Rating: 
Summary: A never ending story
Review: Instead of this story coming to any resolutions the author add move plots and sub-plots and characters until you cannot even keep up. I will not continue reading this series. After the last book which went absolutely nowhere I was hoping this one would.
Rating: 
Summary: another try
Review: I already wrote a review for this book. However, I think I need to do a better one. While it's true that this series is lagging on, I do feel it's finally taken a turn for the better. In my case, I'm not a huge fan of the first two books. I hated whiney-Rand, I despised everyone pushing him around. Now he's finally a man, and is taking control of his life, and his destiny. Parts of Winter's Heart could be called filler material, but some important things do happen: namely, the ending, and Rand & Elayne (I was jumping up and down for that one..). I do not believe Jordan is lost, or that he's attempting to rip off fans here. I think the problem is that he took on a bigger project than he thought it was originally. There were probably things that could have been cut entirely out of the series to make it a big shorter. Perhaps a way to go would have been to release the uncut material later on, much like Stephen King did with The Stand. Read Winter's Heart, even if you are frustrated with the series. It's worth it. And I think I can honestly say he might be able to finish the book in 3 more. Truthfully, I'm not sure I want it to end. Do you want Star Wars to end? No, didn't think so. However, the difference here is that while star wars did end in a way, the world continues through a variety of authors. I know Jordan won't allow this to happen, and I think that's sad.
Rating: 
Summary: Fairly disappointing... again.
Review: You can't see me, but I'm tugging on my waist-long braid and stomping my feet in frustration. I actually feel embarassed when I go into one of those mega book stores and see the WoT books hogging nearly an entire shelf. We "loyal readers" must look like the biggest chumps on Earth to keep buying this stuff. Is Robert Jordan's publisher putting nicotine in the paper or something? I'm desperate for any plausible excuse. Well, RJ's got his last 2 cents from me until further notice. At this point, I'm too invested in the series not to see how (IF?) it will all end... but I'm not subsidizing this guy anymore until he writes something worth paying to read. Yes, I'll read next one, but I'll wait and borrow it from the library. At this point, I think he owes us all a couple of GOOD freebies before we're even close to being even. And, as long as I'm ranting, can we please have more female characters get naked, spanked, or spanked while naked? You can never have enough of that sort of thing in a good schlock series, imo. Ok, I'm done. Now I'm starting to tug on my braid, changing my mind, and compulsively smoothing out my skirts instead. That proves my character has developed, see?
Rating:
Summary: YAAAAAWN - I gave my braid an angry tug...
Review: ... how SICK are you of these words? Or how about, "...he felt the greasy stain of the male side of the Power..." I started this book because I thought, "I'm not going to let him beat me - I AM going to finish it." (Path of Daggers was indeed a prequel, you get an inkling of the yawns to come in this book is by reading it.) At page 350, he's STILL introducing characters like each one is desperately related to the plot - AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED YET. After this incredibly dull, pointlessly intricate, and occasional exercise in female psychobabble (as interpreted by a 13 year old boy) I gotta say it, you win. Stick a fork in me. The first few books were verying shades of very good: took the Tolkien model for fantasy, and threw it away, good. Many differing cultures who have radically different motivation, also good. Plenty of strong women who think, and uh, talk. Constantly. But, the idea was good, and as long as you granted him the format of an epic saga, you could see what he was trying to do and stayed interested. Unfortunately, Winter's Heart is all talk, no action, and all the phrases and action are the same words in a slightly different order. Here's another word: editor. Get one who is not related to you.
Rating:
Summary: Old School
Review: After my utter disappointment with Robert Jordan's last addition to The Wheel of Time books, Path of Daggers, this books renewed my faith in the series. Many fans dislike the complexity of a series so long and drawn out. Howevern I view the length as a testament to Jordan's magnificent ability to create an entire world that includes (as worlds do) more than just a few three people, after all who can tell history through the changes that only three or six people have made. No, true history is a collection people with a few leading, creating, or simply a the focus of the change. Winter Heart returns with the non-stop action and completion of prophecy that was evident in the first books but lost in the last. Jordan has again captured my sole attention for receation literature! Buy it and you won't be disappointed!
Rating: 
Summary: Great addition
Review: First I must address some issues about Robert Jordan and The Wheel Of Time series in general. For one thing Robert Jordan is not focusing on minor characters the last few books, if you think about it during the last book Mat was recovering from injuries, now that would be exciting and relavent. Second his characters are very well defined and so is his entire world. The Wheel of Time is a very long series, but that makes it so much the better. In my opinion if you can write the worlds biggest conflict in less than 10 books it is not worth it. Now Winters Heart is just the latest addition to this wonderful series. Finnaly things are begining to come together. Now Rand finnaly makes some signifigant gains in his war against the Shadow. If you have read the previous books this is a must!
Rating:
Summary: What Path of Daggers should have been
Review: A funny thing happened when Crown of Swords was released a few years back: all the energy that Robert Jordan had built over the past six books dissipated in the space of one volume. CoS was an exercise in preparation--moving people into position, spending the momentum he had achieved to set the stage for what would supposedly be great things to come in the next book, Path of Daggers. What we got in PoD was the first real stinker of the Wheel of Time series. No plot development whatsoever, very little in the way of character development, and roughly half the book--with no cutaways or other exhibitions of the versatility that had previously allowed Jordan to maintain such a large cast and keep the story moving--was devoted to two secondary characters. It seemed as if Jordan (and his editor, who should have done a better job of interweaving the storylines) had simply burnt out. Winter's Heart, by contrast, is everything that PoD should have been, and more. The focus of the book is back on Rand, where it belongs; there are a number of major character developments that have been a long time in coming; and the climax of the book is easily the biggest plot point since The Dragon Reborn. WH is far from perfect. Mat and Perrin, while both present, did not play nearly as great a role as they needed to--Perrin, in particular, seemed like almost an afterthought--and the interweaving of the various storylines is still not as strong as one might reasonably expect. And Egwene has vanished altogether. But there is more than adequate reason to celebrate this book. WH is a drastic improvement over its two immediate predecessors, and all the signs seem to indicate that the Wheel of Time is finally beginning to move again. The end may well be in sight.
Rating: 
Summary: A flawed but enjoyable book.
Review: I was so glad to FINALLY pick up and read the new book in the Wheel of Time. It's still a great series and I loved it! So why the three stars? Let me tell ya... First off, the beginning had Faile getting kidnapped by the Shaido, and Perrin started the search for her... but then this plot line was dropped. Huh? We never go back to it and this is only about 100-150 pages into the book. It's like he forgot about it. There are a few minor plot lines that this happens to as well. In the teaser text inside the jacket, it mentions something about Mazrim Taim being a liar... but nothing is ever really done about this. Perrin's (short) storyline reveals someone by the name of Slayer stalking Tel'aran'rhiod and the Wolfdream, but then the storyline disappears. Secondly, Mr. Jordan needs to start putting a comprehensive glossary in the back that contains all definitions and people. Too many people have come and gone, and by the next book we've forgotten who they are. The only people mentioned in the back are ones you don't need to look up. This is a big minus. Thirdly, it seems like the copy editor was asleep. There were an inordinate number of typos, misspelled words and garbled sentences. The other books were a very high standard. It seems as if the publisher rushed this one to the presses. Aside from those flaws, the story was good. Jordan wrote in a seemingly new abbreviated style. In previous books it was common to read 100 pages of uneventful journey from one city to the next or waiting in camp for someone to arrive, but now he will actually jump forward in time to be where the story needs to be. I suppose this is also helped by the in story convention of Travelling, but it is refreshing. There are times when characters seemingly show up in places and you don't know why though. The characters seem to have new life breathed into them. Especially Rand. Rand of late has been a heavy handed mad-man. He was toned down a bit in this book, but still being his hard self as he hunts down the Ashaman who tried to kill him in the previous book. Mat shows up again in an interesting situation I have no recollection of from the last book. Although if I were to go back and read it I'd probably refresh my memory. He's stuck in Ebou Dar and is trying to get out... and the Daughter of the Nine Moons finally shows up to complicate his life... All-in-all, a flawed but enjoyable book. I wait (im)patiently for the next one. Don;t keep us waiting Mr. Jordan.
Rating:
Summary: The Wheel of Yawn
Review: I bought the book saying,"I've read all the previous books, so I have to read this one." I would have felt like a life scout never making it to be an eagle scout if I hadn't read it. Oh! how I was wrong. In my opinion, it was a waste of time and money. It doesn't matter what happens now in the series. Nothing happens in the book, and the nothing leads to nothing happening in the book. The book can be summed up like this. 200 pages of what Matt thinks. 200 pages of what rand thinks. 200 pages of what Elayne thinks. 200 more pages of what everyone else thinks. My wife would have gotten more out of this between episodes of 90210. I just got bored. I feel ripped off.
Rating:
Summary: 5 star poll
Review: for veryone who gave this book a 5 star rec: 1 quick assignment, please write a 1 paragraph bio of the 87 main characters, so the rest of us can appreciate it too...
| 
