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Summary: Great story, but some problems.
Review: In his fifth installation of the Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan reaches perhaps his apex in plot and twists. Basically what happens in the book is Rand leaves the Aiel Waste to pursue the renegade Shaido Clan, while Nynaeve and Elayne seek the hiding Aes Sedia, who have opposed Elaida and the new regime within the White Tower. And through all this, Perinn frees his home town from the grip of Whitecloaks and Trollocs. The plot of this story is magnificent, and the twists superb. But once again, characterizations and length are the downfalls of this book. Mr. Jordan really must do something about making his charcters more likable, except for Perrin, they are all spoiled, annoying, bossy, hypocrites, and act more like children, rather than great heros. He also seems to have a very negative view of gender relations. And because of his excess of detail, parts of the book drag on. However, despite these, the book is a wonderful read, and I recommend it to any fantasy fiction fans.
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Summary: Robert Jordan The power of Tolkein and Brooks in one.rated11
Review: Disclamer:This Review may be a spoiler. Also, if you didn't like the <i>The Lord Of The Rings</b> This is my favorite book!! The Aiel are the most impressive people in a book that I have ever known! The True Souce is the most discriptive power that has been writen. At a perfet par with <i>The PridyenCoranicals</i> by Lloyd Alexander. The Apprentace Adept is less intense, Tolkien is above, but only <i>slightly</i> Ilike the form, and the <b>length</b> of the books. If you don't enjoy an intense novel, filled to the brim with magic and enchanment, don't plunge in to R. Jordan. The loss of intrest during the middle of the book is a bad point, but the end is worth it. The multiyplicity of enemys and heros in astonding. The City of Ruinhidain was a magnifican addition to the Aiel part of the story. The Dark One has not reapperd in any of the dreams, which is a missed part. The Rand al' Thor trasition from the weekness of risitance to the Power is wonderful. Here is an exert from my Web Page The Wheel of Time:
by Robert Jordan
This is an admireable book coletion. The Wheel of time has Seven spokes, Each an Age.The previos age turns to legend. Legend becomes myth and even myth fades away before the age comes again.The Wheel is turned by <i>SADIN</i>, The male half of the true sourse and <i>SADAIR</i>,The female half. Some people can touch the true source. They are called Aes Sendi. Ever sencethe Dark One was relesed by the thirteen Aes Sendi, known asthe Forsaken, and traped by Lewis Therrin {<b>The DRAGON</b>} Their has been a taint on <i>SADIN</i>, making all male users of the One Power to go mad and use the power to destroy the earth. Rand al' Thor is the DRAGON REBORN. He was born on the slopes of Dragonmount and will onday defete the Dark One. The Forsaken are escapeing from Syoal Goul. The Dark One is attacing the barrier whith all his might. He is seaching for the items that can make his downfall. The eye of the world.The horn of Valere. The sword, Callanador. Rand al' Thor, Morine Aes Sendi, Perrin Aybarya, Matrim Carrborn, Nynaeve and Ewgene al' Vere are the stars of the first novel. The fight begins in <i>THE EYE OF THE WORLD</i>
<i>THE GREAT HUNT</i> <i>THE DRAGON REBORN</i>
<i>THE SHADOW RISING</i> <i>THE FIRES OF HEAVEN</i> <i>THE LORD OF CHAOS</i>
<i>A CROWN OF SWORDS</i> He is undoubtedly the greatest Author since Tolkein <b>John Brownlee</b>
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Summary: I've never rated a book as a 10. This one comes the closest!
Review: Robert Jordan has awesome characters flying all over the place in his series. (I personally like Matt, and Perrin.) In this book, all of these amazing characters are doing some serious butt-womping! Nanaive in Telaranroid. Rand in the palace, and just his plotting alone. Matt turns out to have more hidden abilities in addition to his gambling luck (which I envy more than anyone can know) Perrin returns home to what I thought would be a boring "time to get the crops going before it gets to cold and the town starves" scenario, to instead be a knuckle-whitening challenge! Does he have to leave such tense cliff-hangers?!?! I read the next hundred pages like a man possessed to get back to that character, only to be presented with a cliff-hanger for another character. This is like an intelligent Soap Opera for serious fantasy fiends. And as for reading the books over, and over again to prepare yourself for the newest- I have a solution! Audio cassettes! I do NOT recommend listening to them before reading the books, as they do cut out quite a bit of the charm that is Robert Jordan. But they are very good, and M. Rolston is an excellent reader (except for Thom Merrilyn's voice). They are abridged and can be zipped through very quickly- letting you dive right in to the next book!
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Summary: well tailored
Review: The book did a great job of keeping the interest of the reader and it also did a good job of detailing the feelings of each particular character. I felt most of the in depth looks at the character's feelings and it put me so on edge that I couldn't put it down. Great book out of the series.
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Summary: Excellently written, but a bit of a black/white world...
Review: Jordan's book is indeed excellently written, as is his whole series. He has a created an incredible world which, I think, many other stories can be based upon. The storyline is ingenious, the magik forms as well. However I agree with res@randomc.com( from Atlanta, 08/23/97, rating=5) when he says it's a TOTAL good vs. TOTAL evil issue. reality is nowhere near to like that. Other than that, the story is nearly utterly flawless.. I eagerly anticipate his next book...
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Summary: These books WILL cause you to lose sleep.
Review: While this isn't my favorite book in the series so far (as of now only 7 have been published and the 8th is coming next year) this is clearly ANOTHER masterpiece. It has Rand realizing some of Min's visions and fulfilling several prophecies that were mentioned earlier in the series. Mat finally discovers that his luck IS useful for something afterall.
And several of the Forsaken get taken out of the picture...some for good others perhaps not for good. We see the apparent death of Moiraine and Lanfear but with several hints that they may be back at untimely moments later in the series, and Lan heading off to meet a "green sister" who Moiraine trusted with his bond. I especially liked this because it showed a "final" duel between Lanfear and Rand, Rand and Rahvin, and Moghedien and Nynaeve.
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Summary: More top notch fiction/fantasy from Jordan
Review: Further continuing the powerful strand of novels
Robert Jordan has been pumping out in his latest
series, this book deepens the multiple plots and
adds more to the characters in ways other books
simply do not do.
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Summary: In a house of gold......This is one of the greatest riches
Review: Why does Robert Jordan have to exist? I need my sleep. A gem, a jewel, and book. All the same in greatness just in different people's eyes its not quite the same. This is, in a word, AWESOME
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Summary: I'd say that this one is the best
Review: I rate TFOH as the best Wheel of time book
(with the Great Hunt in a close second). The
plot of this book is extremely intriguing,
specifially surrounding Rand's adventures
with the aiel. Killing off Morainge adds
a nice twist. Although the series
appears to be going downhill from here
(It reminds me of Isaac Asimov's foundation
series. IMHO, Foundation's Edge was a joke!),
the first five were gems. Maybe the 8th
book will get back on track.
Btw, if you have not read them all, I would recommend
it. It's still the best fantasy since Tolkien.
Jaso
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Summary: Better than I'd hoped.
Review: "The Shadow Rising" left me expecting disappointment in Book 5 (and it was fairly obvious that there *would* be a Book 5), but "The Fires of Heaven" was better than I expected.This is mostly because we finally get some insight into the world of the Aiel, who are definitely one of the most fascinating cultures I've come across in fantasy. Even if the inspiration for them is fairly obvious, Jordan does some impressive things with them, and with the reaction of the western "wetlanders" to their latest incursion. Other than that, this book has simply added to a series that is becoming top-heavy, and in danger of crushing itself under its own weight. Since of all of the characters in the book, it is Egwene who develops the most, I would rather have had Rand's tale wrapped up long ago, and had a (concurrent?) story about her instead. But no, the Last Battle is yet to come, and I'm sorry to say, the sooner the better
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