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Summary: MZ
Review: The book is terrible due to Jordan's inability to say "the end", I think he is lost in his own fantasy land. Maybe he is afraid to let this series end--if he had stopped 3 books ago this series could have been a classic impossible to top with any follow-up series.I don't want to argue but even the people who gave this book high marks pointed out the overbearing flaws in this book and the series. The book received high marks on a relative basis. Comments prevail like, "best book in a while...first good one since book 5" etc. That fact does not make it a good book. The story has degenerated. Bottom line, lets not make this one a bestseller, borrow the thing or visit your library, you're not missing anything by waiting 6 months for a paperback or your friend's copy. Sorry, I'm not intending to be mean, the series is over for me and many others, just an opinion.
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Summary: On and on and on.......
Review: Winter's Heart, well when I first read "The wheel of time" almost a decade ago I was impressed, the new books came and then kept on coming. The basic premis is simple and despite what many fans would have you believe the characters are simple. So why the long route to the conclusion? Which I assume is Rand battling the dark one on the slopes of Dragon mount. It's revealing when the most interesting character is the legendary Artur Hawkwing who even when mentioned in passing is far more fascinating than the central characters. Characters like Mazrim Taim and Lan are under utilised, only the Seachan are of any real intrest. The basic thrust of my reveiw is that series is too damn long and is rapidly becoming boring. I was told by a very reliable source that Robert Jordan is a fan of Paul Edwin Zimmer I would suggest that he then takes a leaf from his book and learn to get to the point and consider writers like Paul Kearny, Glen Cook, P.C.Hodgell, David Gemmell where quality is not defined by volume, the only exception to this rule of late is Steven Erikson writer of the Marvelous Malazan series. All in all a very disappointing book but then I'm certain all the Dave Eddings/ Terry Brook / Tad William/ Fiest fans of the world will continue to ensure that more of this increasingly tedious series continues.
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Summary: Man are you people a bunch of whiners
Review: I'm sorry but I have to say that most of those who have written reviews here are a bunch of whiners. I think that most of you are missing a few of the points that have been around since the beginning of the series. It's a story of a world on the brink, and most of you get upset when new characters are introduced and not enough progress seems to be being made for you. Real life is much the same, reaching those points where you just want to scream because things don't go as quickly as you want them to. The point is that the diversity of characters and the "stalling" that you mention are aspects that make the series more believable and realistic than other fantasy efforts where the heroes run straight into the battle and pull off a victory. Jordan doesn't do this. He takes his time, and writes a damn fine novel. There was alot of things hinted at in the early books that still have to be covered for the story to make sense. So let Jordan finish his job, because he's doing it well.
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Summary: Not the Tarmon Gaidon Yet
Review: I personally have loved all of the WOT books up until now. Although this book is still decent, I found it lacking in many ways. For one the plot barely moves. Most of what was unresolved in the last novel remains that way. The only surprising turn of events was the ending. I won't spoil it for those who haven't read it. Two, I find myself not liking many of the main characters(Min, Faile, and Elayne to name a few). These lukewarm personalities seem to control many of the scenes. Three, the introduction of the blight border lords in the previous novel is barely even mentioned in this novel. In any case, I hope that Mr. Jordan will be good to his word and not let the obvious and inevitable rule the future of these intriguing and irascible characters.
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Summary: ARE YOU LISTENING MR. JORDAN?
Review: Do you remember the characters you created in the past Mr. Jordan? Do you find it easier to make up a whole new cast of characters rather than to research and develop the characters you created long ago? Do you have any clue whatsoever as to where this story is heading? My son and myself used to spend hours each week discussing characters and plot lines. We would argue the meaning of word phrases and create detailed speculations on future story developments. We bought companion books with the hopes of finding clues to your direction. We anxiously awaited each new book thinking we might prove or disprove our theories. But each new book only presented new plots and new characters. Rarely were any of our speculations addressed at all. The first six books were fun because we didn't realize that you are aimless in your writing. But now, there are so many loose ends in this series that I have almost lost interest all together. I cringe each time a new character or geographical location is introduced knowing that it is probably just more meaningless filler! I feel you have betrayed the majority of your fans. Some fans may like the way you are proceeding; but these fans probably also enjoy spending a week in a D&D maze trying to figure a way out. Your next book had better start answering some of the major questions or it will be the last one that we read!
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Summary: Mat's back...but can he save the series?
Review: Yes Mat Cauthon is back for the 9th installment of the WOT, but is it too late? I think so. Mat alone can't save a dying story and I think Robert Jordan sensed this so he throws in one heck of a finale. A finale so grand it gives me goosebumps because the end is near! This book was far better than any since book 5 though it's not on the same level as Shadow Rising. Jordan still insists that character development is having women complain about men for six chapters straight then shift to the men and have them be confused by women for six chapters. Then the next six chapters the women and men argue with each other, and if we're lucky Jordan may give us a sudden attack from the Dark One. Doesn't matter though because once the good guys win it's back to "Nynaeve you're bloody making me mad" "Shut up Mat or I'll thump you and box your ears" and it usually ends with Mat's "buttocks" bruised and sore. Ugh, get to the final battle please!
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Summary: Time moves so slowly....
Review: It's been more than ten years now since this series has begun, and by the time Perrin finds Faile, or Mat marries the Daughter of the Nine Moons, or Aviendha has her seven children, this series may last another twenty years more. Actually, I do agree with the Amazon reviewer who says that this effort is somewhat better than the previous two or three installments. But not much! We still have Jordan wasting so much space on marginal or plain uninteresting characters such as Faile or Cadsuane. We still are being introduced to new characters who are just not given the space to become more fully developed such as Tuon, the Daughter of the Nine Moons, who spends most of her time wandering around Tylin's castle, and bumping into Mat. Worse still, is Jordan's use of villains in a story so rooted in good versus evil fantasy. Instead of focusing on one or two classic villains, he gives us whole groups of nameless, faceless ones, the Shaido Aiel, the Forsaken, the Seanchan, without ever giving us a chance to really grow to hate them. And as Rand destroys each adversary easily, Jordan has to dig deeper to find new opponents for Rand to fret about, each of course, being a little less interesting, a little less worrisome, except that it makes the story go on and on forever. Too bad that he brought Lanfear back as the weak and useless Cyndane, she might have provided us with a villain who could destroy Rand in a war and at the same time perhaps seduce him to the darker paths of the Forsaken. Instaed we are left, at the end with a battle scene which goes absolutly nowhere, as if Jordan can't spare the thought of killing off some of his less important characters. Strange, for a novel that has at it's core the need to destroy the world, that Jordan seems to have to go to extreme lengths to preserve it at all costs. As long as he realizes that it's his audience that he's slowly losing in the process.
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Summary: The best book in a series in some time...
Review: First of all, let me say that last few books have been Robert Jordan dragging on and on tirelessly and shamelessly. I don't know if all this was in his design from the beginning but I personally think he has made his world too big for his own good. Seeing how Seanchan is just getting started as well as Rand's relationship with Sea Falk and how the Forsaken has all of a sudden all risen from death, I doubt we'll see the end of this series anytime soon. Anyways however this book is a definite improvement from his last few books. I certainly enjoyed it because it provided some definite development that is very important in the story. I'm not gonna say it here since it's gonna ruin it for some people. But two exciting developments occur in this story, one is alread on the book's cover...Mat finally meets his wife, this daughter of Nine Moons. However it's not till near the end he finds out and does something about it. And Rand finally....umm...ok I won't say it. But I assume if everything goes accordingly (something could go wrong again because end was abrupt and didn't follow up enough to tell for certain, I guess he wanted people to want to read the next volume.) we won't hear the same whinning about the pain he feels when he touches the Source. Oh yeah now that I think about it, there's one more thing that happens in the middle of the book that's interesting. Let me just say it makes men envy Rand... Anyways not as depressing as few last books certainly and they don't drag on as much. But there are of course a few problems, such as Perrin's disappearance all of a sudden much like the way Mat did in last volume...but that's ok I didn't look forward to hear him whine about his wife missing for the rest of the book...although it was just a delay of inevitable I guess. And Egwene doesn't do much either. So hope for the next book? Don't let characters just disappear, maybe if Jordan got more of them together, not spread all over the place, it won't happen. And please let Padan Fain die already??? Oh yeah, why don't you bring back Moiraine? I know that will make things between Nynaeve, Lan and Moiraine a little hairy but that's ok. Lanfear is back, so why not Moiraine? I liked her although i guess new advisor, Cadsuane's alright, too. Ok, that's end of my babbling.
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Summary: Wanting more, as always
Review: Robert Jordan constantly leaves us wanting more, and this book is no exception. At the end you are filled with questions and cannot wait to find the answers. Though the series has stretched out to nine books, each is still compelling and interesting. The characters are invigorating and alive, full of quirks and nuances. Though I recommend starting from the beginning, reading any of these books will leave you hoping for more. I began with Dragon Reborn and then went back to read those before it. Jordan is a master of storytelling, describing his fantasical word in great detail, bring his characters to life and making us care for them, or hate them and paint an eloquent picture of what his story has to offer.
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Summary: An improvement!!!
Review: Those of us (like me) who have first been hooked, but later disillusioned by Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series will be pleased to note that the decline in quality, first noted in volume 6, (and greatly increased in volumes 7 and 8), seems to be reversing itself in this, the 9th volume in this series. In Andor, Elayne seems to be gradually strengthening her position as (apparent) queen -- but trouble she doesn't expect is looming over the horizon. Rand is realizing that the rot in the Black Tower goes deeper than he ever imagined -- and the two former "false dragons" seem to be taking opposite sides. He is also realizing that loving and being loved by three different women is not as easy as it looks! Mat, long used to playing the role of the cad himself, is finding himself in a situation where the tables are turned! Perrin is devastated by the (apparent) loss of his wife. And the book ends in a very satisfying and dramatic fashion -- which I won't reveal here. Although I'm still of the opinion that Jordan has more loose threads than he can reasonably tie up, this book is such an improvement over the last 2 or 3 that I'm more than willing to re-read -- and eagerly wait for the next installment. However, one thing is clear. The Tolkien comparisons which flew thick and fast when "The Eye of the World" was first published, came too soon. Jordan is good -- even very good. But he is not the Master.
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