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Summary: Plot? We don't need no stinkin' plot!
Review: Reading "A Crown of Swords" has convinced me to give up on "The Wheel of Time" series. Indeed, I feel like a fool for sticking with it this long. I had hoped that Jordan would finally start moving on the underlying story line of this series -- namely, the final confrontation between Rand and the forces of darkness. However, it looks like this isn't going to happen any time soon. Character and plot development (or even subplot development!) are negligible. Instead, "ACOS" contains a great deal of irrelevant description that does not advance the story. By the time the final climactic battle occurs (in book 35 at the current pace), who will care? More to the point, how could it possibly live up to this kind of buildup? Maybe I should stick to short novels like "War and Peace" from now on
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Summary: An interseting and intreaging tale
Review: As a reader of this series I have to say that I for one loved this book. ACOS has been a long time in coming and I am glad that I had the opertunity to read it. The return of my favorite character (Lan Mandragoran) was a definate surprise since his name was not among those listed in the glossery. I was jumping off the walls when he showed up out of the blue. Maybe that is why his name wasn't mentioned and I thank Jorden for making it so.
I have to agree however with some of the numerous people saying that the series has been going on a little long. A few major things happened in this book but over all the battle is still hanging out there somewhere. After hooking two of my friends on the series after I myself picked up the first at a second hand book store about three years ago I have to admit that I can't put them down. Were all waiting Jorden, make the last book something to talk about for decades to come
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Summary: Con Job
Review: Jordan is progressively getting worse. The first 3 books of the series started very well-tightly written, well-paced with page-ripping suspense. Since then, the story just deteriorated, culminating with this bomb of a book. Jordan is ripping the readers off. His 640-page book could have been at least halved. Book 7 has made no significant progress in the storyline. At the rate he's going, Jordan will need Book 20 to finish if off. What is he doing? Filling in the blanks? I'm beginning to suspect he's trying to get bigger bang for his bucks.
It's a shame. He really has many original ideas. I felt cheated
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Summary: Ups And Downs, But Still Good All Around
Review: woweee!!! I thought I'd been waiting for this one forever when it finally came out...I was one of the first to own it..I was salivating..then I finished it. I've also read alot of the yeas and nays on this page so far and find myself equally understanding of both points of view....That opinion is, This is a great book and a fine addition to the series, easily worth reading, but it leaves more open than closed, such as Morridin and Moghedien, The Fortress Of Light, Mat and the Seanchan and the prophecy of his wedding, Egwene and Gawyn, and whether or not Moiraine and Lanfear truly live. Thats way too much considering the thousand and one other things to answer for that presently slip my mind (also like why it seems dragons only exist on the other side of the Aryth). There's not enough closure and the ending quote leaves me grim as to the prospects for a happy ending. There's alot of filler junk and not enough answers. Nynaeve and Elayne could have at least used the damned thing! Anyway, I remain true to my original statement...great book, well worth reading, but the dissenters of this book thus far are not terribly wrong...Jordan rushed this one. In the end though, I still think he's the best I've ever read and I rue the last battle as it will also be the last book
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Summary: What an astounding attention to detail!!!
Review: Jordan continues to amaze me with his ability to weave this complex web of intricate details without overwhelming the reader to the point of confusion. We know every detail necessary to understand how each major character acts and feels as well as what major mechanisms are involved when governments collide. This detail allows the reader to actually know the people and to understand the world in which they live.
I just don't wait to read the next book....I wait to see what is going to happen to my friends.
Never before have a read a series so enticing and enthralling.
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Summary: Once again the wheel of time turns...
Review: This is yet another terrific book in the wheel of time series. I don't think I have ever felt such despair as when I kept seeing the postponed sign next to ACOS. When it finally arrived I finished it in one day. Although it is definitely shorter than the other installments in the series, it is just as gripping as the others. Jordan is the true heir apparent to the Tolkien throne. His characters, plotlines, and cultures are truly seem real due to his fabulous descriptions. Some may call this being too wordy, but in fact it serves to draw us, the readers, into this magical world he has created.
ACOS did a good job of keeping the plot going in the direction it will eventually end, I think. However, so many new questions are raised by the various subplots and new characters which arise in this story that it is difficult to envision this series ending any time soon. So, is that good or bad? Good, in that it means that we will get to enjoy Rand, Mat, Perrin, and Egwene for many more pages. And bad, in the sense that we will probably have to wait five more years for the conclusion. An awfully long amount of waiting. Still, it will be worth the wait, and I, for one, can't wait to see the next one. Thanks for sharing your vision with us, Mr. Jordan!
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Summary: Cautious, waiting for the next release
Review: Mr Jordan does a good job of laying the foundation for: 1) The meeting between Sammael and himself. 2) Setting the stage for the alliance, through marriage(?) with the Seanchen. HOWEVER, there are so many major loose ends pending in the entire series that it looks like there will be another ten books to follow.
- Harry Rossman
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Summary: Probably the worst part of the series.
Review: I waited for a while for this book to come out and when it did I was thrilled! I figured this would finish up the series, but come to find out I have to wait longer. This is absolutely the worst book in the series because there wasn't enough to it. He could have brought the story closer to the end, so people would be anxiously waiting for the next but they are not. Sorry Jordan you can do a lot better, you know you can, as everyone else who reads your books knows. I still give this book a 7 because the rest of the series helps this one out a little
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Summary: I liked it, was enriching but not as much detail.
Review: Personally I liked it, but Jordan could have added more detail to this volume. Although I have not found any author as much as I like Jordan, I still feel he has took too much time in writing this set. GET ON WITH IT, WILL YOU? We want to finish reading it before the end of THIS century
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Summary: Great. But still waiting.
Review: This book reminds me why I began reading fantasy for in the first place. The characters have depth and breath from the pages. However, I have begun to wonder about the direction Mr. Jordan is taking in this series. This last novel made me feel as if he is purposely dragging this out to insure interest and sales. It seems more and more as if he intends to follow his circular mode(Wheel of Time.) I know the fans of his who I know would rather he completed this turn of the wheel rather than go another revolution. Mr. Jordan, good stuff, but perhaps you are paying the mortgage rather than paying homage to your obvious talent
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