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Summary: Endlessly going... NOWHERE
Review: This book continues Jordan's attempt to use 900 pages of text to get you noplace. The story has stalled over the last book or two, and I find myself not caring what happens to anybody.. and Jordan is so vague in what does happen to his characters that sometimes you don't know. I'm so tired of the bad guys slipping out the back door, or "maybe" being killed... just kill one, so we can feel that the 900 page lead in was worth it. Give up on all the Jr. High behavior between the Aes Sedai and Mattrim... tired... Liven up the action, strengthen the cause and DO SOMETHING! Okay, I'm off to read the next version of Jordan's Dictionary (words in random order, simulating sentences)... I just want it to end..
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Summary: Spectacular
Review: Once again, Robert Jordan has brought an exciting new chapter into his Wheel of Time series. His in-depth character development also continues in this novel, as it has in all of his previous novels. I just love how he makes his literary world seem so real.
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Summary: What happened here?
Review: I have followed The Wheel of Time series and up until this point I couldn't wait for the next book to come out. But this one was a complete chore to get through! The only excitement comes in near the very end of the book..and even that was anti-climatic. The sub-plots and cast of characters is getting extremely over-populated, hard to follow and monotonus. The only reason I continued on to finish this book is simply because it was part of the series and I am hoping the next one picks up a bit and cleans out all the uneccessary and boring characters this books dwells on. Definately seems like this one was written just because another book in the series was due.
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Summary: Good, but not the best
Review: Let's get one thing out of the way, Robert Jordan is the best writer in the Fantasy World, is he perfect? No he is not. Crown of Swords is not as exciting as the Lord of Chaos (the last book in the series). I will try to avoid spoiling anything for people who haven't read it yet. Through most of the book the pace is rather slow, but things start to really pick up the last 2/3rds of the book. The ending was OK, but not great. I'll take this opportunity to point of some aspects of Mr. Jordan's writing that is frankly starting to irritate me. First of all, the strong female characters are a refreshing change, but seven volumes of reverse sexism (against men) tends to get a little annoying and ridiculous. Nynaeve is getting to be extremely irritating. Second, Mr. Jordan is making the series needlessly complicated with numerous subplots, how he is going to resolve the storyline without an inevitable letdown is beyond me. Third, why is every other woman described as either "beautiful", "pretty" or "handsome"? Are there no average or ugly women in Mr. Jordan's world? And I don't care how Mr. Jordan explains this, but there is no excuse for having all the nations speak the same language and have no organized religion, it is utterly unrealistic (I know, this is fantasy series, but still). Now that all the bad stuff is out of the way, this is still the best series out there and I can't wait for the paperback edition of the Path of Daggers.
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Summary: hmm....what's going on here?
Review: this book was a chore to get through. plot didnt advance very much at all. this series is getting very repetitive, and it seems jordan better either a. pick up the pace, and resolve some of the plot lines or b. end the series very soon, because the way its headed, it looks like its only going to get worse.
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Summary: Can we say slow???
Review: In my last review, I told everyone that the book was great and everyone should read it. Yeah, it is good mostly, but the storyline stretches, and strecthes,and it seems that it finally broke. While reading the books, I always skipped the fill-in stories and went to the chapters about Rand himself. Yes, Jordan's a great writer; yes, the books were good; but only if you like side stories, arrogance, the x-files, and if you don't have a brain larger than the size of a pea.
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Summary: Not bad - but let's get on with it!!
Review: This is the first fantasy series I have ever read, so I know not - nor care - of the endless debates about whether or not Tolkien, etc, are better than Robert Jordan. All I have to say is that The Wheel of Time series, in an of itself, is a very imaginative series, epic in proportions. Yes, on one level it is the same hackneyed plot of innocent (and mostly naive, at least intitally) good guys fighting the forces of darkness. But why is it that no matter how many times we hear this tale in its infinite variations we still come to hear and gather from it what we will? In my opinion Jordan's version of this eternal theme is better than most I have read in the various genres. So much for the series. Now for the book itself. It would seem we have hit the midddle of the series, and as middles are apt to do, this one lags a bit. Jordan's incredible verbosity needs to be curtailed - one would think a former military officer would realize the virtues of brevity. I really do tire of reading about woman's dresses in all their minute details. Added to this, Jordan is beginning to become very repitive with certain phrases and descriptions. Many of the female characters are beginning to get on my nerves. Nyneave, Egwene, and Elaida have grown little, their chief functions remain to torture mat and complain about men. The ending was lame. Shadar Logoth <i> again ? </i> Please. Find some way other than balefire to kill those nasty Forsaken. And for God sake's Rand - quit being such a wimp. If Cadsuane and the other Aes Sedai get on your nerves again just still them! I certainly hope the next books begin the thunderous climax of the series. Really, the series should have been about 5 or 6 books, and we could have done that if we eliminated verbosity, the endless battles between the sexes, the ridiculous Seanchan and Children of Light Characters, etc. All in all, though, the series is a better use of your money than most of the garbage out there. But Please, Mr. Jordan, let's get on with it and end it now.
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Summary: A book for magic lovers who get bored easily**
Review: Most fiction books that involve magic today are about a hero, a magic user who casts fire magic for free, and a sorceress or sorcerer who is trying to take over the world. The magic user, sometimes the hero, doesn't ever get harmed. But this book is a trip to a new dimension for magic, taking it to a whole new level. In "A Crown of Swords," magic isn't just a bunch of flashy potions or powers, but is something that needs to be trained, that can kill, can even turn against the magic user him/herself! If your bored with Star Wars and Star Trek, read "A Crown of Swords." It will open the portal to another dimension for you.
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Summary: No Forsaken killed!, no progress in the story, AGHHHHH!
Review: Well well well,is Robert Jordan going gaga or is it cash tills ringing in is ear.About all that can be said about Jordans dithering is that he is gradually reducing this once great story to an overlong description of the background sceenery.Please please please get the story back on track
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Summary: Intriguing
Review: I'm glad the previous reviewer mentioned she was just kidding and that she's not really Nynaeve. She had me going. 'Crown of Swords' picks up where 'Lord' left off. Rand battles his mistrust of Aes Sedai and continues to withdraw from the world. There's not much point in critiquing the novel here (it's well-written by the way) as Jordan fans will buy it regardless and those looking for a real review will be interested in vol. 1. Let me take a paragraph to note Jordan's 180 degree turn in his representation of women. Throughout the early volumes (particularly #4), women are all-knowing and arrogant. Starting with the very first page in this book, Jordan goes out of his way to showcase women's fallacies. Elaida misinterprets a foretelling, all Aes Sedai underestimate Rand, Nynaeve & Elayne crawl to Mat and apologize. Frankly it's a nice change.
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