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Summary: Not the best in the series, but better than the last two
Review: I'll make this short and sweet. What to expect with book nine? A bit more action than the last few, and a resolution (perhaps) of a few major story lines. Apart from that, there were several hundred pages of political maneuvering and character development. Not that those are necessarily bad things... Yes, the story moves slowly, but that is what happens in an epic of this scale. Yes, sometimes story lines get ignored for an entire book, but other story lines get developed. My biggest criticism is the use of convenient plot devices that have not been mentioned in the past eight books, but make their appearance here for the first time. But I digress. Have you been reading the series? Well, you will enjoy this volume more than the last few. Are you new to the epic? Start at book one (Eye of the World), and enjoy. But be warned - the epic isn't finished, and won't be for some time.
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Summary: Finish it already!
Review: As the series drags on with so much build up towards a supposed end, I don't know how Jordan will ever finish without the final book being anti-climactic.
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Summary: The Beginning of the End
Review: I finished reading Winter's Heart about two weeks ago, and decided to write a review after letting the story sink in for awhile rather than just giving my immediate reaction. On the whole, I believe this book to be better than books 7 and 8, but not on par with the first 6 of the series. I agree with many readers that the women characters follow the same mold, but I personally believe that the main downturn to this series is due to the change in Jordan's writing style (beginning around book 6). What I mean by this is the following: In the first books of the series, Jordan would switch character POV's more frequently and devote one or two chapters to a character/group and then alternate through the next character/group so as to provide the reader with more variety of situations/characters (ala George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, which only allocates one chapter per character and then switches). Now with the later books in the series, Jordan focuses on one situation for a large portion of the book before switching to another character/group (Perrin/Faile's situation in the beginning of WH, Elayne's politics, . . . etc.). What this means is that the reader becomes "bored" with the situation and wants a change of setting and characters after 2 or 3 chapters. Another fault with the latest work is the editing; a very poor rush job. In addition to the decision to increase text size so as to make the book "appear" larger, I felt a little cheated after purchasing this expensive hardback. On the positive side, I believe that book 9 may be interpreted as "the beginning of the end" to this series. Jordan made it an obvious point to start clearing up more plot threads and mysteries (Forsaken) than in any previous work. Expect about four more books in the series. Oh well, just some comments . . .
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Summary: Winter's Heart of my heart - heart to heart
Review: It just kills me with laughter to see these bad reviews that people submit. Here we are on volume 9 ... 9! Why are people bothering with volume 9 if they rate it a 1 out of 5. It's a great series period. Granted, it is long.. but that's what makes it great as well. It's full-bodied, rich, great characters ..how do you describe it in words. I hope it goes to at least 12 books although I heard it's ending at 10. I noticed it is #61 on the amazon top 100 ahead of any other fantasy so there you have it.
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Summary: A strong followup
Review: I love the Wheel of Time series. I know that since the Lord of Chaos the books haven't been as good, but I still think that it is head and shoulders above a lot of fantasy that is out right now. It was a lot better than A Path of Daggers and I look forward to the next book.
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Summary: The best in awhile.
Review: This books was a little slow in the begining. Then again, I don't like Perin much. I have always dreaded reading about him and Faile, but this books did a good job of making both of them characters I could like again. There was some of everyone in this book, something I have missed. (Though Egewene was almost a side note.) This book got over the plodding plot advancement that Jordan apparently needed to make to fit all the pieces together for this book. It was, though a bit tedious, worth the wait. There were things in this book which were finally resolved and it was wonderful. I was surprised by many of the things that occured and pleasantly at that. The last four chapters of this book were amazing. I would read then entire thing over just for those four chapters. I don't care if he finishees it in the thirteen he's predicted (yes folks, his estimate is thirteen or was a year ago) that's great, but I really wouldn't mind it going on. As long as their good, I don't mind. I'll continue to wait.
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Summary: Enough Already
Review: By my 4 star review you may be wondering why I have titled my review "Enough Already". The answer is while this book is definately better than the previous two, Mr. Jordan is still milking his fan base. I have come to hold Mr. Jordan in the highest regard because I feel he understands that the reading public are not stupid, and are not afraid of a complex story with many subplots. He is as adept at creating and developing characters as any author I have read. Be that as it may, "ENOUGH ALREADY", 9 books and counting, please Robert take a cue from Eddings, you can complete a brilliant story line, and still bring the same characters back, and place them in new situations, and we will love them just as much as we did in the previous story line. Well, back to the book. As I said this is a much better story than the previous two, although, he still wastes almost two thirds of the book before anything of import happens. The 4 stars were earned for the final 200 pages or so. The end of the book moved along at a great pace, making the setup of the previous 400 pages well worth it. Mr. Jordan shows he is still one of the best at this genre. I must say, however, George RR Martin is right up his you what these days. Anyway, the book is worrth buying, I just hope Jordan takes heed of the outcry from his faithful readers and ties up this series soon.
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Summary: Ho-hum another one
Review: Well, I've just finished Winter's Heart and Path of Daggers (not in that order). It took me this entire time to even finish PoD and I can't say it was worth the effort. I also just finished the first book again and was blown away by the difference. The first book was gripping and a generally gut-wrenchingly exciting. Winter's Heart made my gut wrench alright, but it was typically in pain. Sure, stuff happened...whoopee. The point is, so much more could have happened and should have happened. An author should not reward almost ten years of devotion with mediocrity. And, not to jump on the bandwagon of complaint, but I think there must be a mass purging of nearly all the female characters if the series is ever to regain its former glory. I am a female reader, maybe one of the few, and I cringe everytime one of the major female characters opens her mouth. I mean, hey, we can certainly be shallow, scheming, manipulating, look-obsessed, power-hungry little punkies, but jeez! Every single one? Jordan's female characters are caricatures and I just lose respect for the male characters everytime they interact with a female. So, here is my plea, Mr. Jordan. Get rid of the most of the female characters or give your men some backbone when it comes to women...jeez. Tirade completed. Alright technically this was not really a helpful review of Winter's Heart, but I thought I'd air my grievances anyway. Sorry.
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Summary: Best book in a while
Review: To start, let me make it clear that this is the best book since book 5 (i think we all thought the books have suffered from an obvious lack of focus in books 6,7,8). I was nearly ready to though this book out the window halfway through, but I pesiviered at the behest of the reveiws here. With that ending Im glad i did, this book was worth it. I've read most of the concerns of the other reveiwers of this book and found that most of you have a few good points. The female characters can be painfully similar, and Jordan did wander a little bit. However it is clearly possible for Jordan to end his searies in one or two more books, something i thought was imposible before reading this book. This book is clearly the beginning of the End Rejoyce! Get this book, if for no other reason get it for the ending
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Summary: Repeatitive and unfocused
Review: 1) Sweet mother of Ghandi I think Robert Jordan has achieve a world record for the most repeative writing in the history of mankind. Amazing. 9 books to prove it. Nine. The worst are the women in his series. They're boring, repeatitive, and downright stupid. There are times when I groan if the next chapter has the name "Nynaeve", "Elayne", or "Egwene" on it. This book is perfect for male bashing lovers out there. Rand, Mat, and Perrin are no better. Most of them still act like farmers and, after 9 books, still deny/refuse that they're "ta'vern" and still think kissing girls are yucky. Wow. I'm not sure if I want to pat them on the back or slap them. These so-called "heros" are going to fight the last battle and save the world. The world is in the hands of teenage pimple face farmer kids. Great! Why can't we have more characters like Lan? How many times must Rand bully the nobles? How many times will the braid-tugging skirt-smoothing shawl-adjusting smooth-faced stone-stared women must bicker between each other over minor problems that readers won't and don't care and will probably be forgotten with 5 seconds? Judging by the number of times Nynaeve tug at her briads half of her face would be torn off by now. Why does he write half a page of detail on what the Innkeeper wears? Or a servant? 2) Unfocused. Big time. Two steps forward three steps back. Two old subplots get resolved, three new subplots emerge. When will it end? No one knows. Probably not even Robert Jordan himself. I find it extremely difficult to see him actually finish this "saga" within the next decade without loopholes. Some subplots are actually interesting but when you step back and ask yourself "What does this has to do with the main story?" and you'll realize it doesn't. I'm beginning to think that Robert Jordan love his world so much he doesn't want to finish it. The first 100 pages in this book are worthless. You can put The Path of Daggers and this book together and make it one volume. Robert Jordan it is time to let go. And it'll be okay.
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