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Summary: Not too bad, but not the greatest
Review: This book was interesting at times. I liked the part with Logain, and the pact between Sorilea and Cadsuane. The part with the Bowl of Winds could have been better written or more accurately, with less whining between the parties. I actually reread the book twice after thinking that i wouldnt be able to. The third time through i finally found it to be satisfying. If i can read a book more than twice, its a classic. Ive read all of the other books in the series more than 8x each (except for CoS). I agree that it could have been more exciting at times, and there wasnt enough surprises and i still want to know if Taim is Demandred or not. I highly doubt its Logain. With this ending, i think book 9 could be something really special. Here's hoping Robert Jordan can rekindle the sucess. oh yeah, i wonder what happened to the book a year for the first 6 books of the series? That was the biggest problem for book 8; too long between the books. Hopefully book 9 will be done by the end of this year or early 2000. I cant wait much longer for it.
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Summary: I want book 9 now!
Review: After putting down Path of daggers, I wanted the next book. Not because I was wanted to start book 9, rather to finish book 8. It left too much hanging. Mr Jordan needs to finish this series and go onto another, maybe the decendants of Rand.
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Summary: rather dull, old chap
Review: From when I first started this series to the moment that I finished the seventh book I was absolutely enthralled with the story line and characters, with the whole world and all of the customs and the abilities learnt using the one power and all of that stuff. In the eighth installment of the series, I read the book, and realised that basically all that the characers were doing was sit pretty much in the space between the Crown of Swords and where the eighth book should have been. here are some of the things that are starting to make me really irritated: Most of the woman in this book are simply so immature. All these old Aes Sedai having arguments about little bits of cr*p that shouldn't interest anyone. I think that Lelaine and Romanda need someone to kick them in the arse and tell them to shut up. Rand was always my favourite character, and I was always so happy when I got to chapters that included him. Yet as far as I can see he is turning into the biggest self pitying idiot on that planet. If he wants to fight the last battle, he had better get something done about his fraying nerves. And his fear for the deaths of women is pathetic. Rand, you can be upset after the deaths of a few hundred women in a battle, but please stop keeping the names, addresses and blood covered faces of all of those maidens in your mind! Also, when the !@#$ is Egwene going to get to Tar Valon already! If the stupid Aes Sedai are too lazy and scared to walk closer to the white tower, then open a bloody Gateway and take them through. And please,Robert Jordan, every time a pretty women comes into a scene, do you have say "she had ample(or more than ample) cleavage!" If you really have to describe every womans breasts, please think of some new words to do it with(I AM STARTING TO GET IRRITATED WITH THE WORD CLEAVAGE). Also, looking at Rands fear for women, can't we also drop all of the mens fear of women, because it is getting a bit irritating. Basically, make Rand go to Elayne and tell her that he loves her and wants to marry her. when she says yes, make him go to Aviendha do the same. Of course, I can't plan the next book, but it's a good suggestion for you to make Rand for once go to one of his girlfriends instead of waiting for them to come to him. I hope that, seeing all of the negative reviews here, that Robert will improve on the path of daggers in the next book. Also, please make Rand go to Nynaeve soon and ask for her help in cleansing saidin soon(there is no reason for him to put it off because there is nothing, besides victory in the last battle, that is more important than the cleansing of saidin. THE END
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Summary: Disapointing...
Review: I was eleven when I started reading this series. A hundred pages into the first book and I was hooked. I immediatley bought all the other books, I finished a Crown of Swords around when I turned 12. At that point this series was, in my opinion, the best thing out there. I waited two years for this book to come out. In the gap I read other things and I think I grew up a little. When I started reading it I was able to look at it with something other than awe at how great an author Jordan is. The characters aren't very well crafted. Their personalities are either boring or idiotic. The plot is at least original, but after that it hasn't gotten much going. Ever since the first book Jordan has obviously tried to break from the Tolkienic type plotline. This has resulted in a stagnation of the storyline. Jordan may have had some exciting things happen in this book but the isn't any excitement left in the story. There's no more suspense, no more imagining yourself in the story. Back to the characters, there are to many for him to handle. I don't like to compare authors but George R.R. Martin is writing an excellent series that has a great deal more characters than Jordan, The difference is that Martin can handle them, Jordan can't. It's gotten to the point where Robert leaves out a character every novel because there isn't enough space. Another problem is that he'll only switch areas every few chapters. It will be five chapters with the girls then five with perrin then five with rand and so forth. By the time you finish rading about one group you've totaly forgoten about the others. Evn with all these flaws the story could still have been salvaged. The other books had the sam problems as this one but one of the reasons people seem to think they are so excellent is because he could keep a person interested. He didn't do that in this book because he wanted to focus on building the characters. His problem is that he doesn't know how to do this. He tries to do this through his characters talking and thinking. Even that can work as is proven by L.E. Modesitt ( there I go another comparison ) but Jordan can't seem to work it. Someone once said that in a novel action is character. Maybe he should do some serious thinking about this idea. I'm sure none of this will get back to him but if he can work it so that the next book isn't so boring I might buy it. When it comes out in paperback. -Cliff
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Summary: Unfullfilling
Review: Robert Jordan is my absolute favorite writer. His ability to perfectly translate what his characters are thinking and feeling on to common paper is, to me, amazing. I must have read the first six books a dozen times. The last two though, and in particular The Path of Daggers nigh on put me to sleep every time I looked at them. Jordan alienated me from my favorite character,Rand, by making his actions and thought prosses so distant from those he had in the other books. It was as if someone else stole into Jordan's office and ruined the most important character in the book. Also, almost NOTHing was said about Mat, my second favorite charater. So, all-in-all, i'd have to say that this book failed to deliver the kind of story we all expect from Jordan. Especially after making us wait for close to TWO YEARS for it.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I don't know what everyone is complaining about. This book may be a little slower, but it is just as good as the others. I admit I wish Mat had been present, but Perrin was almost nonexistant in an earlier novel. Their are signs of the series starting to draw to a close too. Elayne finally gets to Andor, the Black Ajah is being identified, the siege of the White Tower is begun, and Mat is (pobably)in the hands of the Seachan. Once the Borderland kings and queens meet Rand, and Mat marries the Daughter of the Nine Moons, most of the nations will be bound together to fight the Last Battle. The only real complaint I have is of course the time it took to come out. The first time I read it I was dissapointed too. But when I read it again, I began to discover many things I missed the first time through. If the series ends in two or ten more books, I will buy and read each the day it comes out-unless it falls off in quality, which it has not so far. Read the book and then read it again. Jordan is still the best.
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Summary: "Too many boulders to a false summit"
Review: Reading this latest episode reminded me alot of climbing a mountain made up entirely of very large boulders that are both tiring and tedious to climb over. It is obvious that Robert Jordan knows his stuff, but the episodes are beginning to read like the scientific journals that students have to plod through for their extra credit papers. Even the beginning of the "Wheel of Time" series was very detailed with considerable jumps from one situation to another, but the whole of the story was distinct. I found it an engaging read once I "got into it". The problem is I no longer can get into it. I am eager for this author to finish the sequence and to write something fresh with the engrossing qualities found in "The Eye of the World".
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Summary: Slow start
Review: I'm 100 pages in Path of Daggers and slogging painfully through it page by page. I thought I'd check with my fellow Jordan fans to see if this is a shortcoming of mine. Apparently not. Reading time is too precious to waste on something so unsatisfying, but if it's a part of the big picture, I may have to slog on. What to do, what to do...
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Summary: Going on forever
Review: If the rest of the books follow suit to The Path of Daggers, we are in for a long series. While I was disappointed in the fact that my favorite characters, Matrim and Perrin, were hardly mentioned, the writing of Robert Jordan is such where I truly don't want the tale to end any time soon. The number of characters and their roundness is something to be amazed over. I have the money and the time to read them, I only hope I am still alive when the Wheel of Time concludes.
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Summary: In a corner...
Review: I think Mr. Jordan has painted himself into a corner with extremes and has left himself little room for surprise. The wonder of the first few books of the series had a lot to do with the newness of the material and the raw imagination of RJ come to life. The last few books seem to me to be a transition. They have slowed the pace and hopefully given Jordan room to once again use his creative energies to suprise and astound us. It must be tough to compete with himself, so i say give him time and appreciate his art for what it is.
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