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Summary: Please let this series END!
Review: Enough Mr. Jordon! You've made your money, quit milking this to death and end it! The later books in this series read like some of your horrible Conan books. Stop!
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Summary: This is why some Soap Operas have lasted over 20 years
Review: Greetings Jordanites! Book 9 is here and done and I am so eagerly awaiting book 10 that I am already surfing the net for any indication on its release. (smirk) As all followers of this series know, since book 7, Jordan has gone into a mode of storytelling that many authors can not handle. He is not quick to end the series, to rush to battle and certainly not getting bored with his work. He has successfully 'HOOKED' us to the series with the first 6 books, and now that he knows his audience is here to stay, he can sit back with pipe in hand and tell us a grand story! I'm on the floor by the fire listening to every word. Don't go fast, tell me everything you want, every detail. I love the fact that a point is touched on or finished 3 books later... its like drinking an aged wine, you don't rush it. The ending to this book was.. well... I read it 3 times.
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Summary: Boooooooooorrrrrrriiiiiinnnnnnggg
Review: How do these guys think they can get away with writing these volumes of :xxxx". I bought the first book, it was great. The second was too. The next was good, the one after that OK, and then it was below par and then it just went down hill. Now I have read and paid for nine books and I am still no closer to finding out anything! This last book was increadly boring. I went through it in about 3 days, eager to find out what happens. Only to discover that NOTHING happens in this book what-so-ever. It could be left out of the series and no one would ever know.Let's call this book what it really wis, A BIG disapointment!!
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Summary: Not the best, but not bad.
Review: I can't say that this was the best WoT book there's been thus far. It's not. But it's far from the worse. I, personally, considered it a bit of a page-turner, but not until the second time I read it through. The same phenomenon of hating it until reading through a second time occured with book 8, Path of Daggers, too, which I really have come to enjoy. This series has nicely matured from one of those typical fantasy books into one of the most well-loved contemporary series. I await the next volume with baited breath.
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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: This series has been dead for at least five books. Jordan became addicted to royalties (or has realized that many fantasy writers have only one good series in them) and has chosen to endlessly prolong the series. It is boring, the characters are flat, nothing happens and nothing has happened for five books. Finish the series already. Jordan is stealing your money now and will continue to do so until you stop buying these silly books. Who can blame him, if we are stupid enough to buy this crap then why wouldn't he keep writing. For those of you looking for how a fantasy epic should be written and paced I would reccomend George R. Martins A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings and a Storm of Swords. It is so much better and more interesting than the Wheel of Time that you can't believe it. Each book has been better than the last thus far and they are all better than even the best wheel of time books (ie the first two or three). Unlike the wheel of time the Martin series is probably not appropriate for children.
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Summary: All that I expected.
Review: ... Of course [the pace of the story is] slow, but that's the way R.J. writes. He's creating a world, you have never read in any fantasy book. It's almost as real as our world. It is even meant to be our world in a way! I think this part of the series is one of the best books R.J. has written. Finally something major happens. I can't wait for the next book, because I think the plot will go faster from now on. The only thing I didn't like was that nothing happens with Perrin. Some people said nothing happens with matt too, but no, that's not mine opinion. ...THe ending of the book was very good, although I find R.J. could have been more clear about what has happened too the forsaken who attacked Rand etc. I can imagine some people become bored of the pace of the series, but I don't care. As long as it doesn't finish there will be discussions on the Internet on many forums. ... OK 2 years for 1 book is a long time, I agree, but someone should no give up reading the series for that. Read it again. I myself read it 3 times now (1-8). Soon I will start reading WH for the second time, to look for thing I missed the first time.
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Summary: So Far.....
Review: So far, so good. I have enjoyed all the books to date, even though recently they have been a bit long winded, and even repetitive (for new readers I suppose). It has been a long time coming, and this one does seem to "wrap up" some questions that had lingered in my mind for a while. I have read many reviews of this series, and some are downright nasty. I do not share that opinion, and have to say it has been an overall good experience. There is alot of info to digest, but that makes the story more interesting to me. I have read several, what I would call "pulp fantasy" that are quick quasi-enjoyable reads, but really don't get you caught up in the characters lives as this does. Having said that....I think the publisher is dragging this out too long. There are still several plot resolutions to be made, and this book only gets us part way there.
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Summary: Winter's Heart very satisfying
Review: Much more satisfying than the last book. Wraps up some long standing issues.... lot's of Matt for those who missed him in book 8! Enjoy it!
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Summary: Neverending Wheel of Time
Review: I found out the secret to Mr. Jordans books, there is no end, that is why it is the Wheel of Time epic, saga, poem, story, and whatever else you want to call it. It will only be over when this man is forced to end it by his death, God forbid, or the publisher says no more money. If Mr. Jordan wants to keep this world and actors that he has created, then just let each one have there own series and then we could read the ones we like. I thought when I started this series that 8 books was a little long, however I held out hope and have read and tried to keep up with all of these. But after this book, the last 2 chapters were all that were of interest and that is a waste. If Mr. Jordan would finish this series and use it as springboard for other charcters in his story, that would be fine, but to keep us stringing along with a morsel here and morsel there seems a bit much. I hope that Mr. Jordan and the publisher read this and heed, as I am sure I am not the only one dissappointed.
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Summary: Bad Start, Great End
Review: In the previous books in the series, Jordan seems able to keep the exitement at a fairly constant level while still managing to pay attention to all the characters and myriad plotlines. Unfortunatly Winter's Heart has about two or three chapters devoted the the 'lesser' plotlines and spends the rest of the book on the main storyline. While it is somewhat interesting, you keep wondering what happens to the other characters. The only thing that redeems this book is the ending, which I will not disclose here. When you finish, I am almost certain that the first thing on you mind will be when is the next book coming out. This book just seems to be setting the stage for the next book, and though it does it quite well there are gaps left that keep you wondering. I guess that this is a good thing because it means that Jordan has to keep writing, and people will keep buying. The one thing that all of the WOT books need is a brief synopsis of the previous books, or just a list of who is who and who died, just so that everytime a new one comes out you don't need to reread the whole series to figure out what is going on.
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