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Summary: Winter's Heart
Review: I hope that our Mr.Jordan has made enough money off of books 8 and 9 of The Wheel of Time series. And can now settle down and actually write a 10th. book that has someone doing something or going some where that has somthing to do with all the many plots and subplots that has had us all captivated, for the first 7 of his books.
but still i think that i will check the 10th. book out of the library, when it comes out. And not put anymore money in Mr. Jordans pocket until he proves that he deserves it.
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Summary: As with all of the Wheel of Time books I really liked it.
Review: I am impatiently waiting for the next book. I love this series. I recommend it to anyone that wants to read a really really good fantasy novel. Anyway nothing really notable to say other than I totally like these books.
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Summary: For those of you who like a long, boring book about nothing
Review: I consider my discovery of the Wheel of Time series, way back in 1990, to be a life-changing event. The first books were brilliant, tightly-plotted, powerful epic fantasy. I would not have believed, then, that Robert Jordan was capable of writing a bad book. However, the last several books have convinced me otherwise. And these books aren't just bad compared to Jordan's earlier works--they are bad compared to the worst drivel out there in ANY genre of writing. Let me get a few things off my chest....First of all, the sheer, mind-numbing REPETITION is almost impossible to read. The characters all ruminate for pages on the same boring things, and they ALL have the same thoughts on these things, and even use the same physical gestures. They sniff, they pull their braids, they plant their fists on their hips, etc ... ALL of them. You'd think someone with Jordan's imagination could think up a few DIFFERENT characters, as opposed to these cardboard cut-outs. Alas, no. And his women .... don't even get me started. I'm not sure what sort of women Jordan has known in his own life, but these characters are an insult even in a fantasy universe. Are we really to accept that all women(queens, Aes Sedai, hardened killers), are really so petty, self-centered, obnoxious and obsessed with status??? Five year-olds behave better than these people, and are much, much smarter. I have never in my life read a book(except, of course, the previous four in the series), where the characters are so unbelievably idiotic. Are women really no more able to get along than Jordan's imbeciles? Are they so full of ego? Simply put, I cannot begin to accept these characters as believable, and they ALL are the same. The men, of course, have no backbone, brains, or courage. Oh... except when it is time for them to come forward and save the world in the last chapter of every book. (While being treated like "woolheads" and half-wits by the women, of course). On every page, in every paragraph, Jordan beats this drivel into the reader; it seems he is somehow compelled to repeat himself. At points I could barely keep reading this book. Finally, I decided to skim the boring parts(ie. most of the book), and began to skip through whole pages of boring description of what color the women's nose rings were, etc, and how it was SO important for each of them to be acknowledged as more important than any other character around her. Jordan is OBSESSED with one character being subservient to the next, with one CONTROLLING the other. Find me a relationship in the whole series where he does not come back to this. No one does anything because it makes sense. They put each other on leashes, "bond" one another, swear unbreakable/magical oaths, become willing servants to one another, create agreements that make no sense, hold each other captive(the women raping the men, blah blah), but EVERYONE is locked into his or her place. They do what they do because they are FORCED; rational motivations are beyond Robert Jordan. And, please, don't be fooled by the pyrotechnics at the end. I looked back at some Amazon reviews for the previous books, and I kept seeing things like, "The first 700 pages were boring as sin, but the ending promises that the next book will return to the breakneck pace of the first in the series." Promises, promises. I can't hold my breath any longer. I give this one star, because I am not allowed to give it zero. This is some of the worst writing I have ever read, a shame given Jordan's apparent imagination. However, I have more than had it with this series, and will not be reading any more. Remember, this is a democracy, and every time you lay a dollar down you cast your vote. Stop shelling out for these books, and this series, at last, will come to an end.
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Summary: Good, but PLEASE, more action, less soap opera!
Review: The prologue of Winter's Heart was very good, it's always interesting to read more about the goings-on at the Black Tower, and the purging of the Black Ajah. But the Perrin-Faile-Berelain triangle is just becoming insipid and boring, whilst the Elayne chapters are an absolute chore to read. When Rand turns up, about 250 pages in, things get rolling along again, and the book reveals itself as markedly entertaining, especially in comparison to the Perrin & Elayne POV's. Mat is back at his cheeky best, and at least with his thread there is at least some perceived danger, and thus excitement. The ending to this book is far superior to the anti-climactic nature of the ending to tPoD, and for that reason alone is worth the purchase.
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Summary: Impatience Has Closed Too Many Eyes
Review: A lot of people have been complaining that Jordan is slipping. Oh, the series has definitely slowed down since the mighty days of the first three to four books, but I found Winter's Heart to be momentous. Rand has done the unthinkable, unfathomably cool deed in this book, and he has finally stopped running from a (potentially) even scarier commitment than his part in the Karaethon Cycle. I see the future of WoT in this book. It vividly and very effectively lays the mooring tether for the remainder of the series. Readers who have patience will find that Winter's Heart is no Dragon Reborn (Book 3), but it is certainly a critical and interesting piece of the puzzle. I found this book to be exciting at points, humorous, daring and even a tad suspenseful. Again, I urge readers to glean the future of the Wheel of Time series from this book, rather than hold it as a looking glass to the past. Great book, Bob :)
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Summary: Muddled Motivations
Review: Like books 7 and 8, book 9 is not up to the standards set in books 1-6. Motivations for actions appear muddled; people feel more like cardboard than like living, breathing characters. Not a stinker of a book, just disappointing.
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Summary: Winter's Heart
Review: The only thing bad about Winter's Heart is that it leaves you yearning for the next book.
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Summary: Winter's Heart
Review: The only thing bad about Winter's Heart is that it leaves you yearning for the next book. Come on Mr. Jordan, I need your next book. you are like an addiction.
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Summary: AMAZING!
Review: I have been hooked on the Wheel of Time experience ever since i picked up the first book, and couldnt put it down until i was done. I look forward to every single book as it comes out, and the 9th book of the series was no exception. This book was amazing and full of Robert Jordan's best. I will admit that the few books before this have been a little long, with nothing much happening in them, but that doesnt take away from their value, they are all great. As i read this book, i will pulled into Jordan's mind, and i could see everything that was happening, many times i forgot that i was even reading, that is how deep this book pulled me in. This book is a must! and with a suprise ending that will leave your breathless! buy it!
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Summary: Wait for the next book - this one's the pits
Review: Talk about a wordy waste of paper. RJ has contracted Stephen King Syndrome - make 3 pages of babble where 1 paragraph of literature would do. Seriously, the plot slows down even more than before. There is more plot movement in any 2 chapters of the first 3 books than in this entire volume. RJ must be paid by the word and Tor is trying to make this series go on forever. Don't get me wrong, I like the story, but it could have been done in 4 books, and done well. But Jordan/Tor have decided to milk this out and make it a lifetime project. Don't waste your money buying this book now - wait for the next book and buy THIS book at the used book store for 99 cents. If you don't die of old age waiting first.
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