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Summary: In his own words
Review: Robert Jordan wrote his review, "The words popped out of his mouth before they were clear in his head. He realized that they had been lying there for some time, though, murky and slowly solidifying." (p. 131)
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Summary: Is this the same author who wrote book 1?
Review: I don't think that it is the same author who started the series. There was more time spent describing what everyone was wearing than there was advancing the plot! Not a single trolloc, myrdraal, battle, or discovery in the entire book. The only bright spot was the interaction between Tuon and Mat, other than that I'm horribly disappointed. If you are a fan of the series, you will probably read this book, if you have only read the first few, don't expect this to follow in the footsteps of the early part of the series. If Mr. Jordan cares about his fans, he will get back to what brought us all in in the first place; action, plot advancement, new discoveries, and a light at the end of the tunnel.
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Summary: Why, Jordan, why???
Review: The Wheel of Time was one of the greatest fantasy epics of all time, not rivaling Tolkien--but then what does--but still great fantasy. Then came books seven through ten. To Jordan's credit, major things did happen at the end of seven and nine (another Forsaken dies, saidin is cleansed) but that was about it. Eight was a chore to read, but I almost screamed in frutstration when I finished ten. As everyone else has said, nothing happens, nothing. Jordan could have condensed most of ten into a couple hundred pages, or maybe just the prologue, for book eleven. How did it take him so long to write absolutely nothing.
Now, unlike some of the other reviewers, I fully intend, at this point, to finish the series out (assuming Jordan finished writing it), but Jordan should be warned that even the most faithful fan has his or her limit for abuse. When I go back and read the first six books (which I do with great joy each time a new book is about three months from release), it breaks my heart to see how low Jordan's work has been taken. Please, please don't do this to us again.
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Summary: A couple hundred pages of pure drivel...
Review: This book was pathetic. I slowly managed my way through the 90 pg. prologue, where, of course, we are plagued by new characters or minor characters that don't seem to have any real purpose in the greater scheme of things. And then I start getting into the real book. Nothing happens.Oh well, I shrugged, and continued reading. 400 pgs in. Nothing has happened. Absolutely nothing has happened. Unless you count a two page essay on how to clean silk. As I got closer to the end, I slowed, hoping that -some- action would end the book, that at least -one- plotline would be resolved. But no. Robert Jordan needs to wake up and stop writing what appears to be 650 pg. prologues for the next book. At this rate, the series will -never- end and he'll just continue to reap in the dough. Well not anymore. I, for one, refuse to buy a Wheel of Time book again. Thanks, Jordan, for writing six good books.
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Summary: Waste of money
Review: This book was a waste of money plain and simple. Only about one-third of it covered the the main characters. I believe that when you are at the TENTH book of a series you don't really need to bring in about a hundred new charecters. Jordan should have focused this book on Matt, Perrin, and Rand. Once the series is done you can tell us what Egwene, Elayne, the Black Tower, the White Tower, the Senchean and all the other ... were doing. I think there was only two chapters out of 700 pages about Rand. That was just sad. Loyal Wheel of Time readers that don't have the hardcover yet save your money and wait the 3 years untill this one comes out on paperback.
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Summary: This Book is so Boring
Review: I knew that Robert Jordan was long winded, but come on. How many pages of this book are devoted to what an Aes Sedai is wearing or what look she has on her face? And if I read one more line about the Warders' shifting cloaks I am going to scream. WE KNOW ABOUT THE CLOAKS ALREADY!!! Honestly, the wardrobes don't matter. After about 350 pages of this I started skipping entire sections of description. In the past, I have really looked forward to the release of the next book in the series. Now, I don't really care when the next one is coming out. Besides, at this rate the series is going to take 20 books to finish.
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Summary: I'm done
Review: What a waste of time and money. Jordan has finally driven me to quit. I don't understand what happened to this story but the last two or three books have gotten worse and worse. Now I no longer care what happens to any of these characters and Jordan wouldn't tell me for another 15 boring books anyway.
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Summary: Twilight on a series
Review: I frequently sample new writers and am frequently surprised to find a new favorite author...which is how I initially lucked into Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. I normally look forward to his releases but now just look forward to the final installment, if/when he ever decides to write it. The 10th book in the series is beyond the pale; just looks like random thoughts put together to meet a publishing deadline. I skimmed through countless chapters of minor players...too many threads in this convoluted picture. Hopefully, the editors will take note of the many negative critiques this book will get and will get Jordan back on track. As for me...I will wait and read the reviews FIRST before buying any new installments in this series.
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Summary: Robert Jordan has discovered Compulsion
Review: That's the only explanation that I can find for why I (and assume many others) continue to read this series long after it has crashed and burned. I used to rave about this series and now I feel guilty about having recommended it to my friends. I've put them on a 7000 page death sentence of boredom. And yet, I continue to read the book in a less than 2 weeks. I think it's due to the fact that I wanted to read until something important happened and yet nothing ever did. *Spoilers* Not that there really is anything to spoil. Nothing happens. Egwene still sits outside the White Tower (as she has since book 8 back since we were still worrying about that Y2K thing), Perrin's wife is still held by the Shaido, Mat is still in Seanchen held lands, Rand makes a guest appearence where he does very little, Elayne continues to play politics and is no closer to having the thrown and 1 Forsaken guest appearence thrown in. That's it. The rest of the book is: Wow, that's a major beacon in the West, what could be going on with that beacon, how can it be, everyone is looking to the west at the beacon, we're all worried about the beacon, the beacon stopped what does it mean, the beacon is done and nothing changed, etc. Or a page and a half about how difficult it is to wash and dry silk for the Shaido. Who cares? We all understand that the Aiel make their gai'shain work, do we need to know the exact method they use for cleaning Sevanna's silks? Can you please get on with the book? I think it didn't help that I was re-reading Martin's Game of Thrones in preparation for his April release of Feast for Crows. Now there's a series where nobody can complain about a lack of plot advancement. Although he's only on book 3 and back around book 3 of Jordan's series (I think George Bush Sr. was in office and we were fighting Desert Storm), Jordan's series was still king.
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Summary: unbelievable waste of time
Review: To WoT fans who have been there since the beginning: Remember when there would actually be a conflict that was resolved by the end of the book? Remember the action? The pitched one-on-one battles with the forsaken? Now granted, Jordan couldn't continue picking off forsaken at the rate of one per book or he wouldn't have much of a force for Rand to reckon with at the last battle, but he has slowed the series down to such a glacial crawl that, over the years, I can hardly remember important major points from the earlier books. And the series is now so lengthy that re-reading to catch up is no longer an option.
Either Robert Jordan has become so ennamored of his own endless babbling that he doesn't ever intend to finish this series (or doesn't know how to), or his editor suffered a fatal heart attack and hasn't yet been replaced. There hasen't been enough plot advancement in the last 3 books together to equal one of his earlier works. For an example, there is a scene in CoT where the rebel hall is convening and Jordan spends at least 4 pages describing what everyones hair looks like and what color petticoats they are wearing and where they want to sit and why. Who cares?!!! I could summarize that whole 4-page sequence in one sentence "The sisters trickled slowely into the hall and once all were accounted for, the meeting began." Where is this guy's editor?! Sleeping? Dead? The whole book is that way. Not only does it not advance the plot, it doesn't even advance the timeline, choosing instead to tell us in excrutiating detail what everyone in the world smelled like when Rand and Co. cleansed Saidin. You don't even get a hint of whether or not he was successful until 400-something pages into the book, and then only ONE SENTENCE.
I will no longer fork out any $ for new books in the series without checking them out from the library first. For old Wheel of Timers: you could probably skip this one and not only would you not miss anything important, but you would save yourself a blood pressure crisis when you realized, about 300 pages into the book, that you had been robbed not only of your money, but of the last three years waiting to find out what happens next. To new readers: Do Not start reading this series until Robert Jordan has proven he can finish writing it.
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