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

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Summary: Robert Jordan's Best
Review: Having read all of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books I still think this one is the best yet. There is plenty of character development, and the entire book is filled with action lacking in The Shadow Rising. The entire story keeps you on the end of your seat, while still allowing for character growth. The Fires of Heaven is also cleansed off the muddle of characters and plots in later books.

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Summary: Keeps getting better and better
Review: Well I finished book 5 The Fires of Heaven and all I can say is that it is great. Rand and Aviendha's some what relationship took a step up. I wondered if something was going to happen between Rand and Aviendha (and it did). I can't what to see what happens when Elayne finds out. (personaly if I was Rand and all these women threw themself's at me I would go for it. what the hell you only live once), it looks like Min's prediction of 3 women falling in love with Rand has come true, the 3 women are Min, Elayne.and Aviendha, ( even if Aviendha hasn't admited it out loud, I could be wrong about Aviendha since I'm only on book 6 but at this point I'm sure it's Aviendha) It looks like Nynaeve and Egwene's relationship has turned around and Egwene is standing up to Nynaeve and becoming a (in my opinion) know-it-all plus she is be coming inpatient with her teachers and doesn't seem to care about the dangers as long as she learns everything. I'm glad that the Wise Ones punished her and showed her that she doesn't know as much as thinks she does. Egwene needs to learn to take directions and orders even if she doesn't like it, it is for her own good. I personaly would let her do what she wants and learn the hard way like Nynaeve did when she got lucky and beat Moghedien who was a Chosen One the first time she got cocky and thought she could bet any of them she was given a lesson the hard way then 2nd time and bearly bet her the 3rd time. Morraine looks to be dead and so does Lanfear it would not surprise me if Morraine some how comes back. ( I hope not) all in all a very good book. cheack it out you'll be glad you did.

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Summary: The Fires of Heaven (Wheel of Time, Book 5)
Review: I LOVED this book. Everything was so descriptive (but not boring). It was vivid; I could SEE the events taking place, hear the word exchanges, and FEEL the characters' emotions. For example, I got frustrated with some of the characters, so frustrated I started arguing with my dog about it. Yes, laugh if you wish but its true. I have even dreamed about parts in this book. I think about the story constantly, this and the other books of The Wheel of Time. I've also been able to pick out and name characters before they're "introduced". Anyway, i COMPLETELY recommend this book for anyone who likes fantasy, inner conflicts, battle scenes and tactics (there are a few), or just plain good books.

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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: This book was excellent. It was wonderful to find out about Rand's real mother and father. But the real story lies in the ending of the blockade of Carhien by the Shaido Aiel. Also in the book Andor is added to Rand's belt. Another exciting part was the killing of Rahvin and Lanfear (or so you think). Jordan is a brilliant writer. I felt all the emotions swirl through me while i was reading, I could almost hear Lews Therin's voice. I loved this book just like all the other books in the series. But the only thing that made this book a four star instead of a five star was that Perrin is hardly mentioned.

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Summary: The best ending yet!
Review: This book was great! The way Jordan will send some kind of twist to the story and get you excited is magnificent. Jordan loves to hit you with the excitement when you least expect it, then let you calm down and hit you with one again. As with all of the books so far you do not know what to expect until it happens. The only thing I did not like about this book was the absence of Perrin anywhere in the book. Other than that Jordan gives the characters old and new more depth and life. So far I have been quite pleased with the series as it becomes more interesting with each book. Hopefully, book six will be just as good, if not better than this one.

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Summary: Almost 4 stars
Review: This book is filled with wonderful action and suspense and decent character development. The introduction of some new characters is done quite nicely as well. Jordan has a gift for putting the people in his books in seemingly impossible situations and then extracting them from those situations in ways that are both suprising and plausible. I found myself wondering if we were going to lose an important character so often that I was genuinely suprised when we did. I have two major problems with this book that most reviews have already covered 1)no Perrin, big mistake 2)for all the pages and events in the book, the story itself doesn't seem to move forward. I found myself going with this edition of the story waiting for some important payoff. I was dissapointed that it never came. I'll give the next one a shot because I've come this far, but I hope to see some resolution soon. Still a good book.

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Summary: Will It ever End?
Review: Although I love this series, I want it to end. I am finding myself more interested in Mat and Perrin, rather than Rand. I had to read another book, after I read this one, instead of Bk. #6, just to clear my head.

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Summary: The best of the series; it's all downhill after this
Review: The Wheel of Time turns and brings Volume 5 of the saga. The Fires of Heaven (TFOH) is IMHO the peak of the Wheel saga; it's all downhill thereafter. But TFOH is well worth reading. The politics of the White Tower muddy the waters, even as Rand's efforts to rally all the People of the Dragon gather momentum. The essence of the Aiel, the various warrior societies and their mission in the series become more clear with every revelation of their way of life and the fascinating honor code concept of Ji'e'toh. Egwene's apprenticeship among the Aiel and Aviendha's task of teaching Rand serve as windows for us to try and grasp the Aiel way of life. The battle scenes in TFOH are easily the best of the lot so far. Sadly, it's the same battle scenes that indicate RJ is following the bad trend of many authors and leaving huge blanks for the reader to fill in; is it because of laziness? See the description of the desperate battle between the Shaido and Rand's forces, with Mat battling for all he is worth even as Couladin himself comes against Mat's position. What happens? We only get a third party anecdote, several pages later, telling of the outcome, not a blow by blow account. Is this a new literary device? For a reader, such disjointed narratives are very annoying. Padan Fain appears and disappears yet again in yet another avatar and I for one do not understand where exactly he fits into the saga; sometimes I wonder if RJ himself is very clear about this aspect. The rousing climax is superb; unfortunately it is preceded by the interminable description of Elayne and Nynaeve's odyssey. Starting with dubious premises, this odyssey seems to have become self-sustaining with every possible logical ending becoming a new excuse for the tour to continue. The endless dissension between them also becomes stale and tiresome; after the way RJ has developed their characters in the previous books, this sudden descent into juvenile snappishness is paradoxical. Worse, RJ stretches the point to breaking. Where was the editor of this book? I still give the book 4 stars because of its clear strengths. I will not give RJ a 5 however till he comes up with better cartography.

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Summary: A great new addition
Review: The fifth book had exellent plots that made it seem half as long as it was. Some interesting plots are starting to arouse and with the seals on the Dark Ones prison weakening danger is at an all time high. There are many interesting developments that many readers thought would never happen and there is some emotional parts to this book that will ingrave the words into your mind. It looks a little long but it is one great piece of literature.

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Summary: Certainly not as good as the other books, but still good
Review: Well, this book was almost boring! Only because it's a Wheel of time book I kept on reading. I must say: the scenes with Rand in it while fighting the Shaido's and the scenes with Nynaeve and Elayne were very borin. Only the parts with Min and co. and Liandrin were cool, but as you know, this is about 100 pages long. Too bad, but book 6 was one of the best, so don't stop reading after having read Book 5!