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Summary: good
Review: good book. found the aiel section a little boring, but otherwise, good read.
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Summary: A truly timelss and inspiring book
Review: Many storytellers have captured the true spirit of fantasy novels ,but in this case the author brings the fantasy to life with cleverly intertwined storylines and plots.
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Summary: The words are spell-bindingly woven
Review: The best book I've read so far in the WOT-series. There were some quite complicated moments, but they all made sense after some logical thoughts. Robert Jordan is just an enormously clever author.There surely is some new character development in this book. I got the chance to get further into Perrin's personality. I love the the new sides of Faile's which was presented in this book too. I've fell in love with her. Also I got the chance, for almost the first time, to get into Moiraine's mind. I hope that I'm not the only one who has got the chance to do all that. I know I'm not the only one. So all of you other Jordan fans: Get finished with Dragon Reborn and read this! Some serious plot-twists awaits too. What happened in the ending must have been one of the most surpring moments in any of the WOT-books. As an ending to my review: Take some time off and give yourself the joy of reading this, the fourth instalment of the WOT-series. Have a good time!
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Summary: the best in the series
Review: The shadow Rising is the best book in the series. This book is non stop action and is the most amazing book.Dont get me wrong all the others are good but this one in my oppion is the best. the last two hundred pages i forgot i was reading it was like being there. this is the book to read but I recomend that you start with the Eye of the world.After that is The Great Hunt followed by The dragon reborn.then the shadow rising
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Summary: Save yourselves!
Review: I was wondering whether I should write a review of this book or the fifth one in the series, but then I realized I couldn't remember the difference between them. I can't remember which events took place in which book, and I'm having a hard time even remembering the events themselves. How is it possible to write thousand page novels in which nothing happens, or something happens but seems so insignificant that you can't remember? Actually, most of the Wheel of Time books don't seem like novels at all. There's no three-act structure to be found in them, but really there isn't any plot either. People just run around, do things, run around some more, and never really seem to get anything accomplished. Horribly, it's as if each part of the series is just hacked out of a longer book, some demonic novel that's far worse than any single book in the series. And don't listen to what you hear about how this book deals well with relationships between men and women. Okay, so Tolkien had maybe two major female characters. That's better than what we get here. Do you know what we get? About every two pages a female character will think, "Men! I'll never understand them!" then go and have vague desires towards somebody. Conversely, every two pages a male character will think, "Women! I'll never understand them!" and also have vague desires. Really, that's it. That's the extent of those groundbreaking relationships Jordan constructs. This series was never great, though the first book was better. But I think the concept of a well-planned fantasy land with magic and monsters and an Evil One was what really caught my interest. Unfortunately that interest stayed much too long. Now I can't believe I read so many of these books. So save yourselves! Stop reading this series right now!
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Summary: Very Good
Review: I don't understand why everyone thinks this book is slowing down...it just didn't climax like the rest and is building up for further books. I have started dreaming the plots of these books, I am so enthralled. Jordan weaves a fairy land like none ever before, and I am caught in his spell.
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Summary: Jordan shows a gift for weaving subtelty where few can see.
Review: I am saddened that so few people can see this book for the work it really is. Of course it seems slow, can't anyone else see that it is setting the stage for the great works that are to follow? Rand is not a muttering madman, he is putting his Two Rivers stubborn personallity into the work he knows he has to do. The underlying plots are woven together with subtlety, something that few people seem to be able to understand. Perhaps they don't read the glossary at the back of the book. It's there for a reason!
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Summary: Interesting, but a tad slow
Review: The series is great, but this book is lacking something, ah yes, a good main character. After Rand being almost completely cut out of third book, he is reintroduced but lacks the appeal the pre-Dragon Reborn Rand had. He has become a cackling madman, who no longer needs to be the center of the story. But what saves this book is the character sub-plots, and new and old characters. What saddens me though is that at the end the sub-plots did not ravel together for a spectacular finale, as did the first three. And Nynaeve is becoming feminism personified. She was my favorite before she met the Aes Sedai and began her transformation in personality. Jordan you need to tone her down a bit! Overall a great book, and everyone needs to read it.
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Summary: Slowing down a tad
Review: Okay so it's almost impossible to write a series this long and not have some dull moments. I just wish Jordan would get to the point sometimes. He drags things out sometimes just to make it longer. I do love the story development though and was excited when I finished the book. A terrific series still and this book is not bad its just not great.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: If you enjoyed the first three books you will LOVE this one. Robert Jordan is an excellent writer and to those "book buffs" out there I strongly reccomend the series!
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