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The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, Book 8)

The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, Book 8)

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Enthralling, but it just doesn't "grab" you
Review: I started reading the WoT series after last Christmas and it ended up being all I did until early summer, when I finally finished CoS. Jordan has a way of grabbing your attention and keeping it for a long time, and that continues in PoD, but now that I have finished the book and look back on it, it really didn't "do" anything for me. It kept up suspense very well, but except for one time, when Rand attacked the Seanchan, and the finish of that didn't do much for me, the suspense never blossomed and always disappointed. I agree that if you have not read any of the books in the series yet, start with the first one, because you will get hardly anything out of this. I thought it horrible that he didn't mention Mat hardly at all after leaving him out on a limb at the end of CoS. While he did set up some very interesting possibilities at the end that could make for a great book 9, excuse my skepticism. All I say is if he waits two years again, it had better be worth the wait.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Over all a very good book, but didn't resolve what I'd hoped
Review: Path of Daggers was a great read and well worth the cost of a hardcover. It continues the excellent character development that a Robert Jordan fan has come to expect from his stories. The only disappointment experienced was that many of the issues that I expected that Mr. Jordan would resolve were not.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: From exciting plots and characters to making money
Review: The Wheel of Time series started out with a remarkable flash in the Fantasy market with its well-developed, if somewhat stereotyped, characters, fascinating setting and riviting plot line. I still feel that this series has potential to be one of the best works of epic fantasy in the history of the genre, but with the release of Path of Daggers, I fear that Robert Jordan has become more interested in making money than in writing good stories. Now that he has us all hooked, I feel like he's sitting back and dragging the series out as long as possible, with as many volumes as possible, to bring in the income. I'm still trying to figure out how anyone can manage to write a full-length novel where almost nothing happens from start to finish. I feel like the book would have served better as a preview or teaser for some upcoming work than a literary work in itself. Were I Robert Jordan, I would be ashamed to put my name to Path of Daggers. Like so many others have said, I hope he manages to get the storyline back on track before he loses his audience and we lose interest in what becomes of the people from Emond's Field.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Nothing Happens
Review: Nothing happens in this book. The plot development could have been reduced to one chapter. Jordan introduced no new conflicts, resolved no old issues, and did not developany of the characters. Becides being a good diversion, this book was a waste of Jordan's energy. He accomplished nothing and seems to be floundering. Get back on track.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: WIll I live to see this finished???
Review: I've been a fan since the start - breath-taking adventure, panoramic visions of a world not our own, promises of the battle to end all battles. But I'm 25 now - and starting to doubt the likelihood of me living to the end of the series (much less actually working through all the sub-plots and figuring out who the hell killed Asmodean).

Although it's a joy to read a series I know will keep me spellbound, I need some answers!!!! Path of Daggers didn't supply any. Do I seriously have to wait another 2 years to hopefully gain a few more crumbs?

Please, PLEASE give me something substantial. Is Verin Black Ajah?!?!?!?

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Enough set-up already!
Review: This book was better than the last few books, with some glareing ommisions. I am not alone when i say that Mat's predicament was one of the most intriguing at the end of C of S, but there was no mention of what happened to him in P of D. This book was just another setup book, but it does seem that there is soon going to be an end of all this setup, and the action will begin. I am afraid that the series will be at least 15 books long.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!
Review: After reading this book, I couldn't help but feel a little like Ralphie, in the movie "A Christmas Story". After waiting months to get my secret decoder ring, all I got was a "crummy commercial". Be sure to read book nine!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: DISAPPOINTED
Review: Like all of the WoT fans, I was anxiously anticipating the continuation of this series in Path of Daggers. By the end of this latest installment, all I was feeling was disgust and disappointment. It wasn't worth the money or the time. The complexity of the series is something I have enjoyed until now. Unfortunately, in PoD Jordan has become mired down with all this complexity and it completely detracts from whatever it was he was trying to do with this book. I didn't feel that there was any real progression. The storyline positively stagnated. It was like a hamburger with a thousand pages worth of buns, but like that old lady says, "Where's the beef?" Where was Mat for that matter? Where was the umpph! that's kept so many glued to this series for so long?

From the other comments I've read, plenty of Jordan fans are disappointed. Hopefully, Jordan will get the message and a couple of years from now he'll wow us like he's done in the past with the other books in this series, which truly deserved to be bestsellers.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Interesting Expansions but Altogeather to Slow
Review: As a firm fan of Jordans I used to think I would find just about anything he wrote of absolute interest. His latest book however focuses far to much on long boring stretches when the women of the series (excluding Egwene who I actually started to like) doing absolutely nothing (Man! Min has gotten boring), Lan being there was just about all that made these strectches bearable. Rand is a crazed idiot who does everything wrong and then wonders why it all collapses and Perrin, although he dosen't talk to a wolf once, becomes suddenly the most interesting character in the book because of his political manouverings, this, however, is mostly because we hear NOTHING! . . . (a pause to collect myself) of the previously most engrossing adventurer Mat. OH Well! Only another two years though to the next one which looks set to Rock.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: You've got to be kidding me!!!
Review: I picked up the first Wheel of Time book back in 1991. Book after book, I have been astounded by what Robert Jordan is able to accomplish with a pen and paper. The Path of Daggers, however, is quite possibly the worst Wheel of Time book ever. Except for a few interesting developments with the Asha'man, nothing happens in this book. You could have read Crown of Swords, then skipped the first 600 pages or so of The Path of Daggers without skipping a beat. The next one better be good, but we won't know for another 2 years!!:(


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