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Summary: The following is coming from a woman, beware:
Review: Honestly, I was wrapped into reading the wot series a year ago by my guy friends already infatuated with it. Being a young woman, I my initial impression was "eh," just another guy book. Well, I immediately fell in love with the story...it was soooo new and different and intriguing...and I have to admit, I fell in love with the character of Rand in the first few books, sadly regretting that he was not real. The other male characters were okay, too, but I found myself dreading any chapter that did not have his name in the first paragraph. Then as the books progressed and the narration drifted from Rand--ahem, the "main character" as established in The Eye of the World--I grew disappointed. Well, besides that, I really miss Rand. He is the Dragon Reborn, after all, and I feel as if he has disappeared. He's mentioned here and there in the later books, but he no longer dominates the story like he did in the first few books. It is so depressing! Jordan's perspectives of women--in this book and in past books-- are all of the same. They either chase boys, or hate boys, or have flaming womanish looks and tempers...it is VERY ANNOYING! I personally connect halfway with the Maidens and even the forsaken to some extent because they are women with strong wills and strong guts (Egwene, Elayne, Min, Aviendha, Faile and Nynaeve have lost their fire, I am sad to say, compared to what it used to be before...)--not all women, especially in the circumstances presented in the books, are complete wimps! I resent their collective fear, hesitation, and annoying shawl-adjusting and prim skirts. I think if they all didn't seem to be after Rand or be trying to control things--not all women are that bad, I assure you--it would be a lot better. Robert Jordan, I urge you to return to the stark originality I was stirred by in The Eye of the World and the inventiveness I latched onto and couldn't get enough of those first few books. Winter's Heart began to show some of that again (though the wome are still jarring and annoying to read...) and I look forward to seeing a return to the tight controlled plot I enjoyed in the first books.... Let's just say Winter's Heart was a step in the right direction after books 6, 7, and 8...and I hope it continues.
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Summary: What happened?
Review: In the beginning, there was a great story. So where did it go? I have more than drifted away from enjoying the story. I don't even remember half of it anymore. To many inconsequential characters with too much time spent on them and not an end in sight. The first books in this series were masterful, but I really believe that Robert Jordan has lost the direction for his tale. I seriously doubt with all the garbage he added in the last two books that he can tie everything together for a big finale in SIX more books let alone three. The last two books were so boring that I found myself skipping whole sections that didn't deal with the main characters. And in this last book I found myself skipping sections devoted to the main characters. Please, find your way back to the real story and stop the bickering between characters. A real personality and something to like about them would be nice, too.
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Summary: 2.5 Stars for a disapointing series
Review: OK I was really enjoying this series until around book 7 when all the male vs. female bickering started to take up too much of the storytelling. It feels like, as another reviewer put it, that Jordan is just streching this story apart in order to write more books.
I have always enjoyed multiple series books but I have to say I am really bored with this series now and all the main characters are spending so much time bikering and belittling each other it is like some horrible MTV fanatasy themed reality show!
If I wanted that kind of stuff I would hang out at the local High schools.
What disapoints and upsets me the most is that Mr. Jordan is a truly wonderful writer. But his characters have gone from strong and interesting, to petty, childish and completly unsympathetic. I found myself wishing Rand would just kill everyone and start over. I haven't even finsihed this book because I couldn't stand the waspish nature most of the females have developed and the idiotic behaviour of most of the men.
Sigh.....it started out so well.....
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Summary: Making turns
Review: This book seems to me like Robert Jordan inflating the tale. If I re-think my prior sentence, the impression I have in my mind (I hope is only one personal impression) is that he hired somebody to add chapters to the book, in an effort to reach volume 10. Mr. Jordan, it's time to plan on finishing! The initial books where fresh, following the whereabouts of the main characters, and they appeared to have a light at the end of the tunnel. At the middle of the lecture of this book, I found myself bored of so many new characters, some of them brand new with a very weak conection with past events. So, I had to exercise my will to find time to finish the book, though at the end of the book things were a little better. The last two books are a serie of lateral sequences. Again, seems like somebody is helping Jordan to add pages, and expand the volume of the story line. With so many distance between books, is impossible to remember everything that happened before. Let me finish with a hope that Mr. Jordan has already a written end to the serie. If something happens to him, I would like to know how Rand errands end with a defeating (or not) of the Dark Lord. Does anybody remember what happened with Frank Herbert and Dune? or Philip J. Farmer and The Riverworld?
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Summary: Robert Jordan is a master of fantasy
Review: I don't understand what people are complaining about. There is no way you can tell me that nothing happened in this book. Rand finally removed the taint from the one power for goodness sakes!! Robert Jordan is incredibly talented at writing books that leave you dying for the next one. I don't know what I would do if he never finished the series. P.S. For those of you who might not know and are complaining that there is no end in sight remember that there are supposed to be thirteen books in this series.
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Summary: Mixed feelings on this one
Review: I have been a fan of the WOT series for abour 3 years now, and when i first started reading them i was just amazed by the depth of the books and the sheer volume. Unfortunatley the most recent books in the series "Path of Daggers" and "Winter's Heart" have been let downs. In the previous books, each book covered a good amount of time, and had a predictable rotation between the three main characters. In "Winter's Heart" the book seems to cover less than a month, and it has so many characters and events being refered to that i found myself wishing i had all the other books so that i could cross reference names, locations and events. This book degenerates from boring to worse, after a lame introduction it goes on for 500 pages of "who cares?" material. Twords the end, there finnaly is a conflict revealed, and action happens, but it is very empty compared to the previous book's action points. By the end of the book i was rather exhausted, and allthough there are some interessting events being foreshadowed for the next book, i really dont know if i want to bother buying it, after such a boring book as this.
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Summary: A little bit better, but not much
Review: I have been an avid Jordan fan for a while, but recently, I have been getting more and more impatient. There is only so much a normal human being can read without going crazy over the lack of action. At least this book actually has more action and less politics! Of course, only Rand and Nynaeve actually do anything, but thats okay. Its and improovement over the Path of Daggers, which was possibly the worst of the series(with the possible exception of the Crown of Swords). The beggining was so great, lets try to end this thing in the next 2000 pages okay?
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Summary: Worth reading and re-reading
Review: Jordan has struck a balance of satisfaction and interest in the next installment. I was completely enthralled in this book. Anyone who has read the first 8 books that found this one lacking should re-read the whole series for what they may have missed. It was satisfying to see some of my suspicians play out (I was right - some of the time) and other times pleasantly suprizing to learn what Jordan has planned all along. The layering of the stories really exercise the brain. I am not only a fan of Robert Jordan, I also have great respect for Michael Kramer and Kate Reading who narrate the Un-Abridged audio books. I hope these two will continue to lend their talents for the rest of the series (unlike the constant switching of narrators with each Sword of Truth novel).
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Summary: Its coming along. Stop Complaining Everybody.
Review: ...I must admit the "The Path of Daggers" was a bit dark and dreary, "Winters Heart" has opened the series up once again. It left me with a feeling of hope for the series. Of course the first 5 flowed along, because it all was just starting. Now everybody is into it. The books are very exciting if you just let it flow. I personally like that it is not ending. The only thing that I dislike, is the wait..."The Wheel of Time" is a great epic and should be read by all who love fantasy.
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Summary: Complexity Plus
Review: OK so they finally release book nine in The Wheel Of Time series and does it answer all our questions ... no. Is it action packed full of blood and gory details ... no. Does it continue the saga and leave you wondering and wanting more ... YES! If you've followed the first eight books then you have probably already bought this book but if you're new to this series then you can quite easily pick up Winter's Heart, or any of the previous books, and enjoy it as a stand-alone novel. I picked up book two, The Great Hunt, whilst waiting for a bus. After the first couple of pages I became enthralled by the complexities of the characters and the ever-changing relationship that existed between each and everyone of them. I then bought book 1, The Eye of the World, so that I might have some info on what went on before. As with any continous book series you might notice that he introduces his main characters and gives you some background info on them in each of the books. So even if you feel some trepidation in picking up the ninth book in this series it isn't really essential to have read the previous eight books, although you will be able to appreciate some of the more oblique references that are made throughout this book. If you compare each and every book in the series against one another then most assuredly you will find that some of the books were more satisfying, for whatever reason, than others. It's only when you step back and look at the series as a whole you can then appreciate that it's not just nine separate stories/books with the same characters but actually one story with nine chapters (so far). Thought provoking ... yes. A fine & complex interweaving of many plots ... yes. Does the good guys always wear white ... no but then again who would want a story so transparent?
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