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The Fires of Heaven : Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'

The Fires of Heaven : Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: EXCELLENT...Quite possibly the greatest fantasy books ever!
Review: Robert Jordan has created the greatest epic fantasy novels I have ever read and continues to write the finest...he draws you in lets you know the options then has the characters go another path making their own options. His writing is the highest respected...and enjoyed.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Quite possibly the greatest epic fantasies ever written
Review: Some say hes good....some say hes great....some say hes bad....I say hes EXCELLENT!! RJ cant be topped on these books. Hes gets you interested then sucks you right in with these books. You can almost feel Saidin rush through your blood. 100 years from now they will be reading this.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Fires Of Heaven is 1 of the best books I have ever read!
Review: Even though The Fires Of Heaven is the fifth book in the Wheel of Time series I would have to say that it is the best one out of the seven books that I have read in his series The Wheel Of Time. It keeps you latched on to the books and intrested in the charecters by making you be sad when one dies or happy when one makes a great discovery. Just plain and simple it is a great book and I would recomend it and all of the Wheel of time books with great pride.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Another great book in an excellent series
Review: Jordan once agian delivers another great WOT book. The lack of Perrin is kinda annouying but there wasn't much Jordan could do with him at the time anyways.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Jordan impresses readers with his excellent writing again!!!
Review: Never have I read such a fantastic book in all my lifetime. His characters are loveable and real. They aren't cheesy and they don't overdo their heroism. It is exciting and that ending really got me goin'! It has an easy-to-use map and it is rrrreeeeaaaaaallllllyyyy long, so it won't end way before it even begins. The other books in his series are also, as expected, perfection of the English language that enchances readers who take the time out of their little lives to be caught up in a world of fantasy!!! You can curl up next to the fire and have a jolly good time reading it. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Someone hire a good editor, please
Review: As "A reader from Alexandria" so rightly noted:

>> As I've said in my reviews of the previous books, Jordan is a fairly good story teller, but his poor writing ability constantly gets in the way >>

I'd add: The lack of a good editor gets in the way at least as much. I have come halfway through Book Five so far in the series, and although Mr. Jordan spins a fair yarn, I am constantly annoyed about errors in spelling, grammar, and story flow, all of which a good editor would catch and have corrected. All too often, what is said on page n jars with what is said on page m: Obviously some editing was done, but not all references "cleaned up".

The worst example of sloppy writing so far has to be: "Except that his step was lighter and he felt full of vinegar" (pg 669, Book Five). Gee a guy a break. Now, I am no native speaker, but I am virtually certain that this bit was not a particularly witty twist of words, but rather a skillful (snort) mangling of "vigor" to "vinegar", however it happened.

Ah, enough ranting, I guess. It's too bad, really, the series is good enough that it'd actually have deserved the work that would have been necessary to pull it out of the bog, IMHO.

Another possible talent wasted, eh.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Was good, but not great
Review: While I have been reading the WOT series, I have been enticed by the story and plot of characters and such, but it doesn't have the effet of wanting you to come back and read the next one. RJ is just missing the humorous elements that can be found in Terry Goodkingd's SOT series. I gave it two and 1/2 stars because it is about average for a typical fantasy writer.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Worst book of the series, so far.
Review: The four page prologue is the most interesting part of the first half of this book. The next 300 pages are so monotonously boring, I almost threw the book in the trash. The attack on Cairhein was interesting, but then the book bogged down again because Nynaeve was constantly complaining about the same things over and over and over and over and over... The result is that the last half of the book is only slightly better than the first.

The fate of Lanfear and Moiraine were interesting. Nynaeve's confrontation and capture of Moghedien was also good. However, Rand's final confrontation with Rahvin is not only predictable, but down right formula. Every book ends with just such a confrontation against one of the Forsaken.

As I've said in my reviews of the previous books, Jordan is a fairly good story teller, but his poor writing ability constantly gets in the way.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: gasping for breath from this one!
Review: Another bestseller. Robert Jordan portrays all the charecters emotions exquisitly. A furthering of a exelent series. I personaly like his style with the Seals so that Tarmon'Gaidon is ineviable.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Robert Jordon has me hooked!
Review: I began reading these books on a recommendation from my brother in law. I read them now because the intricate tale weaving and realistic humanity of Robert Jordon's stories keep me glued to the pages! There is something in the series for all readers - from magic and evil beings to love and loyalties among friends. I missed Perrin in this book, but was so enthralled with the story that it took me 52 chapters to realize I hadn't read about him.... I haven't started book 6 yet and find I am having withdrawals!!!!


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