Rating: Summary: Winter's heart was the best book of jordan Review: I really liked winter's heart, it was really great, a lily in the winter was fantastic. And for the ones who are complaning about the length of the series and about jordan losing controle of the story, meet him and you know that isn't true. I met him and he is so cool!bye a twelf year old:)
Rating: Summary: Not the Best, not the Worst... Review: Winter's Heart had the best ending since Lord of Chaos and Dumai's Wells, but was slow the first 200 pages but picked up greatly and didn't stop. Then you add Mat and his shenanigan's, the girls bonding Rand, and a bunch of answers to questions everybody has been asking (who's Cyndane? Is Dashiva Osan'gar? Is Taim Demandred?) What you have is a book that pleases the nitpickers and the casual readers alike, and I imagin Jordan will be relieved to discover that the majority of readers enjoyed it immensely. Also Recamended: The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, The Saga of Darren Shan series by Darren Shan, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkin, The Shannara series by Terry Brooks, The Left Behind series by Tim LaHayn and Jerry B. Jenkins, and the Remnants series by K.A. Applegate
Rating: Summary: What an Ending! Review: I must have read the ending at least 20 times! The book is a little slow but very intriguing. Robert Jordan is setting us up for a major finale. but in the meantime is fun to get to know all of the caracters and their stories. It feels as if I knew them personally. That is what this book is about, to develop the story much deeper and give more detail. If you like more action, just be patient and you will be rewarded in the end. Great book!!!
Rating: Summary: Winter's Heart Review: Okay. It might not have been one of his best, but it certainly wasn't his worst! The book had some critical turning points in it (the ending, the bonding at the beginnng, etc.) and even if it was boring in some places, at least the plot is picking up again. I have to disagree with all those people who said that there were too many plot lines and it became confusing. Many different threads in a story are what make it so interesting. (My opinion at least). Oh, and a set of diverse characters with their own strengths and weaknesses, whatever they might be, make the book interesting, not annoying! Who would want to read a book where everyone was so remarkably courageous and strong (or whatever) that it becomes unremarkable. Anyway. I'm a very loyal fan, and I will continue reading the books. Afterall, in order to be better, it must be worse.
Rating: Summary: Still a great series! Review: Yes, it's true, "Winter's Heart" is not as good as some of the previous books, but it's still worth reading! Don't give up on the series now! Besides, everyone complains that series are too long, then, when the see the end, they wish there was more. Many more things happen in this book--Mat finds his Daughter of the Nine Moons, and there is a HUGE development with Saidar / Saidin. Also, the end of this is REALLY GREAT! Read this book!
Rating: Summary: Everyone's a critic Review: I find it very funny to read some of the reviews on this page, endless ranting and raving about subplots and too many characters- even a few who are complaining about overused discriptions ie; Nayaneve's hair pulling. It's ironic because these are the same people who would complain if there were too FEW subplots, or only a handful of characters to follow. it probably stems from the frustration of being a reader of books, but having a lack of talent to actually write. Here is a little piece of advise - These books come from the imagination of a man who CANNOT write them any other way! To ask him to do so would be like asking him to stop breathing or eating- it's just not possible. If you want to become a part of his world than do so, read the books, skip over parts you don't like - take what you want and leave the rest- but enough of this whiney, sniviling BS. THESE ARE WONDERFUL BOOKS! They are part of an imaginative mind that can weave a story that very few of us readers could consider trying, and as long as he can keep up with the subplots and characters then that should be enough. You just enjoy the tale or put it down and read something else.
Rating: Summary: you will get sp booooored! Review: This is a great fantasy series. But the problem is that RJ seems to get payed by how many pages he writes and that makes the quality dicrease alot. RJ is very repetive, he goes on and onabout how Nynaeve feels about men, and their hair on their breast, and other really anoying thoughts which fills the pages with absolut nonsens, since RJ writes about this thoughts in every book! not ones but every single time the story starts to focus on a character. Like Nynaeve = Men! Egwene = I want to learn! Elayne = I'm a queen! Rand = Oh madness, oh i cant kill women, oh oh oho hoh oh! This gets so boring
Rating: Summary: Unfinished Book Review: I could not finish, and barely started, Winters Heart. It is true what I have been reading in the reviews. The first four or five books were entrancing, exilerating, a whole new fantasy world, where characters were stripped away from the normal stereotypical fantasy characters. However, after book 5, things started to go down hill. Mr. Jordan spent countless pages describing what a person wore, and how it fit in with the current fashion trends, countless juvenile moaning by the opposite sex about men or women, endless pages of in depth information on small characters. I read the book when I was back in Minnesota staying at a friends house. I couldnt finish it and had to ask my friend to give me the highlights, took him less then a minute. I told him, probably could have been around 200 pages, instead of 10,000. He whole-heartly agreed. I saw the book again in the International Book Store here in Munich. Picked it up, and started to read it, to see if I should really should buy and try reading it again, however, the first few pages I read was about a juvenile Nyvanie ready to pull her braid out. I quickly placed the book back on the shelf, and, decided I would do myself a favor if I just waited for someone else to waster their time reading this book, and informing me on the highlights of the book. For me, I will not waste my money, or, time. Which is sad, I remember about 4 or 5 years ago, when, me and my friends were all big fans of Jordan. Now, the only time we discuss his books, is, when a new one comes out, and we talk about how painful it was to read.
Rating: Summary: Why Should I Have To Look Up Charactors?? Review: I have got to agree with the zillion reviewers who find themselves confused over the many, many charactors, minor plot lines, politics and so forth of the WOT. The overall concept is good, the basics are solid and interesting enough to keep a reader coming back, but there is plenty of over-kill in this series. One reviewer wondered why people complain about too many charactors and why can't these folks use the internet to find out who is who? Well, simply put, they CAN. The real question is, why SHOULD they? Yes, there are very good web sites out there listing who is who in WOT. But geez, do I want to run to my computer every time an unremembered name comes up? Especially since this happens often -- and I read the series back to back twice! Get real. Checking out charactors on the internet in order to be able to go on reading the book(s) is stupid. It breaks up the story and, other than satisfying curiousity, serves no purpose. The complaint people have is not that they can't find out who is who, but that they need to do it in the first place. I think, as do many others, that Jordan has let this series get away from him and now he is rambling on in a holding pattern. This book did advance the plot somewhat but there still seems to be a long way to go. How many more books will there be? And how long do we wait for them? I like reading a nice, thick book but at least let there be some movement to the series! Let's ease up on the rhetoric, the constant bits about smoothing skirts, pulling braids, etc. Let's get past the blue fingernails and all the myriad fashions and get to the Final Battle! Hopefully before Rand gets to be an old, old man -- along with three wives and a million kids!
Rating: Summary: Why The Rush? Review: I don't agree with those wishing this series would end. I thoroughly enjoy the depth and detail these books have gone into, and right now I'm trying to savor every word I can. It'll be almost sad to see the end of such an epic tale. I remember never wanting to reach the last page of The Lord of the Rings series. Stories like this become a part of you, especially when they have spanned so many years. I agree, though, that the last few books haven't paced themselves the way the first ones did. I believe this book set the stage for a lot more action in the follow up book, where as book 8 really didn't acomplish as much. I still enjoyed this book, and anxiously await book 10.
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