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Summary: Robert Jordan has lost it. This is the worst of this series
Review: This series started out with a superb book Wheel of time , then the next 2 where good, then three and four were so so and then Lord of Chaos was very good, Since then the last two books seem to have lost focus. Too many charecters and too many issues and subplots. Somewhere down the line Robert Jordan has lot focus. Where is Mat Couthan in this book there is no mention of him. Rand and Perrin dont do much. Only worthwhile event is Elayne getting the Sun Throne. The Break Away Aes Sedai are delaying things too long. I think its time for Jordan to get grip on the situation and save this series from a disastrous end instead just lengthening the number of books,
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Summary: worth waiting
Review: i know that this one was slow and continues to never get to the climax, but i have faith that it will pick up in the end and give us the former excitement and movement of the first four wonderful books (which are sooooo....good)But for me, anyway, i will stick it out and continue to love the characters, well...all but Nynaeve. And where the hell is Matrim! I love that guy! Make sure and read A Game of Thrones while waiting for book #9.
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Summary: This book isn't finished!!
Review: The entire book is a buildup to something. It seems to me that Mr. Jordan wanted to go somewhere with all of this and ended up writing too much. This book is an intro into the next book. By itself it is really annoying. I mean, I need SOME closure. This book just opens up all new bags of goodies that I have to obsess over (and most are just mysterious sub-plots). The only thing that saves this book is that Robert Jordan is such a good writer, and the characters are done so well (except for the very noticable absence of Mat) that it is enjoyable to read (as long as you've read the previouse books of course. In the end this book is fun, but it is not a story in and of itself. It's a bridge to the next book. You have to read it if you are into the series though, if only for plot progression.
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Summary: Wow! How low can you go? No stars for this book if possible!
Review: Jordan has finally cured me from his serie. The first 6 books were pretty good(3 or 4 stars) but then came book 7 and this pitifull excuse for a book. This is the last WoT book I'll read. I don't care if Rand wins, I don't care where Mat is I don't even care anymore if Moiraine is still alive. Thanks RJ! I won't waste my money on your stinking books anymore.
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Summary: Good, but will it ever end?
Review: I enjoyed this book as I have all in the series. But not for the first time I found myself wondering if it was ever going to end. While I enjoy the story I feel a lack of closure!!! Frankly I am tired of reading books in this series with no payoff. I'm tired of waiting for something to happen. I think I will wait for the series ends before I pick up the 9th.
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Summary: Choppy, but still enjoyable.
Review: While the ever slowing pace of the story seems to have irked most of RJ's fans (including me), I feel that this is still one the better epic fantasy works available today. I enjoy the subtle hints and clues RJ places in all the "Tedious" details many complain about. I like the fact that I connect and feel for his characters more than the characters in any other series I've read. With RJ's masterful story, detailed setting, and well-fleshed out characters, he seems to avoid the trap that ensnares most other fantasy authors. The pitfall of making your main characters so powerful that any serious challenge or opposition seems contrived at best or down right phony at worst (i.e. Fiest, Eddings). I will admit that there are parts of the series that I don't relish reading over and feel could use some editing (Much of Nynaeve and Elayne's journeys with the circus and across country come to mind). The main problem with tPOD is that the book seems to have been arbitrarily cut from a larger story with no thought to how it relates to the readers as an individual piece of work. Or, to put is another way, each book should tell it's own mini-story within the greater framework of the overall tale Jordan is trying to create. For example: The Great Hunt, book two in the series, told the story of the Hunt for the Horn and centered around the pursuit, capture, and use of the Horn. TPoD, more than any of the other books, fails to establish it's own theme, it's own story within the story. I feel the scene with Nynaeve, Elayne, and co. actually using the Bowl of Winds could have and should have been part of the previous book, aCoS. The Bowl was a major plot thread for that book and would have given aCoS more of a sense of closure and resolution that many readers feel it lacked. This also would have cleared the way for more plot advancement in tPoD. Couple this with the fact that many readers waited two years or more for this book and I guess people were bound to be disappointed. I for one just started the series a couple of months before the release of tPOD, so maybe that's why my outlook towards the series is still very positive. Why is this happening? Many seem to think RJ has lost it and doesn't know where he is going with the series or how to end it. To this I reply that RJ has stated that he knew the ending of the series from day one! The final scene of the final book has been all planned out since the beginning! You may accuse him of taking his sweet time getting there, but he knows the final destination and I am certainly enjoying the ride! Some think that RJ is just milking it for more $$$. While you may be right (No one really knows but RJ), I find it amazing that the real culprit, the publisher, has escaped most of the finger pointing on this issue. Many have pointed out that this is the shortest volume page wise in tWoT series yet it has the largest typeface and extends into the margins more than any other book in the series. Who do you think makes those decisions? Who do you think puts pressure on RJ to meet deadlines and get the book out so they can make more money? I personally think that if RJ were just milking it for the money he would crank out a book every 7 or 8 months, not every two years. Add to this the fact that half the events described on the dust jacket never took place and it seems fairly obvious that some one just said, "I don't care if you're done or not, let's just take what we've got, slap an ending on it that builds anticipation for the rest of the story and get it out the door!" Despite all this, I feel tPoD was well worth the read for any WoT fan.
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Summary: It is not as bad as everyone thinks.
Review: Robert Jordan had run out of enthralling plot lines and stories. This book was written to set up some new ones. It is a setup. I believe the next one will move along like the first six did. I just hope that all three of the Two Rivers' boys are involved. There is always a gap when one is left out of the storyline.
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Summary: Ok but not the best.
Review: OK I know this wasn't the best one, it was sooooo slow but what about the first 100 or so pages in book one. It's the same build up, he did take a whole book this time though but I would leave any major actions. . . like quiting the series until after the next book. But I for one will be there until Jordan's sons finsh it(after hes dies of old age).
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Summary: long
Review: It was a book. A long book. A long pointless book. On the positive side, it wasn't overly exciting, and it told us a lot about dresses. That's good, right? Yep, it was long. Read A Game of Thrones instead! And did anyone else notice that Mat wasn't in this book for a page? I like Mat. Mat is long.
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Summary: We are still nowhere near the end!
Review: Why do i get the distinct impression that Robert Jordan has no idea how to end this epic story? When i started to read these books,i was hooked on the plot,the characters and the background,in which these characters were placed.But now the story has become a plodding nuisance,with no real pace to it,the story has become bogged down in its own history.The first four books were a joy to read,with many an afternoon spent immersing myself into the magic tappestry that jordan had created.Now i find that i am not really looking forward to the books coming out as i used to be. This is not to say however that i wont be reading them anymore of course.
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