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Summary: The Path of Daggers
Review: Complete waste of trees. After the first book in the series I was so sick and tired of the woman characters that I read the rest just to see if they all die in some gruesome manner. Stop reading his drivel. It is a money making scam. This series barely deserved to be a trilogy.
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Summary: I'm Done.
Review: Nothing is finished by this book except for my patience. I don't need to read any more about women smoothing their dresses (at least they've almost broken the habit of tugging their braid.) It's too bad that the author is just stringing out the story, it started out very promising.
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Summary: All Hail Robert Jordan! King of Fantasy! Long May He Reign!
Review: This book presents itself on the back of seven previous books in the series that were, to say the least, action-packed. Therefore, it came as no surprise to me that this book was decidedly 'slower' than the previous books. Jordan had to write a book that links book seven and book nine, and the Path of Daggers was what he came up with.Faced with a Seanchan Army, itinerant Aes Sedai, hidden supporters of the Dark One and hundreds of powerful Asha'manrepressed at the Black Tower, Jordan could do nothing else without making the Wheel of Time series obsolete for those who matter;the readers. The developments of the characters and plot reflect two things: firstly, the restrictions under which Jordan was under to maintain the integrity of his series;secondly, the innovative genius of Jordan. Never in my many years of devoted reading have I witnessed such burgeoning of ability under pressure from fans and publishers.
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Summary: impatiently awaiting the next
Review: Continuing his series with The Path of Daggers, Jordan continues to illuminate his fans and readers with the development of his characters and their reactions to all that is happening to them.Jordan has been accused of being long-winded and too wordy and I must admit, when I initially began reading the series with The Eye of The World, I was a little put off by the amountof detail he put into his descriptions. It took a little patience and time though, to begin to appreciate the fact that all this detail eventually began to build a world far more graphic and enveloping than the simplistic efforts of Terry Goodkind could ever do. From Jordan's creativity in building his world to the development of the many different characters in it, his series will continue to draw me along to its conclusion.
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Summary: Where's Matt?
Review: This book was pointless nothing happened. Rand found out that callandor inhanses the taint, and Egwen seiged the White Tower. Nothing about Matt! This book was bye far the worst!
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Summary: Robert Jordan am ok
Review: Robert Jordan is am the most bad gramer awther in the wurld and they shouldnt make buks liik thisun bicos it is long and words and i dont undrestanding it much.
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Summary: Success Spoils Everything
Review: In the beginning this series was tightly written and well edited. With time, all successful authors (e.g. Tom Clancy) seem to throw off the shackles of an editor and make their books longer and more boring. It is unfortunate that Mr. Jordan has also fallen victim to his success. This book is to complicated and - on many points, to redundent. If you like the others books, I guess you should buy it, but don't expect much. Personally, I read every other book in this series and, except the last one, I loved them. "Daggers" was very disappointing and I skipped several portions so I would finish it. For me, this series may have 10 more editions, but this was my last book. If you have a choice, read the new Richard Cyper book. It is a little long too but, each book is basically self contained. Let's hope Mr. Jordan's next effort will be better.
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Summary: Gathering for the Leap
Review: Ok... After having read about 100 of these reviews, I feel I can say with relative authority that they fall into one of two categories: 1. "This book was too short, and slow, and nothing happened," or 2. "This book was great... If you're going to read WOT, you have to be used to complicated, twisty plots that don't seem to be going anywhere." Indeed, the second is closer to the truth. We have been spoiled by action movies and similarly designed books, with a lot of action, and one-dimensional characters who, when you get down to it, aren't very realistic. As another reviewer commented, Jordan's books aren't just about Rand Al'Thor- they are about the entire world that he happens to inhabit, and be a major factor in. Jordan has given us a wonderfully complex and realistic world, inhabited by realistic and complex characters. Jordan would be cheating us and, really, cheating himself if he were to reneg and give us a simple action-movie book. It is true that The Path of Daggers does not seem to move very quickly. The first time I read it, I had the same reaction as many other readers. However, after talking with another WOT reader, I realized that The Path of Daggers is really gathering the characters for the ultimate leap of the series. Matt has been placed in the prime position to join the Senchean, Egwene has finally solidified her hold on the Amrylin seat, and all the other characters are in a position to make a major move. The seeming slow pace disguises all the incredable moves that Jordan has made; he is akin to a skilled chess player, making moves that seem insignificant until you find that you have been totally stripped of your defenses, and are about to be crushed- and there is NOTHING you can do about it. Jordan has placed all his pieces, and I expect checkmate within the next book or two, maximum. It is worth the long wait- I know from experience that it can take a VERY long time just to write a short novel, and Jordan's complex plot requires far more time and concentration. As do most of the other reviewers, I reccomend beginning with the first book in the series- it is possible to read any of the WOT books alone, but many of the subtle under-plots are lost in doing so. I myself went back to the first book, and started through the entire series AGAIN before reading PoD, just to refresh myself. I reccomend strongly that WoT initiates and newcomers alike read this book.
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Summary: The Sorrow of Pain
Review: I have read secaral reviews of this book, and have discussed it at length with my friends, Jordan fans all of them. What no one has seemed to realize yet is that this book is intentionally hard to read. The point of this book is the pain of the characters. It is about pain, loss, and sorrow. I felt my gut wrench when Rand gave the wine to Fedwin; " A little something in the wine". This is why Mat wasn't in the book. Mat isn't a grief stricken character, and wouldn't fit well at all, being a more good time type. If Mat had been in this book, he would have spent the entire time drunk.
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Summary: good but not the best
Review: This was a good book, but Jordan could have done better. And it was to damn short! Anyway, if your a WOT fan you'd be crazy not to get this book (and if you don't own it by now you where have you been?) and those who aren't WOT fans yet (I say yet because you will be) read the Eye of the World first.
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