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Summary: Infuriating
Review: Path of Daggers did move a bit more slowly than the rest of the Wheel of Time series, but it seemed to me that many of the plot threads advanced leaps and bounds. It was an extremely enjoyable book, and the worst part about it was where it ended.
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Summary: Can't make it sound pretty...its just plain BAD
Review: I was stunned to see PoD at the top of the New York Times Bestseller list. If any fantasy work does *not* deserve to be there, it is this confusing, dry-as-a-bone offering from Mr.Jordan. In a genre characterized by constant action, PoD stands out as being tremendously sterile and devoid of any feeling.The characters are flat and stopped developing volumes ago. I found as I read that I could care less about any of these characters. In fact, the more I read about Rand and Min getting it on like a couple of backseat teenagers, I came to realize I didn't even like these people. How do you expect a bunch of whining brats like this to save the world? And the descriptions of the scenery are painfully detailed, so much so as to slow the book's progression to a desperate crawl. For Christmas, I had the wonderful opportunity to read George Martin's Game of Thrones. After I finished it, just to compare, I came back and re-read Path of Daggers. Not surprisingly, I came away from it wondering: How could a book as bad as this be so popular?
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Summary: reread the book again
Review: ok, i like everyone else was very disappointed in jordans lastest addition to the series when I bought it. However, after I read it, decided to go through all over again and start from book one and go on. For the next month and a half I was literally immersed in Jordans series as I picked up one book after another. I got to the last book and it was good. Because I had read it immediately after putting down the seventh the plot was all very fresh in my head and everything fitted together, i know its time consuming but try it, you wont be disappointed
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Summary: Something is Missing ..... the last half of the book
Review: I was not disappointed in the way the book read. It was a little slow in parts, but I knew that it was building to the climax, as only Mr. Jordan can provide....but I was disappointed that the last half of the book was missing. Surely the publisher has the second half ready to deliver by mid 1999....
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Summary: I give up.
Review: While I never thought the Wheel of Time series was anything utterly extraordinary, the first three or so volumes were a fairly good read. But now it's become clear that Jordan is just treading water: Path of Daggers is a bloated, boring, virtually plot-free attempt to keep the series from heading towards any kind of conclusion. This is the last one I'm reading, period.
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Summary: Book is important
Review: Sure this book was not the most action-packed book of the series, but it was important. I believe he is using this book to set up the 9th book that will blow your socks off. Dont cry because the book is slow because it is setting up a lot of action for book 9.
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Summary: OUCH, QUIT IT!!
Review: Please, Mr. Jordan, give it a rest. After now the third book of nothing much happening please return to a more active plot. You can always go back and write a romance series later. You have set up enough subplots to last for several more books without having to tread water further, especially the tiresome Faile-Perrin "hardships". I too love my wife, have been married only several years, and still don't understand her completely. I hope I never do. The weather problems are getting old as well - there seem to be an abundance of old apples and turnips. When they run out will Perrin/Faile starve (If not, how about Cadsuane the SuperSedai?) - PLEASE???!!! Will the Seafolk ever be good for anything useful again? For my, and I'm sure many other faithful WOTists, sake - GET ON WITH IT!!
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Summary: Path of Daggers weak but worth reading...
Review: Sure, not much new has happened, but being with Elayne and Perrin made it worth it to me. Tor did a poor job of copy editing the hard-cover version of this one, though. There were over 5 pages where the mistakes stopped my reading enjoyment. I love WOT because it is rich and full and puts the minute details in front of the readers. And I think WOT has been far better than Tolkien for a long time. I agree with some other readers that a smashing conclusion would be nice, but like King's Darktower series, I don't care if it never ends as long as I can continue to spend time with the characters.
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Summary: A nation a book, and Rand may bind them all by book 20.
Review: I began reading the series just as Lord of Chaos was emerging as a paper back, and in my initial zeal I read the first six books in about a month and a half. Waiting for books seven and eight, though, has been excruciating. Path of Daggers, however, is worth the wait. The only problem is that just like books 6 and 7, Jordan is continually adding to the pattern of his fancies. With every new turn there is a new question for the fanatic: what the heck is the true power, who's the guy using it, who's this Moridin character, and where the hell did all these kin women come from if the Tower knew about them? As a direct result the story line is like a bunch of threads whiping about independantly in the wind, and each about as far thematically as the characters themselves are physically seperated in the world. My horror at the dissolute nature of book 8 though was dispelled at one fact:the book was written by Jordan. Despite all the storylines, Jordan still has the power to make each one stand off the page. It would be cliche to say he make the story come alive, but to say it would also be an understatement. Rand says that holding the One Power is like being more alive and hearing and seeing and feeling more, and that is what it is like reading parts of this book. So although I hope that Jordan ties together all the threads of his deep and rich tale soon, I hope beyond hope that he continues writing so that I can continue lauding.
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Summary: TERRIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT
Review: Book #8 in the Wheel of Time series was a terrible disappointment to me. Turgid prose, actionless, no plot development. Perhaps when an author gets very successful, the publisher may give him/her free rein and not bother the "genius" with any editing constraints. I certainly will not order Book #9 before publication--in fact, I think I'll wait for the paperback version, even if it's not 'til 2005. My holiday season was only saved by being able to get George R. R. Martin's "A Clash of Kings" from amazon.co.uk--now THERE is a guy who can write!
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