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Summary: Robert Jordan's masterplan...
Review: I've waited expectantly for this book and snatched it up at the first opportunity. Having read the previous books in the series I had to read this one also. Curiosity killed the cat. But did satisfaction bring it back? Yes.. just, albeit it slow and painfully. I have read some of the other reviews by the other readers and it seems that alot of them are not entirely pleased with this one, in comparison to the previous books. I agree, the pace is perhaps a little slower than the first or second, but I think this has been done for a specific purpose. It would be wise to assume that at the beginning of any epic tale the plot and intrigue will be fast and furious. Indeed, if Robert Jordan had adopted the pace from Path of Daggers, in the first or second, he would probably have not sold as many. It boils down to the fact that this really is a massive story; a legend to be told in reverance in another series of books where this age has come and gone, and a new one is being written about. Not many series reach the grand old number of 8, or even 9, as we shall see in the future. Essentially, I believe that the series has been 'maturing'. The pace from the first 6 has died down somewhat because there is a certain pause in the tale. There has to be, in a way. If Jordan had written the entire thing with the same pace, then I suspect we would have finished the story somewhere in 7. I don't think that's his aim. And would you have wanted such a swift ending to a brilliantly forged adventure? Robert Jordan really has created a masterpiece. Anyone who's read the first will attend to that, and so why question his motive for the present lack of mentally binding, enthralling, and intriguing qualities in the Path of Daggers? Because he is working back up to the original pace for some reason none of us know yet. As someone put, the series will get its 'second wind.' On a personal level I think Path of Daggers was good. Like the rest of the books, I had to actually read several chapters a day, at least. Or I would not be entirely happy. Because of that, I think I finished 8 in a matter of days. Okay, so not a great deal happens in comparison to the 'lightning mix of everything happening at once' of the previous titles. But one must accept this. Robert Jordan is writing this book, no.. this entire series. Not you. It seems that a lot of people are losing faith after reading book 8. Are you all so fickle? You're all commenting as if this is the finishing book of the series, but it's another stepping stone to the next, just like the second was to the third. I believe it would be a testament to your love of this fantastic tale if you got to the end. Perhaps at that point you could look back and re-consider what you wrote about book 8.. :)
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Summary: He just can't write fast enough for me....
Review: In a time where authors like Terry Goodkind are writing more romance into their novels and getting caught up in developing "relationships" RObert Jordan continues with exciting, action, based fantasy novels. In this book our hero Rand Al Thor comes closer to meeting the "dark one" for the final showdown. Mr. Jordan has no problem with killing off inactive or even very active characters in the story. More and more Rand is compiling support for his final showdown. I think Jordan is saving the encounter for SHAOL GOULD although I could be wrong. I never seem to call anything that happens in this series correctly. Which is great because it keeps predictability down to a minimum! WRITE FASTER ROBERT and I will keep buying them,,they make a nice addtion to my library!
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Summary: The next one has to be better!
Review: It was just horrible. The book wasn't inter-woven at all. Where was Matt the whole book. The book only tied up loose ends it didn't further along the series.
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Summary: A series spiralling down... down...
Review: Ewww. I feel like a fool. I actually paid money for this terrible book, and I knew better. I'd read Crown of Swords, after all, and that was miserable too. What is up with this? If Jordan is tired of writing the series, he ought to end it and put us all out of our misery. At this point I really want the Dark One to win the war. Rand et al don't deserve to live. Their creator has failed them.
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Summary: Wonderfully written. Can't wait for the next in the series.
Review: Robert Jordan has quickly become one of my favorite author's. His use of imagery puts me in the story. I lose all track of time when I open his books. I can not wait until Book 9 hits the stores. The only down-side is that it takes so long to write each book, that I end up re-reading previous books in the series just to keep track of what has gone before.
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Summary: it's a shame really
Review: this 'book' was pure drivel. honestly, i believe you could skip this installment in the series and not miss a thing. the characters are now predictable and really annoying(everytime nynaeve tugs on her braid i feel like punching her in the face). the plot is absolutely dead, i cant think of any substantial events that occured in this book, however the end seems to indicate book 9 may be a good one, but i doubt it. i loved the first couple books in this series, so i'll give it one more shot and read book 9, but if things dont drastically improve i say farewell to this series. and it is a shame, because it was once very promising, and now a seemingly endless bore. this series could be compared to a marathon runner 'hitting the wall', and maybe(hopefully) it'll get its 'second wind' by the next book. i sincerely hope jordan decides to stop tapping this series for all the money he can get out of it, and focus on quality rather than quantity.
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Summary: Story line building but too much fluff
Review: I hear a lot of complaints and praises but not a lot of reasons. I have read this entire series in the last month or two and found PoD both hard to read but improving the last few hundred pages. I could not believe that RJ spent 115 pages writing about a three hour horse ride. I hate to read about people walking and slow traveling. I do not want to read about some one building a fire each night. There is enough Aes Sedie and Sha man that each of the main characters can have a chauffeur. If a person can "travel" why not go do something and go home to bed each night. Why didn't Elayne just go straight to the castle?One thing I have noticed is that even the positive critics still criticize. Obviously it was not the best of books. Leave Tolking alone. Comparing them is like saying why didn't Henry Ford put GPS systems in all his cars. One thing RJ does constantly that I hate is to jump forward in time then go back. Reminds me of a Saturday night live clip. Another pet peeve is when the author intentionally makes a character temporally so stupid that he cannot see the obvious just to make him more human or make the story line work. I think the reason he keeps adding more bad guys is to have someone for all his good guys to fight. RJ's book too often reads like Les Miserables. Too many details for a fantasy fiction book.
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Summary: skip book 8, you won't be lost when 9 comes out
Review: I was disapointed with RJ a few years ago,when my son and I waited in line for 2 hours at a book signing in Charleston SC ... guess who was a no show? Yep just like book 8, RJ was a no show. Early on the first few books made me a fan. I once got to book 6 of a series by L Ron Hubbard call Mission Earth, before I couldn't take it anymore. Well I broke my old record, I got to book 8 of WOT, but I can't take it anymore. yep I'm the no show from now on. So RJ write all you want, take all the time you want, get as rich as you want. This X-fan won't be there. . . . . And remember what really made JRR Tolkens Hobbit & (trilogy) really good... it did come to an end. Even Mark Twain new that Huck Finn had to grow up, and couldn't keep going and going. ... thanks for the early books.
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Summary: QUITE POSSIBLY: "THE WORST EVER..."
Review: Well Mr.Jordan... You've really done it this time. Not only had I had suspicions of you having "writer's block," but with this novel you have proven it! I must say I'am getting slowly drawn away from your series by Martin's "Game Of Thrones" and "Clash of Kings." If you don't hurry up and end this series... you'll never write again! What happended to the good old days like: The Eye Of the World, or Fires of Haven, or any of the first 5? It's pretty obviously we love your writing, but, seriously, HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT. You must either end the series or start writing somemore of that quality that you use to write. NO MENTION OF MAT, WHAT SO EVER! YOU JUMPED FROM PLOT TO PLOT WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATIONS! YOU GAVE US NO NEW INFORMATION ON ANYTHING OR ANYONE (other than the Neblis) that MAKES ANY SENCE.
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Summary: Enough already! Please get this series over with!
Review: I started reading this series when I was in my mid-thirties and I was engrossed in the early volumes. However, it seems that I will die of old age before Mr. Jordan will see fit to put this thing to rest! I can understand writer's block, Mr. Jordan, but please quit writing this series if you can't submit any better writing than you exhibited in the last two or three books. I would recommend that anyone interested in reading this series to wait until the paperback has been released; don't spend your cash on a hard cover book in the series unless the writing improves.
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