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Summary: An excellent book, but irritatingly convoluted at times.
Review: I have read PoD, and found it to be an excellent book.I think it could have been padded nicely with whatever is happening to Mat in Ebou Dar. Leaving out major characters is not good practice. I know Perrin was not in TFoH but he was just mucking about in the Two Rivers. The Asha'man subplot is irritating, and I think a waste of time, and Rand didn't do half as much as he should have in Altara. Otherwise an excellent book, with good characterization and political development. I will wait for Book 9.
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Summary: it simply stinks
Review: Robert Jordan you should be ashamed of yourself by ripping us off.This book has no plot, no storyline, it simply sucks. I had admired and loved your other 7 books from the series.But you have sold us out, your loyal and devoted fans ; by giving us something that could be considred a two chapter novel. I had admired your writing,even commpared it and clasified it with the great work of The Hobbit and as far as grat as Terry Brooks.I'm sorry to see that you have abandoned your loyal fans.It seems all you want is to make the easy money by delivering junk, and instead of finishing the series in 2-3 more books, plan to extend it to 8 more. We, the readers may like the story,but we may and will refuse to be ripped-off. Think about this when you plan your next work. If anybody out there reads this, and knows Robert let him know.Readers DO NOT BUY THIS ONE . SKIP IT . YOU WILL NOT MISS ANYTHING .
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Summary: Don't let this be some sort of marketing trick!
Review: Reading _Path of Daggers_, which I'd signed up to receive so long ago, I was continually having to stop and try to figure out what had actually happened. I was reading all these pages, and yet all that was left in my mind was a mood, largely dismal. Even the typical mood stuff was dull. I'm sick of Faile's prickling smells, and Rand is so depressing now. I am not in the least convinced that Min would want to bed him *right* after he told her he'd just killed someone she knew. I am hoping that this isn't some horrible ploy, conceived over a card table and some beer, to see how long we'll keep buying books in a series w/o any content. Like rats pushing the lever where once there was food. The wheel of time turns and turns and nothing ever changes? Is this a hint?! The other fear is lack of inspiration. I pray that Mr. Jordan just has some odd plan he's filling in (like each chapter mirroring some earlier chapter, or a chapter from Shakespeare's collected works) but still knows how he's going to end this. Because of course I am going to keep buying these (even as I just couldn't stop after _Dune_, and should have). My only hope is that I can force myself to wait for paperback from now on.
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Summary: You have to read it, but wait till Paperback.
Review: If you like the series, then you obviously have to read PoD. Just wait untill it's in paperback. While I don't mind the "soap opera", I do mind that this book is missing it's other half. You know, the part with the ACTION. Almost nothing happend in this installment. PoD could be summerized in three chapters. I still have hopes for book 9 though...foolish me.
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Summary: okay and very slow
Review: I am currently reading PoD, and it is very slow going, where as in the previous books you were hooked right from the start, with this nothing appears to be happenening much like Lord of Chaos which only took off in the last 2 hundred pages. Lets HOPE book nine get the series back on track.
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Summary: Series 5 book 3
Review: The reason why so many people are so dissapointed is that the problems they find in this book are exacerbated by the ridiculously long wait we had for this book. To be fair, Jordan finished off some of the little sub plots we've been waiting for (callandor et al.), but not one really major plot was finished. Jordan is long winded at times which I actually appreciate sometimes, but this is getting to be too much. I stopped reading at one point and reallized that Jordan wasted three pages describing Eqwene's walk from one place in her camp to another. If Jordan took out alot of this ever growing fluf and got to the point quicker, he may just get the story done soon and get some of the major sub plots resolved as well. The one good thing in this book is that unlike past books, you don't feel as empty when its done, dreading the wait for the next book, because POD doesn't get anywhere further than the crown of swords and we've already waited 2+ years. Here's an Idea, everyone should try to make it to his book signings and make comments to him so he get's the point (or write letters).
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Summary: This book did nothing for the whole of the "WOT"
Review: I waited for this book, I was excited, and now I'm rather disapointed. I read it in a few days of picking up the book, but it was not becasue I couldn't put it down. I just wanted to see if anything happened. And nothing did. Nothing built, nothing happened, nothing new was discovered. Only a bunch of filler added, new people who are flat, with no details, lots of new names, but nothing happened. It was a waste of money and time. Skip it and wait for the next book, you'll miss nothing. Oh, yes, Rand's little battle, and the run for the crown, and the start ofpatching the white tower oh, let's not forget the botched raid on the Black tower. Humm, did I miss anything.
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Summary: PLEASE get on with it !!!!!!!!
Review: I read books 1 - 7 in preparation for this one and now feel let down. I would like to say I would not read book 9 in another TWO YEARS but I probably will. I just wish RJ would end some of the story lines, and where is Mat?
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Although I am a big fan, and have been since Eye of the World first came out, I must express my disappointment in the latest of Robert Jordan's series, The Path of Daggers. I enjoyed the book; it's like meeting with some old friends. However, maybe I am being overly critical, maybe we have been spolied by Mr. Jordan's previous books, but I had high hopes for this installment in the series. Particularly after the amount of plot that was introduced in the last book, yet little introduced in A Crown of Swords was advanced upon in the new book, let alone resolved. It seems as though perhaps Mr. Jordan had too much going on to give this his full attention (The World of..., Legends); or perhaps he is dragging it out, knowing we will still buy these books to resolution; or perhaps, as some readers suggest, this leads into an action packed Book 9. Though I must say, 3 years and $20 is a lot for a reader to invest for a 'filler.' This book resolves little, and introduces little. It lacks the action (and I don't just mean battles) the other books had. It seems that the characters have suddenly become 'talkers' rather than 'doers.' Come on, an entire book for Elayne to get to Andor? An entire book for Egwene to grab the reigns as Amyrylin? It could have been done in four chapters. And where the heck is Mat? He's mentioned ONCE in 580 some odd pages. That is not much mention for someone who is not only a very exciting and dynamic character, but also for someone who is to change the flow of the wheel around him. Obviously, the dice stopped rolling. I am and forever will be a fan of this series, and agree that some books in the series are better than others -- that's the ebb and flow of writing a series of this scope and magnitude; however, I have not encountered a book of Mr. Jordan's that has no climax and no advancement in the plot such as this one. Perhaps Book 9 will open with the ending that SHOULD have been in Book 8 (it is, I believe, the shortest book in the series, so perhaps they accidently shipped the book without the last few chapters?). Book 9 better be released soon, and better be good. A hollow threat, of course, since I'll keep reading the damn books anyway.
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Summary: Greater than the sum of its parts
Review: Not my favorite, but an excellent book. I am an avid fan of Jordan's WOT series and believe it is truly one of the masterpieces of modern fantasy. Some have said they find Path of Daggers to be somewhat lacking. I believe that the strength of this book cannot be accurately judged until the series is finished, or at the very least without considering the WOT as a whole in relation to this book. Each book has its role in the scheme of the series, and this book (despite -- or perhaps because of -- a slower pace, less action, and the absence of Mat) will ultimately enrich and strengthen this masterpiece. Music is composed of varied notes, paintings have innumerable shades, and Jordan has written eight books with different strengths, different feels, and each with a different purpose in mind.
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