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Summary: Paperback or Library next time....
Review: Well, that's that... I gave Jordan three chances to get the series back to what it used to be, and it's just not happening. I won't be buying another Wheel of Time book in hardcover. In fact, I may just go to the library and check a copy out next time, rather than even buying it in paperback.I used to be impressed by Jordan's ability to have so many plot threads going on at once, and yet tying them all together. Now I'm just bored by it. He has too many characters doing their own little thing in their own little places... I can't fault him too much for not moving the series forward, the problem is with the way he has the story set up, he _Can't_. There are too many plots... but he could do a much better job in focusing in on those plots and making something happen within them. The female characters are extremely under-developed. They're all so similar... But again, an author must have a hard time developing characters when he's thrown so many into the mix. The end of this book was fairly decent. I can't say this book was better than the last two, however.
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Summary: Once again, an endurance test for Jordan fans!
Review: Jordan fans must endure this only because we want to see how it finally ends. Readers new to this series, please, don't start it until Jordan proves that he can wrap it up in the next decade or so. Jordan's latest provides about 100 pages of real enjoyment, layered in 500 pages of filler. Jordan introduces/retains characters and sub-plots that provide little value-added to a once great story. He should take a lesson from George R.R. Martin and start killing off a few hundred main characters or so! With his latest installment, I found myself skipping/skimming entire chapters without missing a whiff of the real story. Let the buyer beware!
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Summary: This is the series...
Review: This book was one of the best of the series. Plot lines were wraped up and new ones opened. Winter's Heart really finished strong, leaving me on edge for the next book. I hope Mr. Jordon doesn't give in to everyone and hurry's the series. (Just don't die on us) For all you 1 star, no attention span babies go back to the "Cat in the Hat". Every book doesn't have to have good guy kills bad guy, Small army defeats Large army blah blah... If you want that go read Sword of Truth series, 6 million killed and magically 6 million to replace them, Same book with diffrent name. *yawn* Keep them commin Jordon.
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Summary: Still sub-par for a WoT book
Review: Without giving out spoilers... The Good: 1) Jordan moves a few of the major plot lines forward. Certain events that we were expecting finally occur along with the revealing of several identities. 2) He returns Mat to the story and provides him with some good chapters. 3) The juvenile romances (among every single couple) are mostly absent. * It frustrates me not to have more positive things to say about a WoT book. The Bad: 1) Still overly emphasizes on EVERY female character continuing to either tug at their braids, smooth their skirts, adjust their shawls, blushing, etc. 2) After the last book's cliffhanger of Egwene and her contingent of Aes Sedai approaching the White Tower, Jordan decides to completely skip over that subplot (in the same way that he left Mat out of "Path of Daggers"). 3) The prologue is over 70 pgs long. Most of it contains worthless story filler without much happening. The 6 chapters following the prologue mostly involve Perrin and Faile in rotations. They are likewise dull and uneventful. 4) Way too many minor characters with similar names. Keeping track of them all seriously requires an index. As someone pointed out to me in a slight exaggeration... "you need to distinguish Daigian from that other character Dagin, without confusing him from Degian or that scum Dagean." Really hated looking back into the last 8 books to check. 5) Excessive details given to minor characters and scenary. A lot of talking, but a lack of meaningful conversations. What suffers from this is the progression of the story. The Ugly: 1) Not by any means a large book (625 pgs) considering the large font that Jordan chose to have each page printed in. 2) Waited 2 years for this, book 9 of the WoT, only to learn that Jordan still hasn't recaptured his writing technique from the first 5 books of the series. Although improved from the last 2 books, Winter's Heart continues to show that Jordan is losing control of how to get to the end of this once epic story. 3) Jordan has announced (verbatim) at a recent book signing in San Diego that he "can not complete his vision of the story in fewer than 3 more books." Given that he takes 2 years to write each one... we'll have seen Star Wars Episode 2 & 3 by that time. Final Thoughts: I've faithfully been following RJ's acclaimed series and have been a fan since book 1. The first 3 books of the WoT series are his best. RJ has created a rich fantasy world with some great characters and background history, but for all that potential... the writer must keep his audience encaptivated and loyal. After enduring the declining quality of his story writing, it scares me to realize that I'm losing my emotional attachment to the story and its characters. It's no longer a series that I can confidently recommend to my friends and colleagues, knowing that a new reader will find the WoT deteoriate as an engrossing story as they surpass book 5. Why are many once loyal fans of the WoT starting to have serious doubts, some of them leaving the series behind only to pick up another fantasy author's work? It's really a rhetorical question. Some die-hard fans will continue to exalt RJ's work without unbiased eyes. 2 years later, I'll continue to read his work simply for the sake of intellectual curiosity to the story. Meanwhile, I search for other authors who've been "overshadowed" by Jordan's fame (slowly turning to infamy) and publicity, but who've been given genuine praise for their writing in the fantasy genre.
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Summary: A good read
Review: I have been reading this series since it first came out. I loved the first ones but the last few where just not as good. This one is MUCH better than PoD which unlike some I did like. My only real problem with the series is the length of time between books.
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Summary: Better than the last one, but not saying much
Review: Well, anyone else getting worried that Mr. Jordan will die (god forbid) before this series ends! I can't imagine it ending in the next book... maybe in book 11 or 12 but not much before, so I'm getting worried that we'll never actually see the end... And of course Mr. Jordan is the first to say that he's not gonna tie up everything which leads me to believe their will be parallel novels when he does finish the bloody thing. And for those of you who complain and fuss, guess what, the supposed master, Tolkien, has as many flaws as Jordan, and to tell you the truth, every writer has flaws, PERIOD!
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Summary: A Refreshing Change from A Path of Daggers
Review: Once again Robert Jordan has picked up the pace in his WOT series, and a lot of threads are tied up. Mat almost is in reach of fullfilling his prophecies, and Rand heals the wounds of madness Moiraine asked about in TDR. The Daughter of the Nine Moons is in the hunt for Mat, and the most important thing to happen to Mat since Rhuidien is around the corner. The forsaken have come out of the Shawdows more, and you just might be surprised who Slayer is hunting. I promise you this, once you start it you won't want to put it down until the very end as new threads are woven. All in all Winter Heart promises to land a sequal that matches TSR and TFoH somewhere down the line. One of the upcoming books is going to be huge, just from the mere details that need to be sewn up.
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Summary: Winter's Heart
Review: Robert Jordan, I want my money back! This book just does not have the stuff.
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Summary: Jordan Finally Gets To The Point
Review: After waiting so long I have finally been rewarded with Jordans next book. I am glad to say that this book has made up for his procrastination. This book is superbly written and I wish everyone would read it.
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Summary: The heart of "Winter's Heart"
Review: I had been waiting a long time for this book. I admit to being completely enthralled by the entire series and this book was not enought to satisfy my appetite for Jordan's creation. This new book did not have the character details that I feel have been bogging down the plot for the last two books. When you reach the ninth book in a series, it is safe to assume that most of those who will be reading have read enough of the other books to know what is happening and who is who. The book really pushed the pace of the plot throughout and I found it much more fulfilling than the last two. I didn't want the book to end.
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