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Summary: C'mon, lay off the needless abuse, It's a good book!
Review: Maybe I'm the only person in this world who actually believes that POD is better than the Lord of Chaos, I wouldn't be surprised if I was. I must admit that POD was nowhere near as good as book 4 and 5, but those were amazing books. You can't reasonably expect every book to be amazing. Thankfully-even though I'm sure this will irritate Mat fans everywhere-this book hardly even mentioned him. In my opinion besides Elayne, who for some unknown reasons has far too many chapters told from her perspective(God only knows why), Mat has to be the most annoying character. I'm sure I'm the only Wheel of Time fan who finished this book and asked what happened to Nynaeve? Not a single chapter is told from her persective while God knows how many are devoted to Elayne. But anyway, contrary to popular belief, a lot of things got done in this book. They finally used the Bowl of the Winds, we know who Moridin is, we finally know what's happened to Lanfear, we get a lot of Perrin(praise the lord), and the siege of Tar Valon finally gets started. That's a lot more than happens in books six and seven. Finally this book sets up what has to be a phenominal book 9. It should really be amazing, and I'm already starting the countdown.
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Summary: Very disappointing compared to the other books in the series
Review: Has Mr. Jordan lost his edge? Has be become bored with his own creation? Delay after delay in the publishing of his most recent book in the series led to absolutely no progress on this "path" with the exception of the weather changing in the first portion of the book. Previous detailed battle scenes were now replaced with ...and they won. Where was Mat Cauthon? Once a major player to Rand's fate, he has been entirely written out of this book's plot. The travels of Elayne & Nynaeve was tedious reading, only to be rewarded with no closure as to her being crowned queen. I thought the "teaser" at the end with the rebel Aes Sedai opening a gateway to the White Place was more a slap in the face to the fans of Mr. Jordan. Had this been the first book in the series I would have never picked up Book #2. I hope that Mr. Jordan recuperates his previously demonstrated powers to write a fast-moving, can't-put-down novel. I would request he pick up the pace, involve all the players again (they are scattered in every direction)and if Elayne and Nynaeve have to travel together again, please open them a Gateway!!!
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: As I read the Wheel of Time series, I become more and more amazed. Each book is better than the last. By the time you read The Path of Daggers, you feel as if the characters are your friends that you've known for years. I would recomend this series (and this book) to any lover of fantasy.
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Summary: A long wait for little substance.
Review: I'm afraid I have to agree with what seems to be the majority of fan reviewers. WOT vol. 8 seems to be no more than five hundred some pages of fluff material. I could almost accept this if the wait had been shorter, or, if we were guaranteed that the next book will be out much sooner than when I suspect it will be. I appreciate what Mr. Jordan is attempting to do, a huge realistic seeming world in which the characters have ample time to make the changes towards becoming legends without seeming to push them too fast. Perhaps the scope of the books has become too large. The characters who were in Path of Daggers seemed to develop very little, nor did they accomplish anything. At one point I was getting sick of listening to Elayne prattle on about Nynaeve's shortcomings. That seemed to go on forever, and was beginning to bore me! Something that has never happened before with WOT. To put it simply, this was not what I was expecting after waiting two and a half years. Also, and this is more of a critisism of the publisher than Mr. Jordan, there were an inordinate amount of typos in WOT 8. With such a long lead-time, I would have thought they could have caught most of them. A lot of these typos consisted of a character naming a wrong character in a situation. Something that at several points in the book, completely broke the illusion of reality for me, which is of course why I read them. Hopefully the next book will not be so much of a wait, and the plot will advance.
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Summary: Terrible reason to kill a tree
Review: I was very disappointed in this installment of the series. I don't have time to wade through so much detail of so little importance. Mr. Jordan should re-read his first 4 or 5 books and note what he has obviously forgotten. Good characters and plot lines bring in readers, detail does not. If I want the type of detail he provides, I'll read the dictionary.
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Summary: Woops! May our wait for #9 not be in vain!!
Review: A disappointing read at best. Lacks the usual subplot intertwining that moves the main plot--reads like filler. If you've been with the series from book one, buy book 8 and scim it. If you're new, start with earlier books; they're much better.
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Summary: PoD 2 Stars - Series 6 Stars and declining
Review: I like many of you love the series, but am disappointed with PoD. One must admit the character development in the series is very good, but PoD did not enhance the series, it detracted from it. RJ seems to be generating quanity rather than quality. Mr. Jordan please get on with it!!! I only hope #9 is on par with LoC. I will perhaps wait a little longer before buying the next book or maybe check it out at the library.
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Summary: Waste of Paper
Review: Ignore the average star ranking for this book. All of the five star ratings were given BEFORE Path of Daggers was even released by rabid, pro-jordan fans who I imagine would give a roll of toilet paper 5 stars as long as Robert Jordan's name was on it somewhere. The simple truth is, Path of Daggers is more boring to read than the Old Testament, and with less action. I seriously believe all of these fans who seem to delight in comparing Jordan to masters like Tolkien are delusional, brought about by 72-hours straight of reading this book. It is painfully obvious to anyone who steps back and looks at where this series is going that RJ has lost control of his world, or perhaps he is lost IN is world. Path of Daggers merely continues with the trend that has started since book 4, less and less action, more and more excruciating detail that is absolutely uneccessary. The characters, so well fleshed out in the first books, are now a joke. I find myself more and more hoping the Dark One just rises up and kills all of them. Not a good sign when you find yourself cheering for the bad guy. I guess if you've come this far in the series, you must read this book (do not buy, wait to check it out from a library). Read it and see how far this once great series has fallen. For everyone that has abandoned this series, I recommend you do what I'm doing right now: go and re-read "the Lord of the Rings". Then laugh when you hear people trying to compare this drivel to Tolkein.
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Summary: A 600 page prologue
Review: I think RJ might be running out of steam, as this book seems to have been nothing more than a prologue for the new couple books. Reading through customer comments, I have to agree with some things. I rate this book 2 stars, as he still has talent in writing, though his editors suck. But in all honesty, i think its mostly males who read his WOT books, and males like action...not reading about women doing this and that. I know its IMPORTANT to set up the plot, but it could have been done better, and only the last 80 or so pages caught my attention. As a reader of much literature, i predict the next book SHOULD be much, much better...if I am wrong, I think that is when i will stop buying his and all TOR books. Also I think RJ should listen to his readers and not take his sweet ass time writing...unless of course he is "all dried up" which is what on the surface it appears to be.
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Summary: BORRRRRRRING!
Review: Could it be that Mr. Jordan has been taken over by Darkfriends? Who are the people he's writing about? No one in this installment of the WoT is true to character. I don't think Jordan likes women much (a hunch I've had for a while). The women in this book are always swishing their skirts or wearing silk or showing the slope of the breasts.....Who cares. Tell us what they're thinking, feeling, wanting - not what they're wearing. And I really think he hates the Aes Saidei. He isn't positive about them at all. I waited for so long to read this book. I'll get number nine from the library or second hand shop-if I care at all. Come on Mr. Jordan-you owe more to your readers than shallow pictures of the people in the story tugging on their braids or showing their ageless faces. You owe us the characters we know and love- characters who surely want the wheel to move off dead center.
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