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Summary: Loosing sight of the true magic, RJ?
Review: The book seemed to wonder a bit and the charachters seemed to loose a little of their depth. Where is Mat, he was always a key player previously and now he just vanishes!! PLEASE! The storyline seems to have changed a bit as well, has Rand lost sight of his true goal. To defeat Shai'tan he seems more intent on building his own empire (much like the forsaken he has defeated). Much of the mid story suspense seems to have gone missing, maybe because the playing field has become so large and the number of pages in the book so few. Overall the book is still entertaining, but after more than a years wait! well in all honesty it was just dissapointing. I still think the syeries as a whole is one of the best and will definitely buy book 9 as soon as it hits the shelves. But I feel RJ should once again grasp the true magic as he did with the first 6 books.
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Summary: Out of control !!!!!
Review: The first book of the series was by far the best, with each additional book, at times lost in too many side shows, secondary characters, etc... Mr Jordon has asembled a very good cast, locations and theme but the series seems to have a life of its own, focus on the main characters more. This book is worth reading but PLEASE Mr Jordon, tighten up some !!!!
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Summary: Relax!
Review: So you don't like the book nr.8? Gee, never try to read the German version of the WoT! Some of the readers say, that Jordans only goal is to make a lot of money without taking care of the series (or fans). Do you know what that damn german publisher did to maximise his profit? Each book of the WoT gets splitted into 3 or 4 parts, so by now we over here are reading part 20, waiting for 2 parts to come. Remember, every book at a price of 12 bucks! I should have never started to read the german version of the WoT. Well now it's to late to change (collection stupidity). So stop giving Jordan 2 stars or less and enjoy the books as what they are: easy reading, not literature.
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Summary: Disappointing. . .
Review: I absolutely devoured the first 7 books of this series, and waited anxiously for the eighth. To say that the plot in this book is slow is like saying that the Pacific ocean is pretty big. Had there been some character development, it would have been better, but the characters change very little, and those that do do so in ways that are entirely too predictable. I will probably buy the next one, but THIS time, I'll wait for the paperback. Thankfully, this one was a gift, so none of my own money ws wasted on this disappointing effort.
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Summary: Character development and disappearing characters.
Review: (1)I've noticed a continuing trend with these books lately. At the end, something always happens to Rand (a battle, being kidnapped...), a brief, two-page scene with some suspense (Moghedion escaping, Egwene FINALLY heading to Tar Valon, etc), and several other things. I think it's safe to assume that, as good as the series is, RJ is either getting repedative, stalling as much as possible, or running out of new ideas altogether. (2)Character development is fine. I like it myself, and reading WoT has really helped me improve my own writing. But there is a point where you cross the line between character development and tedious repition, when the plot gets more and more stagnant. There's been lots of that in the past 4 books, and it reaches its height in PoD. We KNOW that Rand is getting too arrogant, we KNOW that what Egwene is like as the Amyrlin Seat, so why do we have to hear it again?(3)Can we say "disappearing characters"? RJ has more characters than I've never seen on one series, not necessarily a bad thing, but half of them have dropped off the face of the earth. Unless he's disguised as another person (Mazrim Taim?), when was the last time we heard from Demondred? What has Messana done lately that was truly significant? WHat happened to Semirhage? She had two scenes in book 5 or 6, then was never heard from again. I'm sure there's too many others to name (Bayle Doman and Egeanin?!) but I'm getting tired of having characters disappear for no reason This book could have easily been clumped into an extra 200 pages in book. I love the series, but there are more and more flaws creeping up that will make all but die-hard fans start to hate it. Character development is fine, but when the plot gets lost, you know you have a problem. I'm eagerly waiting for book 9, but please stop giving us the run-around and get to the point.
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Summary: The "Spark" is Missing
Review: Whether its from an inability to decide upon an appropriate ending for one of the best fantasy series of all time, or due to an overfamiliarty with the characters, or some other reason known only to Jordan, his Path of Daggers contains none of the spark and creativity that hooked me on the sereies from the beginning. Jordan's cast of meticulously sculpted charaters are still there, but the book concentrates more on the internal turmoil of the Aes Sedai and less on matters that might propel the story forward toward an actual climax. Substantively, Jordan does almost nothing with Rand al'Thor and very little with Perrin. While in the past Jordan has orchestrated a consistently complex plot and an interwoven cast of characters, Path of Daggers is a choppy and arduous read at best. Unlike early in the series where the story pulled me in so completely that I was surprised to be turning the final page, I found this book particularly easy to put down and even more diffcult to finally finish. When reading a series becomes more like work than play, its time to move on.
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Summary: I have never been so disappointed in a book.
Review: Do I care if Nynaeve pulls her braid when she gets mad anymore? This book is definitely the worst in the series and shows that Robert Jordan is just milking the series for more money. Could we end this story or at least further the plot more? I am SICK of the trite descriptions of the characters and the lack of development in the storyline.
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Summary: This series is no longer worth reading.
Review: Though I really enjoyed the first few books, this one and the previous few are so obviously money-makers that Jordan should be ashamed. I will not read another book in this series.
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Summary: Better than Tolkien? Ha!
Review: To even suggest that Jordan's one-dimensional characters are more believeable and easier to relate to than Tolkien's is laughable. Granted, Jordan is an excellent story-teller and has created an engrossing world, but his characters are either supermen or villians. Jordan's heroes have practically no flaws, whereas Tolkien's works centered around cowardly 4-foot tall people. What makes Tolkien the better writer is that in the end, the reader admires fat Frodo or Bilbo more than the handsome, tall and extraoridnarily strong Rand and Perrin. Nonetheless, Jordan succeeds in building suspense with artful timing and pacing. He (for the most part) balances the myriad of characters and side-plots which invariably spring up in a work of such magnitude. Sure, it's convoluted, but so's A Remembrance of Things Past. One other gripe: Jordan has a real problem with one aspect of his writing. He describes everyone the same way. For men: "His face was rough and hawk-like, with sharp angular features that looked to be chiseled out of stone." Women: "She wore a red silk cloak with pearl buttons running up it's length and a tight-laced green velvet bodice that exposed a considerable amount of bosom." What is that cr*p? Hemingway wouldn't even mention characters that Jordan devotes a wholse paragraph to. Who wants to hear a lengthy description of what the chaimber-maid is wearing? Does he think he's adding to the realism? Aside from that, Jordan is a talented writer of interesting pulp-fiction.
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Summary: I thought this book was very good
Review: Path of Daggers was a very good book, but it followed the 6th, and 7th book which were not Jordan's best works. Book 8 had a lot of action, and a great story line. The only downside to Jordans books is the amount of characters that are hard to keep track of. I would like to see a character list at the back of the book, with a sentence by each of the names explaining who they are and where they came from
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