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Summary: Robert Jordan at his lightest and fluffiest
Review: This is a light, fluffy read concentrating on Moraine and Siuan in their younger years. It was a fun read once, but does not have the depth and complexity of the Wheel of Time series itself. There are no read surprises or difficult decisions made by any characters. My favorite part of the book was its description of a few of the rituals and magic practiced only by blue sisters. Get this at the library or wait for it in paperback because you won't need to read it again or keep it for reference to the other books.
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Summary: It's Jordan, you either like his style or ya don't.
Review: A New Spring is just like every other Wheel of Time book. A great read! The short story version imo is a better starting point for new readers as the first 200 pages of this new version really caters to current fans more than new ones. A previous reader mentioned that there were inconsitances with characterization from the main books. What he has failed to realise is that the characters in A New Spring are twenty years younger and have not yet matured into the people we now know them as. To potray them as they are in the main series would be bad charterization. Also to all you people who gave this book a one star rating without actually having read the book...GET A LIFE! RJ is the author not you, and he will write the books when and how ever he wants. How about judging a book on its merits and not what you think of the author!
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Summary: Unfortunately, not very entertaining.
Review: Robert Jorden has written in way too many inconsistentcies into his series. I truly don't believe he remembers everything he's written himself, and he has begun to betray his own characterizations. It's all very distracting, and makes for an ultimately unsatisfactory read.
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Summary: NEW SPRING A KINDLY ADDITION TO THE SERIES
Review: I've only been reading the wheel of time for a year, so I've only gotten to the Lord of Chaos. So New Spring was the fist title that I actually had to wait patienly for, but It was well worth the wait. It provides a deep insight to the White Tower, and Lan Mandragoran. I myself have almost fallen in love with the character Moiraine Damodred, and was extremely thrilled that Robert Jorden had resurrected her for New Spring...lets hope its not the last time. Robert Jordan, You 'da Man!
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Summary: Don't Waste Your Time
Review: This book is just more of the same pointless filler I have come to expect from RJ. It really is sad. I was a HUGE fan of the WoT after the first 6-7 books, but Jordan just lost it. I had a great deal of hope for this new book, but unfortunatly it didn't deliver. You could read 4 chapters from this book and come away with all the interesting and entertaining plot information. Dont waste your time or money.
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Summary: Prequel doesnt take the place of the real thing
Review: I love his books - even the slower ones - because they advanced the characters - even if it was with a lot of slowwww detail (that many others dont like). That being said, I was happy when a RJ book came out, thinking that it was the next installation - when I got to the bookstore, boy was I mad - I want the continuation of the main story, not a prequel. But the read of the prequel is enjoyable. I started this series when I was like 20 - you do the math - I want the story to go on, and I want some of the characters that he has left hanging to go on - Please RJ go on with the characters - we're hanging.
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Summary: People behind a screen
Review: You're all a bunch of Humbugs! Either that or Bum hugs.... No one cares what you think or if you liked the book or not, so sod-off like a bunch of surely cows that you are. I think all your minds have been boggled by the enormous expanse of WOT. I wish you were all blasted by balefire back to the point where you turned in your worthless reviews.
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Summary: Jordan goes back in time to get back on track!
Review: This book is clean, simple and restores my faith in the series! Sure, we all want to move on the remaining books, but I sense Jordan needed a breather--a fleshed out story about characters no longer at the center of the current books. The cynical fans talk about $$$$$, but Jordan is back on track. If you are starting out, stick with Eye of the World. You can come back when this comes out in paperback.
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Summary: Good but not great
Review: Unlike a number of other reviewers I see nothing wrong with Jordan writing this book, however, like most reader I have been increasingly disappointed with the last couple of WOT books (#10, Crossroads of Twilight being the worst). This book is definetely better then #10, but in my opinion it still has way too much flowery detail and not enough plot, i.e. it not on par with the first 4-5 books of the series.
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Summary: Great, but...
Review: By far this is the best/most entertaining of Jordan's WoT books in recent memory. I've been with the series from day one, and New Spring brings life back into the series. This is certainly a story I wanted to know, how Moiraine and Lan became Aes Sedai and Warder. I'm just not sure I wanted to have this story told now. Finish one series before beginning another. Would Star Wars Episode IV - VI have been as great as it is if Episode I were tossed somewhere in between? Remember how Deep Space Nine and Voyager tarnished the Star Trek aura while running simultaneously? Bottom line, this is a great book for those of us in the series; it's not something for someone new to the WoT. Stay focused, Robert Jordan!
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