A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, Book 7)

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Summary: A book to read and re-read on a rainy day
Review: This continuation of my favorite series has a lot of new things coming to pass. I did not like some of the things that happened, but I am sure that Robert Jordan's reasons will come out soon. This series will stay on my shelf until I have memorized every word. It is a must have. Though I wouldn't recomend getting into this series in the middle. It really sucks, and be very frustrating.

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Summary: That's It - I (Finally) Gave Up
Review: The series seems to have been slowing down since about book # 3 - but I have kept it up just because I really wanted to know what happened to all of the characters (especially Perrin, who has been neglected). After struggling through this book, I swore not to read any more, to stop wasting my time and to read something with a moving story. A friend of mine bought "Path of Daggers", I looked at it and thought "Why not?", then decided I just couldn't waste another 3 or 4 or 5 months reading a book I just didn't care about any more. I am one fan he has lost. People like me and other fans got him to where he is. How can he do this to us? But that's ok, I don't even care any more.

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Summary: I apologize
Review: I started this series kind of like wow this must actually tell what happens at the end! I was sooooo wrong. I've always been kind of mad at the end of fatasy books because i want to know what else happens to the characters. Now I know why they don't tell you. I started this series with a shorter story about Lan and Moiraine in a compilation called Legends. So I thought this is absolutely a great series. And i kept up that optimistic attitude for the first 3,000,000 pages but it got old. i realized that I was hanging on for Lan and Moiraine's sake and that this plot really blows! I really don't care about Rand (maybe Mat) And if I wanted a bunch of guy vs girl remarks I'd be happy with the typical life of the American teen.So i apologize to authors(like Tamora Pierce) I got mad at for ending where they did and to them i say thanks you make books worth reading.

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Summary: Wow!
Review: Robert Jordan is the best! I never thought that I could read fantacy books, but my friend forced me. Now I am hooked. I love the way A Crown of Swords only covered about a weeks time. It gave me a chance to watch the characters a little closer. They are wonderful. It seems like I know them. I really like the way girls play a big part of the series, and even though my friends all think I'm crazy Nynaeve is the best. I didn't think that this book was a dissapointment at all. I've heard some people say they couldn't finish it but that just goes to show that they are not true Robert Jordan fans.

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Summary: The bounce is lacking!
Review: A Crown of Swords (ACOS) marks the series starting to flounder. On the positive side, Jordan's story-telling skill shines through in many places like for instance the cour'souvra episodes. Also my favorite character Min at last comes into her own and more than proves her worth. Tyelin's pursuit of Mat is hilarious. Egwene's struggle to assert herself with the Aes Sedai is excellent. At long last comes the decisive battle with Sammael, long in the planning, and the choice of Shaddar Logoth as the fateful venue is inspired. But the negatives are starting to pile up as well. The juvenile wrangling of Elayne and Nynaeve is tiresome and just not in keeping with their characters as Wisdom and Heir respectively. Morgase, who has been Queen of a realm behaves in equal immature fashion. RJ does not seem to have a very good opinion of women. His suggestion that Nynaeve, post-marriage, is more sensible when Lan is around is almost insultingly sexist as if to suggest she just needed a strong husband to settler her temper down. RJ is also leaving large gaps. He just informs the reader, almost offhand, of their marriage, performed by the sea folk. Considering the interest in this denouement, it is amazing that he does not tell us more about the marriage itself. Instead, he increases the complications in this already complex plot. In addition to two reincarnated Forsaken, we now have a new Nae'blis pretender called Moridin (who is he? Where did he drop from? No answer). As if to balance the sides, RJ brings in a legendary Aes Sedai, Cadsuane (how come nobody ever mentioned hide nor hair of her before this?). And the Seanchan, after disappearing in Book 2, now reappear in force in Book 7. Still a good book, but one gets the strong feeling that RJ has lost control and is himself not quite sure where it will all end.

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Summary: Blown away...
Review: Like the rest of the series I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK! I could not put it down and stayed up more nights than I should have finishing it. This is a must read! I don't know why everybody else is moaning about how "wordy" it was. That was why I loved it so much! Jordan writes beautifully and it's his writing that makes him the incredibly talented author that he is. If you want simple, easy-to-read fantasy, try Harry Potter.

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Summary: Tired of this series (read first 5 books)
Review: I quickly read the first 5 books in this series and started reading Path of Daggers some months ago. In the beginning I was interested and couldn't wait to get to the next book in the series. However, I was unable to finish Path of Daggers...since as the series developed, the author seemed to be dragging out every event so that the series has now become boring and repetitive. He doesn't mention some of the older characters while intoducing newer ones. I want to know what is happening to the main characters from the 1st 3 books and I am not going to invest my time or money in 6 or 7 more books to find out. I have become extremely disillusioned with this author and his series.

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Summary: The endless saga
Review: This series keeps me captivated, like so many others. It is just that the story is getting so drawn out that it is starting to become tedious to keep up any more. This is yet another book where more characters are introduced and more questions asked than are answered. When will it end? Where will it end? How will it end? WILL it end?

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Summary: Crown of Swords
Review: I totally love this series, but Mr. Jordan is pissing me off with the fact that I want to know what happenes to all the characters, like will Elayne bond Rand?, will Egwene bond or/and marry Gawyn? The Black Ajah too. I mean continue the story. It is great that you keep the readers in suspense, but Mr. Jordan is streching that too much. Finish telling the story.

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Summary: To rest on one's laurals...
Review: To rest on one's laurals is to write the later installments of the wheel of time series. I feel like I have been taken for a buggy ride... at my own expense. Stick to the earlier parts because they are something else.