordan fan until I read this disasterous book. The last book was a little slow, but there was a climax to the book, the story progressed. This book had no climax and very little story progression. In fact it was mostly story regression. The first half of the book was set before the ending of the last book. Nothing happened in this book. Rand was barely mentioned. Perrin was still looking for Faile. Mat was still trudging north. Egwene was still waiting. And Elayne was still pregnant. It's likely a series reader could skip this book and miss nothing in the story. I'll read the next book of course, I just hope Jordan actually moves the story along next time. He continues to introduce new characters which I don't care about. I wish he would focus on the characters which the readers do care about. Also, Jordan repeats himself so much its getting irritating. It is was fine at first, but if I have to read how much the men and/or women gossip according to the opposite sex, I will pull out my hair. Enough is enough...we get it!!
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