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Summary: Dragon's Found!
Review: Jordan starts this book out with a bang. Is Rand the Dragon Reborn? Will he save the planet from the Dark One? Well read the book and find out. This book never ending action will keep you page turning until the end.
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Summary: My personal favorite in the 'Wheel of Time' series...
Review: "The Dragon Reborn" by Robert Jordan "The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt", take the reader in the direction of 'Tear.' The city where, in the heart of the stone, hangs the magical sword 'Callendor' no one but the 'Dragon Reborn' may wield.I look forward to Mr. Jordan's newest offering in this series, "Crossroads of Twlight" (Wheel of Time book 10) where allies, enemies, bloodshed, and deadly pursuit, run rampant. I have been a fan of this writer for many years and I have enjoyed each and every book of this series. I know you will as well. This author's characters are sharp and clever, the dialogue captivating, and the plots of all the books in the series are well-written and interesting. John Savoy
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Summary: Instant Classic
Review: i am HOOKED!!! this series is so well developed by robert jordan, i don't want him to die!!! because then we wouldn't see the end of the Wheel of Time. the story is riveting. you won't want to put the book down, but you'll have to or else you might start hallucinating from the lack of sleep!
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Summary: A Treasure!!
Review: The Dragon Reborn is a book of chases. Moiraine, Lan, Perrin, Loial chase Rand; Egwene, Elayne, Nynaeve chase the Black Ajah; Mat and Thom chase the girls. Of course, they all happen to meet at the same place, which is the last time in the series that all plot threads come together at the end. Like book 2, TDR is more action oriented than the other books, with some memorable scenes, but not a lot really happens. Compared to book 4, TDR is literaly whetting our appetites for the meaty offerings to come.
One of the pleasures of TDR comes from finally meeting a few Aiel, and some pretty important ones. The girls meet Aviendha and Rhuarc, Perrin meets Gaul, and Mat nearly dances with a Maiden or two. We saw just enough of the Aiel to make us curious. Perrin also meets his falcon, Zarine Bashere, a character that tends to inspire some remarkable passionate reactions - you either love her or hate her, but either way, you have to feel a bit sorry for Perrin, who never knew what hit him.
As well, we got another glimpse of the White Tower, along with some real head-scratchers. Repeat readers will find many aspects of particular Ase Sedai behaviour questionable at best. Verin's reluctance to give Egwene Corianin Nedeal's notes on dreaming; Sheriam's curious appearance and calm demeanour after Nynaeve and Egwene discovers something strange (she exhibits quite a lot of odd behavior in this book, possibly a set up for what we find out later); and finally, the Amyrlin's mind-bogging decision to let the 3 girls go unaccompanied to Tear to hunt Black Ajah. I've turned that over in my head a million times, and I still cannot see the logic in it. I realize RJ needed them in Tear, but if these girls have great potential, why would she let them go without an escort?
PLOTTING: In TDR, we had 2 plot threads which expanded into 3, but unlike the first 2 books, RJ seemed less interested in the traditional chase journey, and focued more on the girls and Mat. All 3 threads met at the end, but not until the battle, which could have been written with a bit more clarity (How the Aiel got in there? Rand? Moiraine and Lan?)
CHARACTERIZATION: Finally, we got a book that isn't all about Rand. Instead, RJ works on expanding the characterization of Perrin, Mat, Egwene, Elayne, and Nynaeve. Mat and Egwene in particular receive the most attention. In Mat's case, this is a welcome development, as his character wasn't really developed much in the first 2 books, but with scenes like his quarterstaff battle and the tough slog through the Tairen mud, Mat becomes a true 3-dimensional personality - as well as the most likable.
PACING: An obvious pattern has emerged by now: slow beginning, a splitting of the plot threads, and a slow buildup to a grand finale, with a couple of false climaxes along the way to keep the reader interested. RJ would alter this pattern in future books, but it serves him well in TDR. He maintains a certain amount of suspense with confidence and ease; I quite like the timing of everyones arrival in Tear.
BEST SCENE: This one is tough. I'm going to go with Mat's remarkable 2-on-1 battle against Gawyn and Galad. Before this scene, we really didn't have any idea what Mat (and his luck) was capable of, but Mat's ability with the staff hints at the Old Blood running strong in him.
MOST POV: I think you probably could call it a fairly even split between Perrin, Mat, and Egwene, with the final nod to Mat. RJ worked hard to build up their characters, obviously in anticipation of future books.
OVERALL: TDR has many treasures between its covers to keep the reader interested, and the book is worth it just for Mat's adventures, let alone the rest of the plot. Still, it was clear that RJ had exhausted this pattern of plot threads, and was ready to try something more complex. P.S. I'm sorry for my rambling on, and making the review so long. Hope it helps!
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Summary: A good series...
Review: Well, it has been a slow book series to start, but once you get into it, it becomes something of an addiction. This book only took me about three days to read, because I was so curious as to what happened to the characters. But I felt while I was reading it that there really was no plot this time. The entire book is about Rand, who is missing for most of the story, until at the end when he finally shows up, a completely different character. That's good though, because it allowed the other characters to show up. Mostly, however, all this did was follow up on the previous book, on topics like the black ajah and Mat's healing. I might say that it seemed that Rand's part was thrown in as a subplot, since it was all about the characters, yet I suppose the word to describe the driving force is tav'aren. It really is about the part these characters play in the saga. Still, there are parts of the story I felt cheated with. I hope the rest of the books don't always end with Rand fighting the Dark One and killing him, then Moraine telling him he can't be killed. Surely they can't. Otherwise, a good book, but I think it carried a bit too much of what I didn't like in the first one, too much happening with no reason to be interested. I consider this book to be a "setting up" book, like the first, to bring a story into motion before everything can happen. As to what that is, I have no idea, and won't for at least another 8 books...
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Summary: Very very good!!
Review: I have to agree a lot of this is boring travelogue, but that's what makes it interesting...you're waiting for it to be over and the climax to commence. The end (the last 10 or so chapters) makes up for everything else, I swear. As far as the series goes, not as good as the second one, but better than the first one. Jordan, as always, paints a vivid world with a lot of outside references (Rand/Callandor=Arthur/Excalibur) and the constant theme of the battle of the sexes in which, it turns out, no one emerges victorious and everyone comes out scathed. The narrow, almost doctrinal feminism of the first book has become much more realistic by this one. Definitely worth the read.
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Summary: A powerful book
Review: While I admit that the bulk of the book didn't compete with the prior two books in the series...The gripping climax that ties almost all the side tales and quests together is quite amazing. I'd say that it was just as good as the first two for that very reason. I'd also say that while the later books do tend to spiral somewhat out of control they are deffinately worth the read believe me! But if you want to end your reading on a fairly close-ended finish...This is the place to stop...But just until the author lets us know there will be a final ending-book soon. In short The Dragon Reborn is amazing...And worthy of your time.
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Summary: Great
Review: This book is a wonddeful read. I recommend to everyone that will open there eyes up and see what this series is about. I've read tolkien and was bored out of my mind because the story drags on and on, and nothing happens. Jordan keeps one interested in the book. He has made a world not like any other world out there. Sorry to say but Jordan is different from other authors. He's not like any author out there, so how can you compare someone that is totally different writer. When I read his books I can image where the characters are, and what they are attempting to do. Other books I can't do that, for the simple reason is that they don't give enough detail like RJ does. The whole point of being repitive is there for readers to be able to remember things, because there are so many characters a reader could forget things, which that is why that is there. Everybody is entitled to there opinoins about something.
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Summary: The Dragon Reborn
Review: I have to say, I enjoyed this book, but it does have alot of flaws: Women Characters: All the female characters seem to be cut from the same cloth, they all seem to think the same way, and they constantly complain about men. Out of the four main female characters, only Elayne is not constantly bickering about men, and how "wool-headed" they are. Nynaeve and Egwene do not change a bit from the begining of eye of the world to the end of the dragon reborn except for there ability to channel. No characters in the book die. Whenever they get into some kind of trouble they always walk out with no deaths, and most of the time they come out better of then they where before the trouble started. Why should we care for characters that seem to be immortal? To much description/filler. Why do we need 6 sentence paragraph descriptions of inkeepers and serving maids that we never see again? Also, we don;t need to know every minor actions of the characters, IE: "Nynaeve got of her mare, straightened out her skirts, and tugged her braid." To much chit chat: Male characters: "I will never understand women..." Female characters: "Men are such wool-headed idiots..." Or Perrin: I wish i could understand women like Mat and Rand. Rand: I wish i could understand women like Mat and Perrin. Mat: I wish i could understand women like Perrin and Rand. I hope that in book 4 Mr.Jordan won't have so much filler, and useless chit chat that does nothing for the story...
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Summary: The beginning of the problems
Review: This book is where the Wheel of Time starts to lose its original impact. The problem is that Jordan will repeat what he has already written. How many times does he have to mention the girls finding "The Gray Man. The Soulless. The Shadowspawn" in the same paragraph? He returns to the same phrases and literary devices over and over again. This is more than annoying. Every time Nynaeve "tugs her braid" Jordan has to explain that her problem with anger and channeling "the power. The Power. The True Source. Saidar. The female half of the True Source." After reading these cliches so many times, the book becomes an insult to the readers' intelligence and ability to remember details. He fills his world so full of details but insists on repeating these arbitrary details every time a character is brought up. Knowing how much an Andoran gold mark weighs in relation to a Tar Valon mark is arbitrary and boring. By the later books in the series, Jordan relies completely on repetition and gives up his story altogether. This third book, though, while still managing to be somewhat interesting, is where most of the serious problems in the series begin to take a prominent position. One final point: Would it be possible to get the "Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien begain to reveal" quote off of his books? Tolkien is a modern classic; Jordan is just another writer, better than few, worse than others.
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