Rating: 
Summary: The first book in this series that was a chore to read!
Review: Writing can be a difficult, and draining process, and I worry that Robert Jordan has grown tired of the Wheel of Time series. Comparing this novel with its predecessors, the plot of this book was unimaginative, repetitive and tedious. Problems introduced into the plot as far back as two novels still have not been resolved, and there has been few new developments to divert the reader. I felt like I was reading a book that was written only to pacify the demands of a readership who was growing impatient with a wait that was already eight months past the promised released date. I hope that Mr. Jordan will be able to take his time with the next novel, enjoy his story, and restore the charm of a world and its characters that he introduced to us in the first few novels of the series. I give the book a low rating, but I hope potential readers will not be swayed from enjoying this series. For the most part, Wheel of Time is entertaining as well as stimulating. The story contains many unique characters that have been developed through an extraordinary use of narrative point of view, as well as enhanced by an enchanting and balanced sense of detail
Rating: 
Summary: 3 for continuity, 5 for style
Review: While this installment of the LONG running saga of Rand al'Thor
is a great look into the society of the Aes Sedai, it seems
to move more laterally than forward. There are many mysteries
that the reader is given insight into, while several others are left
untouched. Anyone who has read through the entire series would
wonder if there will ever be a conclusion. On the other hand,
if you have been drawn this far along, it is because Jordan's
writing style is so enticing, the characters become more real
than people you see around you everyday. This does not change,
and the introduction of more characters with depth that is never clearly up front keeps you waiting for more.
Rating:
Summary: LACK OF ACTION!
Review: The book seems to continue the series "The Wheels of
Time," but there is lack of action. This book seems to lack
someting that not just lack of action, but of anything
changing. All his other books something is acomplished, but
this book is a "Almost," with a good story line.
Rating:
Summary: Not the best Jordan book, but good...
Review: First of all, I just want to say although I have read all the Jordan books (and am in the process of rereading them), I don't believe Jordan is the best fantasy writer out there.
What he has over other fantasy writers (a majority of them)
is the ability to paint an incredibly detailed portrait of a fictional society with an intricate history and daunting
array of fictional characters (almost too many--without taking
notes, it easy to forget which minor character did what). He
has a strong skill in intertwining the day to day happenings
in his story with the epic tides of history.
Even so, his inability to knit together a coherent and logical
plot reminds me of the snags in his "pattern" that result in "bubbles of evil" popping out of nowhere. All to often in this incredibly lengthy account of a young man's struggle to somehow singlehandly defeat the source of evil in his world,
Jordan loses focus and keeps switching back and forth between
multiple story lines, many of which have little importance to
the main story. In this volume of the saga he has attempted to bring the various untidy plot lines into coherence, but ended up having to neglect a good portion of what was going on in previous books, and even so, ended up leaving more of mess than he had started with. Although, I must say, it is a bit clearer by the end of this book where he is going than in the previous book where he really started losing his way
in this grandiose epic. The strain of having to output a book a year for the first six books tooks its toll on clarity
and direction of this series.
Overall, I am glad to see him taking more time with this book
and setting up more situations for future books rather than
throw vital ingredients into the beginning of the book and
go from there (although he did do that a bit with this one by suddenly introducing Cudausane out of nowhere). I think
he could take a serious cue from writers like Tad Williams
with his "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" epic in which Williams ties together all pieces nicely at end with elements that he
had introduced in the very first book--something that I have
yet to see Jordan do.
Rating: 
Summary: Wheel Of Time is great as always
Review: I think that Robert Jordan is one of the best writers of our
time.
Rating:
Summary: Blood and ashes! Way too short...
Review: A Crown of Swords was as skillfully written as the rest of the
Wheel of Time series, which is to say the best, bar none, since Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy; however, the book
was not only way too short, but answered too few questions.
I also found the end of the book rather anti-climactic...I expected a more thrilling battle at the end. For all of its shortcomings, however, it still was head and shoulders over
any fantasy novel I have read since the last WoT book.
Until next time...
Rating: 
Summary: the wheel of time drags on
Review: Once again robert jordan shows us that you can write volumes
and not say anything at all. Little progress is made again in
Rand's quest to beat the dark one. Also more characters
are introduced! I would think rj would try to resolve issues with
the ones we know about first. Oh yea, Egwene's little band travels a total 10 miles
during the whole of book 7.
Rating:
Summary: I love this book.
Review: I waited 1 year and 6 months from the time I read the last book and found that it was worth the wait.. The Wheel of Time series started slow ( I bought it in paper back) and turned into a tornado ( The fourth book started my hard back collection). I find that with each book I get further and further involved in the character's lives and feel like I know each and every one. I hope the next book takes less time to be released and will await it with as much expectation as the last
Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: I don't know what to say about the book that hasn't been said yet but what I can say once again is 'READ THIS BOOK!!". Out of all the books this one leaves the most unsaid because of all the new plots and characters that have shown up, and it's strange that it took him so long to write even though it was so short (700 odd pages) but that just means the next book will be even better! Which will be hard because this book was a blast to read and unfortunantly I whipped through it in less than a week. Hopefully when you read this book (you WILL read this book, WON'T you?) you will enjoy it as much as I did, the same goes for the rest of the series
Rating:
Summary: Good book, but feels stretched.
Review: I love the series as much as the next person, but RJ adds too
many new plot twists and then answers the most burning questions from the previous books in a half a page. It makes me
feel like he's grasping at straws to make this whole saga finally "click". Also, he didn't write as much as the
other books, which makes me think he's run out of steam.
He has written himself "into a corner" and
is trying to get himself out.
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