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Summary: Pathetic
Review: Boring, cliched, derivative. The first few books in the WoT series held marginal promise, but PoD is ridiculous. For literate, intelligent Fantasy, try an author like George RR Martin or Stephen R. Donaldson.
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Summary: Where is the rest of the book?!
Review: Up to this point I have loved the WoT series up to this point. This book, however is the weakest of the series. Jordan has so many plot lines going that essentially nothing of major consequence occurs in an 800 page book. The positive side of this book is that it is still very well written and some of the characters who had not grown in the previous several books begin to mature. This is still the second best fantasy series currently being written. (Check out George Martin's a Games of Thrones).
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Summary: Wordy, Lame! A pointless expensive effort for the reader.
Review: If you need word volume to fill in your time, I can highly recomend this book. To make it short, the characters are fine, the world is fine and nothing has changed except the title and volume number...and that includes the price. Either way, save the dollars and buy a meal. You'll get more value and a much greater post consumption quotient. Sorry ,Bob, but this dont' cut it. And, naw. I can't write a book...but we, your fans, know that you can and are, therefore, sorely disappointed with this one.
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Summary: A Comic Book Would Be Better.
Review: I agree with all of the brief critisms that I've read about this book. However, I too am hopelessly enthralled with discovering how this epic series might end. It is a fun story. A wild fantasy ride. It is not good literature. The characters are poorly developed, and the plot has colapsed under the weight of its own magnitude. I am beginning to worry that Jordan cannot possibly end the series with a decent amount of closure. But we wait for the next installment, like addicts for a high. "Tune in next year, when Rand continues to begin to go insane, and everyone else takes another step forward." I'll be the first person in line to buy the book.
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Summary: Just one huge prologue
Review: I'm hooked dammit, though this book really makes me want to just give up on the series. I just re-read all 8 books in the last 2 weeks and I have to say this volume is the worst by far. All rising action and no climax. I feel like I ripped off when I bought this THING. Hey Jordon, let's get on with it already. And where's MAT! My advice, wait till the series is done before starting it. You won't be so frustrated.
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Summary: get this one from the library
Review: I was surprised to see that the average rating here is "3 stars," but on reading through some of the reviews, I think I see why: the one-star ratings from objective readers are counterbalanced by five-star ratings from raving Wheel of Time fanatics who have become so immersed in this fantasy world that they can't extricate themselves far enough to admit the need for criticism. Unfortunately, this make-believe world has become even more boring than the probable real lives of its most fanatical followering. Not a fantasy reader, I have enoyed earlier books in this series because they were adventuresome and engaging. I have never found the characters well-developed (most of them can be described in two sentences or less, and have not grown in complexity since book-one); but in earlier books the shallow characters were compensated for by interesting, action-filled situations. Not so in _Path of Daggers_, which goes nearly nowhere, at the pace of honey running uphill in winter. Convolution should not be confused with, and is no substitue for, complexity. I read this book in two days--not because it was so good I couldn't put it down, but because it was so bad I wanted to get it out of my misery. If you are willing to stick with things in the hope that the series gets better, read the book...but get it from a library.
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Summary: Where did the story go?
Review: I have to say, after reading the first few books of the series, I loved it. After reading this book, it is becoming obvious that it was published strictly to sell books. It contains absolutely nothing to further the story along, and honestly it takes a very skilled writer to fill that many pages with absolute white noise. I will certainly look at the reviews from other readers before I blindly buy another Robert Jordan book.
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Summary: How many more are there going to be?
Review: This book was very well written but lacked a progressive plot throughout the story. The series could have done without this book, I mean it's just a whole lot of battles and romances rolled into a book. You could read the first and the last 100 pages and still be able to figure out the entire story. How many more are there going to be?!?!?! I mean, we all read 1-3 and thought, oh man, only a few more books left in this series. But no, he wrote another four, and two yet to come. In the beggining of this series it was one of the best sets of novels ever written, then it got boring, I mean no plt progression, come on! This has all become one big money making scheme. Jordan is trying to figure out how long he can keep turning out a novel every 3 years and still keep us hooked. And what is the deal with the
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Summary: Where's the Ending?
Review: Okay, here we go again. When I read the first few books I felt like this could be the best fantasy series I'd ever read. Now, I'm upset. Jordan's wonderful descriptions have become so overused that the book becomes tedious to read. The intertwined plotlines have all become seperate stories. (Speaking of which, where's Mat? His name only appears once or twice in the entire book!) Jordan took a long break between books. I assumed he was writing a brilliant, inspired novel. Instead, I feel that he was just counting the dollars he could steal from once loyal fans. It seems to me that he wrote a book that was so long that he picked a random chapter in the middle, and decided that this would be the end of book 8, with the next chapter begining book 9. The story progressed so minimally that you might as well not have read the book. You'd still know everything you need to know relevant to the storyline. In short, I think Robert Jordal sold out. If you're like me and got hooked on the first four books, you might want to consider not buying this book. If you've never read any of the preceding books and are contemplating starting the series, do so only if you can tolerate quitting the series in the middle. I don't think that the effort that is apparently required to finish the series is worth it.
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Summary: Do you know the definition of epic?
Review: Hello, people! To all the so-called critics out there whining about the length, an epic fantasy is supposed to be long. Also, I'm tired of hearing about "filler novels", and then saying how great Eddings is. See his Sorceress of Darshiva. And what about your precious Mat? Jordan leaves you hanging, it's called a writing technique. Personally, I think if you can't handle the style of writing that Jordan masters, drop the book. And about Nynaeve. Each character has their idiosynchracies. These set them apart from the rest of the people. So grow up. Filler novels set the stage for the climax. PoD is giving you clues of what's gonna be in the later books. Personally, I think that this is a great book, but, if you're new to the series, start at the beginning, or else you'll have no clue to what's going on.
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