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Summary: The Second Greatest Series of All Time
Review: The Wheel of Time series is the second greatest book series of all time. The Lord of the Rings is the first.
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Summary: Drivel
Review: The sad tale of the demise of the WOT series is a great literary tradgedy. Everything seems to be moving backwards. The pace is decelerating, the focus is blurring, and the characters have evolved from complex people to cardboard cutouts with one-note personalities. What on earth has happened here?I really believe that RJ has a deep-seated dislike of women. He has made all of his female characters so immature, annoying, and controlling that it is impossible not to side with the "boys." I think that's very deliberate. Even Min, my former favorite character, somehow lost all the personality characteristics that made her distinct from the other three (and therefore tolerable). How depressing. I'm not sure that I can stand to read any more of this drivel. I feel so ... used.
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Summary: What about Nynaeve?
Review: Dear Mr. Jordan, what have you done with Nynaeve?She used to be my favorite character, back at the beginning of the series. Now, she's lost all the sense she was born with, and she hasn't gained anything. I think she ought to become someone the way Egwene did. If I could advise a line of plot for book 9, maybe some Moiraine(other fav.)-Nynaeve confrontations when you drop the braid-pulling.Oh, and what about Moiraine? Otherwise, you're still a great author, so though this book wasn't really good, don't give up.
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Summary: What happened to the story?
Review: If you leave out the parts where RJ is describing the hills, trees, well known characters, castles and all other unimportant or well known facts (he seems to have forgotten that we read 7 books so far, and know everything about everybody important) you end up with nothing If you just read what's on the cover and add Min having a great sex life with Rand - you have read the book. Of course I will continue to buy the WoT books like most of the others, but I won't recommend it to any friend of mine. If you are thinking about starting now - DON'T! Better wait for RJ to finish the series, read the reviews and than decide. Dear Mr. Jordan, if you ever read this, please don't let us down next time.
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Summary: A Good Set-Up
Review: This was a strongly written book. It sets up what should be a bang-up volume nine. Path of Daggers was not my favorite Jordan book, but I'm giving it five stars to bring up its overall grade, which is scandalously low. And to the people who think that Jordan is just prolonging the series to cash in- he's not. He could have cut the series short or written shorter novels (at the same price)- much less difficulty than putting out 8 600+ page books. Doing that isn't easy.
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Summary: The other seven were a little better, but Jordan still rocks
Review: There's a lot of stuff going on in this one, perhaps the author could have pulled it together a little bit more, but after the wait I'm definately not one to complain. Keep of the good work Mr. Jordan and I'll be the first to pick up book # 9.
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Summary: Even potentially good authors sometimes sell out
Review: Jordan's latest opus has proudly joined the ranks of the X-Files, Twin Peaks, David Eddings, Frank Herbert's Dune series, and others who inevitably milk something beyond it's worth. Any structure of a story from the beginning has be callously cast aside while character development has become both contrived and erratic.
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Summary: Fantastic imagination and surreal detail of tav'ern weaves.
Review: The life and deaths of the people of this particular weave of the Wheel, Jordan has succeeded in bringing the fantasy of his story to life, itself. He may be telling a tale that enriches the thought for such possibilities as the epic 'Wheel of Time', suggests. An engrossing set of books, the one through eight, and I wonder of the ninth, and maybe, thirteenth? All honors to Robert Jordan, and, by the way, hurry up on the next one!
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Summary: Not Jordan's Best But Still Good Fantasy
Review: I will admit that POD is not as good of a book as RJ's earlier works, but it still is much better than a lot of other generic fantasy on bookshelfs these days. The major weakness in the book lies in the multitude of female characters who all channel and all have a severe additude. How many female characters need to have the "if looks could kill" stare. On the same note, too many of the Asha'man have a super-arrogent brat attitude. Although the first half of the book drags, the last 200 pages held my attention very well. I thought that the conflict with the Seanchan army in Altara was well narrarated. Overall, POD might not meet expectations, but it still is a decent read.
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Summary: Complete balderdash!
Review: Having followed the series as a faithful fan for past nine years I want to find the TOR editors and hang them high and dry. I cannot believe that Robert Jordan would on his own publish such a pile of crock that it can only be described as a very ugly attempt to coax more money out of the dedicated fan troops. Shame on them for publishing some 600 pages of a prologue to the next book. If there were a money back satisfaction guarantee on books, this is the one I would send back!
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