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Summary: At least Moiraine's In It.
Review: Just a re-hash, with nothing to add to the story that us poor (true) fans of the series hadn't figured out, back long ago in the "When-We-Cared Age". But hey at least we got to see strong characters again in Moiraine (remember when characters had depth in the WOT series?) and Siuan. Oh wait, Siuan is a lot more like her one dimensional, post-Amyrlin Seat character than the one who would rise to be the highest of them all... I borrowed a copy of this book (I refuse to buy since The Path Of Daggers--or "The Waste Of Paper"--) again, stupidly much out of hope that Robert Jordan could redeem the series, and just to loose myself with Moiraine and Lan back in the world that I once cared for. I'll admit I skimmed much of the repetitive, flowery, eloquent paragraph long descriptions / life histories of characters each time they appear in this suprisigly shorter book, as well many other plain usless details. I liked Moiraine in the series, she was a good tool for Robert Jordan to use to keep the story moving. As far as the series; once Moiraine got trapped with Lanfear, Jordan's mind got trapped with nonesese. The nonsense won...Hopefully Moiraine comes back and ends this hole mockery of a once brilliant series as Jordan has hinted at. But then again, the book descriptions and erroneous reviews have hinted at a story for four books now too... Ah, really though, who am I kidding? New reader or old loyalist, who cares anymore? After Winter's Heart I promised the next book in the series I read would be the last unless it dramatically improved, and thus I skipped Crossroads Of Twilight on good advice. Well, as of today my WOT series is now a 6 book series with a wonderful short story in a book of collected works. As I've said before, see you in Westeros (If George R.R. Martin can ever get book 4 out... and keep it relevant Goerge; Robert Jordan hasn't, and he thereby has ruined what once was thought to be the Holy Grail of SciFi/Fantasy). But at least Moiraine had life and purpose on Jordan's pages again, may The Creator bless her!
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Summary: say what?
Review: This was a surprising book, in that i expected to find out more about: the boys and the village, Lan, and more clues about the past, etc.
Great potential, little follow through. At least somebody died.
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Summary: Yes, I've read the book. I'm like a junkie...
Review: ...trying to chase that high I got when I read the first one. Same old drudgery. Didn't learn anything new. I think it's a testament to the fact that the series has become so convulated with useless information, that people become excited when they reread information that has already been presented. Nothing in there is groundbreaking or even remotely anything new. I crack up over the fact that people find this book so interesting because it shows that even they don't remember that they have already read most of this information before. I also notice that most people who rate the series very high still, although not all, are people who have come into the series at a later date and not from the beginning. I used to love the series and have read it over and over again, always finding information that I had missed before, or subtleties that I had glazed over. Now, I can't even begin to tell you what is going on with who. There are so many characters and plots, that it's almost kind of silly. I would love to see an Org Chart of this series. If anyone knows of a website that has an Org chart displaying all current and open plots/characters, please post it here. I would love to see it. This would be a great eye opener to many people so they can see the true extent of craziness that is Robert Jordan plot/character mania. In the end, we all want the same thing. A great story, with a great ending. I guarantee, if he doesn't wrap up it soon, all of those people who still love the rich and intricate writing of Robert Jordan, will be writing reviews about how you wish he would just wrap it up, and stop all the driveling nonsense. While the rest of us who are already there will be there to welcome you to the Robert Jordan Crisis Center for Stories that Contain too Much Information and Endless Long Winded Nothingness Plot Development. See y'all soon!
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Summary: RJ has broken public trust.
Review: This series is iredeemably broken. Who knows why; maybe he was always just a hack or maybe he destroyed the series trying to 'milk' it. I've read the story and the story is broke, I don't have to be an idiot and purchase this particular volume to know that you don't fix the story with a prequel. You do it by acknowledging your fan base and making a public apology for starters...then I don't know what, but it would be a start. This author is in serious denial and, I'm sad to see, so are many of his continuing fanatics.
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Summary: Again?!?
Review: I enjoyed this book, and I enjoy the Wheel of Time. I do agree with many that the last few books have been pretty bad, and don't move along at all. This book, however, explains many things I wanted to know (the test for Aes Sedai) and fills in details about things only hinted at. It's nice to see firsthand the search for the Dragon from Moiraine's point of view, to see how it all began and came to pass. Maybe it's just another marketing scheme, but at least this book was worth buying.
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Summary: I feel like I am on a treadmill
Review: First, I will say that R. Jordan is a talented writer. But it seems to me that he is using his talents to create a franchise that will give him an annuity, at the expense of his fans who desire to see the Wheel of Time story and world evolve. This book, as with the last 3-4 books he has written, seems to follow the same formulaic cookie cutter template. It almost seems that R. Jordan has put his writing on auto-pilot and is traveling the same country side. Regardless of his skills in word crafting, I feel that in this book and the last 4 books, I am basically treading water. Furthermore, I do not understand R. Jordan's fascination with his characters' womanly angst and the petty minutia of the so called relationships. Please...stop, no more. Every single female character seems to be going through some self realization via some male character. What at first was some enjoyable subplot regarding the foibles of the characters in their relationship has become very tiresome. Every female characer of any note can be summarized by this: 1) she is powerful/infuential and 2) Regardless of being powerful/influential they get all flustered and angst ridden because of some male character. Overall, I think this book adds some lore to the background of the WoT series...I mean the Jordan Annuity, but I was frustrated by a lack of plot movement and the sense that I had already read this book. Maybe for people new to Jordon's francise...I mean the Jordan Annuity, it is a good read, but for someone familar with his body of work, it isn't a worthwhile buy.
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Summary: a new series
Review: I think the reason some ppl have given this book such bad reviews is because they see it as Jordan extorting even more money from readers who began the series in 1991. I have to admit that i wasnt going to buy the book or any more books in the series for the above mentioned reason. However, after reading the beginning of the book in a store, I realized that i had to buy it. The book is well written and fast paced. The characters are lovable, and the relationships between them complex and interesting. Overall this is a very enjoyable book, that explains a lot of the backstory of WOT, while having its own plot. go buy it!
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Summary: Enough is Enough Already
Review: Waiting 2 plus years for every new book is bad enough, but now instead of continuing the series he writes a prequel novel. Its bad enough trying to remember what happend 2 years prior when you read the last book. I can remember getting into the Wheel of Time series. It was book 4 of a expected 6 book series. Now there are 10 with no end in site. Jordan incredible skills for telling a story are now being wasted. The last couple of books have held alot of fluff and you find yourself on the edge of the seat saying "get on with already". If the prequel was released after he completed the main series I would have been piping a different toon. But for now I don't expect to spend my money or time on a prequel.
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Summary: mediocre
Review: This book probably deserves a lower rating, I gave it a three only because I found it an enjoyable read. Yes, we do get to see the test to become Aes Sedai, we also get as much to read about the dresses Moraine bought after she became Aes Sedai. Unfortunatly the latter type of information is what predominates. There really is not much point to this book. Perhaps it is meant as a way to draw people into the series who may be intimidated by ten 700 to 1000 page books that they will have to read, in that case this book is a total failure. For someone who hasn't read at least through the great hunt, reading this would be like watching the star wars prequal first, you just simply won't care. I also probably would have given this a lower rating if I first read the Eye of the World when it came out. I picked up the series after Path of Daggers came out, those who began reading the series in 1991 and still stick to it with no end in sight have my pity.
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Summary: finally!
Review: i am not well read in the sci-fi/fantasy genre and i dont really know how to write reviews. i just know that, at one time, i greatly loved the 'wheel of time' series and stayed up until the wee hours of the morning with the 'just-one-more-chapter' mentality while reading first 6 books. my affinity for the books has lessened with each release since then. while i understand the need for the set-up in 'crossroads,' i would be lying if i said i wasnt dissappointed at the end (i found the amount of space given to the andoran houses and nobility history particularly depressing).
last night, however, i read 'new spring.' i felt as if i was back in college, negotiating with myself and my morning schedule so that i could justify staying up to finish 'just-one-more-chapter.' all the elements about the series that i had originally fell in love with were there for me (including those aes sedai conversations that i love to go back and read; just to pick out the exact wording and implied meaning) and i ended up finishing the book at 6am. i dont know if i am excited because of the story, or because my hope for the rest of the series has returned.
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