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Summary: Love the depth and length of this story line!
Review: The Wheel Of Time storyline is fantastic! Jordan has created a masterpiece with incredible depth in a story that is long enough and detaild enough to hold your imagination without boring you! As an aside... a Crown of Swords has recently hit the shelves again.... is the next book possibly on the way??!!
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Summary: Jordan.....MOVE FASTER!!!!
Review: The WoT is by far the best fantasy series I have ever read. Better even than Tollkien and Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman put together. It's just taking way too long. Enough of the Fallon Crap let's finish this series up.
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Summary: to those who complain of "loose ends"
Review: Now, this wasn't necessarily my favorite books of the series, but I can quite easily understand why Mr. Jordan is doing what he's doing. It's like this: say you're writing a story. OK, now imagine that when you're writing it, you get 3/4 way through, and change your mind about what's going to happen. Now, instead of rewriting the whole beginning, suppose you just change THIS scene or THAT scene. However, now you have other things that happened earlier that have no resolution as you had formerly planned. This is a "loose end." Ladies and Gentlemen, may I say that I truly found Mr. Jordan's books quite excellent. There were times in those books when I identified with Egwene, Nynaeve, Matt, Perrin, Rand and even Thom. Simultaneously in fact! This is what I love about these books. Every time I get to a point when I can see something bad happening to one of the characters, I'd give just about anything to go IN the story, and help them. This intense emotinal involvement in the Wheel of Time series is something to be respected. Not all authors can do that. My parting sally is to those few who seem to believe that the aforementined "loose ends" are bad and evil or what have you. If Mr. Jordan wrapped up each book neatly in the end; if there was nothing happening that you could worry about, would they really be as much fun to read? Now ask yourself this and answer truly: "What bothers me the most about those loose ends?" If it's because they keep me hanging, in suspense, then CONGRATULATIONS! You are on your way to understanding the reason behind the madness of true genius. (Like that of Mr. Jordan - Folks, this happens so rerely, just sit back and enjoy the ride Mr. Jordan's taking us on. After all, what can you really do?
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Summary: When, Oh When, will this series finish?
Review: I loved "The Wheel of Time", I still think Jordan's world is extremely creative -- just FINISH IT ALREADY!! I hear we're looking at him finishing in Book 9 and I'm interested enough I'll slog through #8 to get there, but SHEESH! My kingdom for an editor willing to edit. All the usual complaints from me too -- Every time we get any resolution (e.g., one of the Foresaken killed) Jordan fixes it so we're not completely sure it took. All the Aes Sedai behave essentially the same and Rand continues to be overawed by any Aes Sedai who barges in domineeringly. And enough with the "He's mad -- no he isn't" stuff. Give it a rest, its so predictable.
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Summary: this book is one of the best I have ever seen in the series.
Review: A Crown of Swords has to be one of the best fantasy books ever written! Through use of subtle light and dark imaging, Jordan has created a series that transcends almost any other book ever written, excluding Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. Jordan uses a style that almost makes the books mirror our own lives, yet fulfills that part of us that wishes we lived in a time of magic and swordplay, not guns and drugs. The reader can compare the book with their own life and see similarities between the book and their own lives, something that has rarely ever been done.I give the Wheel of Time a 10 for it's originality and the substance that makes one unable to put it down.
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Summary: Like pearls in an ocean
Review: Like pearls in an ocean, this is what it is like to read this book. Pearls are beautiful jewels, but they are surrounded by trillions of gallons of worthless seawater. Mr. Jordan has some brief sections of his book which are very exiting and fun to read. Unfortunately, one must plow through tons of pages filled with meaningless descriptions of how everyone is dressed, descriptions also of endless random thoughts of the various protagonists which ultimately have nothing to do with plot or character development. I bet I know why Jordan has done this. His publisher likely can charge more for the sequels if they are of a given length. Mr. Jordan develops a plot, which is not really detailed enough to satisfy the publisher's demand for novel length. Eagar to please his publisher, Mr. Jordan fills 90% of the novel with random thoughts and description. This really would have been a good book, if it were about one fourth as long, and filled with more "pearls", without so much "seawater". I wish Mr. Jordan and his fans a more bejeweled future in the upcoming novels.
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Summary: Masterful characters, not enough plot.
Review: I continue to be impressed by Jordan's characters and multiple storylines. The Crown of Sword's continues the story of the three boys from the Two rivers, but for 800 pages worth of reading does not advance the plot significantly. He does however further develop the main characters by completing their transition from youth to maturity. The reader is left with a good feeling, but I hope that there is more meat in the next book.
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Summary: definately one of the best ever!
Review: i would like to respond to those of you out there that thing the WoT is dragging on too long. Do you actually like fantasy epics??!!. I mean, this is by far the best series of books I have ever read, including Tolkiens lord of the rings saga. Jordan has much more depth and character detail than I have ever seen, and I hope he'll keep it up even if the series takes twenty books. I've read the series up to a crown of swords three times, and it gets better and more interesting each time. Keep up the excellent word RJ, you've outdisdanced Tolkien by far already.
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Summary: Wheel of Time series: best alternate-world fantasy in years!
Review: Jordan's series presents a world so detailed that it sucks the reader into its reality. Since the characters were not born knowing all about their world, we discover it with them. The characters harbor misinformation and misconceptions in the same way we in the "real world" do, making even the main protagonists' opinions suspect and subject to revision. All of this contributes to a rich texture of plausible character development with people so real that readers cannot help but wonder how their friends (the characters) are and what they are up to during the frustratingly long intervals between installments in the series; so far each book has proven well worth the wait. Jordan continues to create individuals whose complex feelings lead to actions that are not always correct; few characters are entirely good or evil; most show doubt and hesitation just as we do. Realistically, good intentions do not always yield the expected results. I currently share each book with two of my sisters, who fight over who will get it first! Buy it! Read it! Share it! Reread it!
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Summary: Good book waiting for the next one seemsto be taking forever
Review: This is a great series..Robert Jorden is one of the best..the waiting inbetween books is too long!!!!
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