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Summary: Worst Book Ever Read
Review: This book is terrible. Out of 700 some odd pages, maybe 100 were readable. The number of characters has so weighted this series down, I don't know if it can be concluded with 50 books. I have no idea how this series will end up in two books, if that still holds true, other than a nuclear weapon killing everyone.
Maybe Jordan should read Goodkind in order to learn how to focus on key, important characters and leave the rest on the editorial scrapheap.
The publisher should be ashamed for letting this book out.
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Summary: Shame on RJ
Review: WOT was/is a good series. Now, RJ is just milking his fans for money. I spend [money] for a book. I expect some entertainment. So why was I grinding teeth the whole time I read it? There was no action. The story didn't advance. This book was boring, and uninspiring. Heck, he didn't even throw us a bone at the end of the book as usual. You probably can skip number ten and go trait to number 11 and not miss a thing. The sorry part is he know we'll just keep on buying his books because we want to see the end of it. RJ need to listen to the majority of his fans here. They are the one who made him.
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Summary: Horrible Horrible book!!!
Review: I've come this far...yes, 10 books, and this is AWEFUL!!! Very rarely, possible on only 2-3 other occasions have I been so disgusted with a book, that I *HAD* to simply stop reading it, even though I got more than halfway through!!
At this point, the book was only "filler" to satiate the corporate contract that R. Jordan has with the publisher. If you want a book, which can spend hundreds of pages with characters walking around, mumbling innanities to themselves and others, and frankly NOTHING hapening, well, you will undoubtedly enjoy this book. If you want things, like, say, a PLOT, dynamic characters, or an interesting story line, might I suggest finding another read.
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Summary: Skip this one.
Review: I've read this series from the first book and very much anticipated each successive volume in the series. Even so, my opinion is that you could skip this book and miss it hardly at all. Matter of fact, the next time I go back to reread this series from beginning to end I probably will. No author has any right to expect that their readers will hang with them for an infinite number of books in a series before coming to an end, but Robert Jordan clearly does because this book could best be described as a segue book. There have been segue books earlier in the series, but book 10? That is criminal abuse of your readership. If you just like reading Robert's writing then this book will be fine as you will get to visit pretty much every character for a few pages without imparting anything of great importance for any of them with the possible exception of Matt and with pretty much no loose ends tied up. The cliff hanger at the end was no doubt a setup for something to happen with regards to Gawyn in the next book, but if so its a poor plot device because all it really proves is that Egwene doesn't have the maturity to understand what an Amyrlin seat (which is a position rather like a general or any other major leader) should and should not be doing.
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Summary: I hope Jordan reads these, maybe he will adapt accordingly
Review: Jordan seems to be trying to appeal to many different types of readers. He started off getting the fantasy adventure group excited in what I thought were a handful of the best books I have ever read. Now it seems like he is trying to appeal to those interested in political intrigue. In my opinion, as well as it seems many other readers' opinions, he went down hill. This book was painful to get through. I kept reading thinking that it would get better, that there would be at least 20 pages at the end that kicked butt like the last one, but there was not even that. It is probably one of the worst books I have ever read (and it was so long ;-( ). As so many other readers have already said, there is absolutely no action. He also opens more subplots vs. closing some off. His attempt to spread the spotlight to other characters just diffuses evrything even more. Combine all of that with wasted time and effort on ridiculous details and it becomes a book that I bet I could have skipped and still not been very lost in the story. On the bright side, Jordan has set so many readers' expectations so low that a little bit of effort will make the next book seem amazing by comparison. Unfortunately, if Jordan is true to form, the next book will be out two presidential elections from now. *I really did try to like it*
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Summary: Fool of a twit
Review: I was amazed to see another review mention the possibility of a book signing tour by Jordan (not that one was happening, but that he would be on the lookout to give Jordan "an earful" about the slow pace of the books). I thought everyone had realized that Jordan passed on after the fourth novel, and the publishers obtained a roomfull of monkeys to write the next nine books. Time for a new joke
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Summary: Sickening
Review: The plot progression was worse than a bad TV soap opera. The book was nothing but filler. As a one time fan of the series I am deeply disappointed with this pitiful effort to stretch out the series to more books.
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Summary: Struggle to finish...
Review: I have jammed through all the previous books pretty quickly... always finding some free time to read, not wanting to put them down. Boy was this book different. It took a great deal of effort to read this one. The story has been slowing for a few books, and in this one the story seems to have totally stalled out. The plot hasn't really moved forward at all. Reading about Mat was still enjoyable, but even that bit lacked any real excitement. <yawn> The author is obviously writing for himself. Was there an editor at all on this book? I seriously think this book could be distilled down into a 50-100 page intro for the next book and little would be lost. This book has pretty much killed what interest I had left in the series. I'll probably check back in 10 years and see if it's done yet.
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Summary: crossroads of twilight
Review: what started as a great epic fantasy is unfortunately losing its pace, crossroads is more of a traffic jam with nobody(characters)moving. this series quickly got me hooked but the latest installment just got me mad, come on jordan, lets wrap it up. if your eagerly awaiting the paperback release wait til the next book comes out as croosroads goes nowhere, maybe the story will move in the next book.
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Summary: rand makes an appearance....just inside the back cover.
Review: With each new title in this seris i just get more disapointed. i have been waiting eagerly for this book but imagine how suprised i was when upon reading from cover to cover there was almost nothing about Rand, who, the immpression i developed anyway, i had thought was one of the main pivotable charecters. Maybe its because he's one of my favourites that i felt a couple of pages towards tha end of the book really didnt give me my fix/. but i should really have been forewarned as despite the excellent quality of the first books in the wheel of time seris i have noticed, as i have been reading religiously each one as it comes out, that the time between installments is getting longer and the end product much less worth waiting for. I may still read the next book, if it appears this decade, but i don't think i'll be rushing out to pre-order the hardback this time. Instead i think it best to wait til i can get a copy from the library as there are many other titles out there that are more worthwhile to spend my hard earned wages on.
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