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Summary: Warn before spoiling.....
Review: It seems that most people read these reviews to help them decide if they actually want to read a certain book. Why the hell does everyone give the whole story away? Just give your opinion and let us discover the plot for ourselves. Thanks for spoiling it.
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Summary: The Wheel of Time Turns, and ages come and pass...
Review: Robert Jordan continues a tradition of excellence in this book. Aes Sedai, Seanchan, Asha'man, Darkfriends, and the Forsaken all mix together to form a dozen different storylines at once, and, typical of Robert Jordan, the good guys don't automatically win. This book, like all the others in the series, is just another volume in one long, excellent series. I personally await book 10, and all that it will entail. Readers, do not start in the middle. Start with book one, The Eye of the World! Then, continue through the rest of the series until reaching this book. You will NOT be disappointed. I've read the series about 7 times since I first got it, and I have not been disappointed.
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Summary: Better,but not best.
Review: Interesting to read the highly critical reviews written by readers of this very long, and at times ,tedious series. I agree that books 7 and eight have been merely "getting there" in their structure,but I think book eight,"Winters Heart" has actually moved on quite alot. I noticed the stories about each of the main characters were longer,less changing the subject. Each had a suspenseful ending,and were much more complete. Good,Good. However,my complaint is the difficulty of remembering the characters names! Was this one good or bad ,were they a Darkfriend or Black Ajah ,or whatever. With the long downtime between books I wish the list of names in the index was more complete,so that very similar names could be recognised.Particularly the Aes Sedai,so many of them. All in all I feel Jordan is coming back on track,but however many books are their going to be!!
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Summary: It's worse than I feared...
Review: I've had #9 for one week and have barely made it through the first 200 pages. Remember when a Robert Jordan book could be finished in a few, non-stop, dry-eyed, read-by-candles-and-flashlights-if-you-have-to days? Those days are gone. I think I will force myself to flip and skim through the last 600+ pages and try to find out what happens to any of the people I care about. This book is difficult to fight through because Jordan taunts us with brief stories about our old friends from the first 4 books. #9 means I'll have to wait another few years for the next installment that may be a disappointment again. It's a sad day for people who started reading this series when it began. By the time Jordan tells the end of the story I won't remember where it began!
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Summary: Check it out from the Library
Review: I think that if this book deserves 4+ stars it's only when comparison to the last few books in the series, not because it in itself is such a great piece of work. I started reading this series more than 6 years ago and I can hardly remember anything that's happened in the first few books other than a few VERY major events. I truly sympathize with those who have followed the series from the very beginning, especially since Jordan specifically mentions an event and then doesn't give you any clues to refresh your memory; as if he's expecting that we reread the entire series before we pick up the latest release. This is getting really old and ponderous now. I want to know what finally happens to Rand before I grow old and die. (I'm 21, btw)As much as I enjoy the storylines of this book, there are way too many subplots that easily could have been reconciled in a few pages, if not deleted altogether. If the entire series was written the way that the final chapter was written, I think there would be a lot more satisfied readers out there. (Where DID that last chapter come from anyway? Did someone else write it to move the plot along?)I definitely think these books are worth reading, but you'd save yourself a lot of frustration if you just go to the library.
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Summary: BORING! Get it over with already.
Review: I love Richard Jordan. His first books in this series were so addictive I think I blew through them in like two weeks. The action moved right along and the characters were great. But in the last few books everything has slowed down to a halt. This lastest book in hardcover is two inches+ thick, and approximately like two days or so have passed from the beginning of the book to the end...or so it seems. I wish Jordan would pick the pace up a bit and get Elayne on the throne, Egwene in the tower, and Rand to Tar'mon Gaidon already. Geez. Another complaint I have with this book is that Jordan does very little review of what happened to the characters in the previous novels. This is especially important because he takes like a year and half to come out with each book. By then I have completely forgotten everything. In most serial books I have read, the plot comes back to me very quickly. This was not the case with this book. I suppose, I'll read the next books because I have read them all...but I doubt I'll buy them at hardcover prices...I'll wait for the paperbacks.
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Summary: It's beter then six seven or eight
Review: At least its beter then six seven or eight, but once again the missing carecter of Egwene and the rebels left out alot, he should have had atleast a chapter devoted to the attack on tar valon. the bit with perrin bored me but the last chapter "With the choedan kal" was excellent its somthing i've been looking for in his books and now its here, to all those who havn't read it then its worth reading just for the last chapter, though don't try reading ahead it will ruin everything. i noticed in alot of ways it seemed... quicker then the rest of the series, not worse or better just quicker this wasn't so bad, but i dettected the lack of the usally undercurrent of plotting and so on. but altogether its beter then the rest and at least Mat returns, even if we lost Egwene. maybe its just Robert Jorden has created to many carrecters for himself to write. so yes i thought it a good book.
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Summary: Average Things Out A Little!
Review: ...I like the Wheel of Time Series,but what I HATE is how Jordan will write two or three chapt.about Perrin then quit!He didn`t even write about them in book 5.Its pathetic how he couldn`t average things out with the chareters in the books.Also,what imature idiot has a problem with love and making out?He seriously needs to grow up!And if theres a fool who thinks people in Atlanta are hicks I dare him to come to my school and say that to one of the kids.They`ll kick your butt!We hardly have southern accent at all!Anyway back to the subject,Jordan should speed up a little,but should take his time if necessary to make the books good. Also,I wouldn`t mind some more love and some more action.And I totally agree about the first four books being the best.I liked the fourth book the best,and the fifh book the worst.And jordan how come in the 6th book all of a sudden Perrin showed up?How come you didn`t write a couple chapt.about on there way there? You did it for all the other chareters except Perrin.They could have gotten attacked by trollocs or Perrin got wounded taking another arrow so his wife wouldn`t get hurt.That would have made the book longer and better. I like romance,action,and fantasy all rolled into one book.I just want longer better more romantic books.I think that they should all get traped in a world sort of like the portal stones and there The Dark One makes the world like a paridise so they`ll foget about the last battle until its over so he can pull them out and kill them but they escape.Basically I like the books but they could be better with more effort.
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Summary: If this is a fast moving book, give me me something else
Review: One recent reviewer put in a (unwittingly) funny comment about this book, intended as praise: 'As anyone can see, there are FOUR major events happening in this book!... Get with it people!' (in fact the whole review was so ridiculously obsequeous that I would think it was sarcastic, only for the 4 star rating). Only in a Robert Jordan books would four (not so major) events be thought of as a miracle, or some wonderful occasion. It's like a joke or something: each book has no point, and if we see a major event we're so happy we think its amazing. Robert Jordan is putting his readers through a kind of perverse program: If you slog through these thousands of pages, you'll get the occasional bit of interesting plot, and meanwhile I'll get rich. Frankly I've had enough with this series. When I found out the series has ended (probably when I have grandchildren, and I'm 17 now) then I'll read the last book. Until then I have better things to do. PS All those good reviews that you see? those are all written by RJ and his wife. After all he LOVES to write.
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Summary: Lots better than Path of Daggers
Review: I found this to be a very satisfying book. It gives the reader enough of each character to be sated for the next book. In this respect it shames Path of Daggers, because while it did tie up some ends and set the stage for the future, you got a good blend of characters as well as some action. Some stuff happens in it that makes you go "finally!". The ending is really good, and is an all-around fun read.
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