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Summary: Where's The Dragon?
Review: I am an avid Wheel of Time fan ... addicted is probably a more applicable term, however, this is certainly not the best book in the series. I was expecting to see Rand grow into his role as The Dragon Reborn throughout 674 pages rather than appear magically transformed in the next to the last chapter. Jordan greatly detailed everybody's efforts to reach Tear for the climatic ending ... everybody BUT Rand ... so, what's up with the title?? I absolutely love and adore Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve and can't hardly wait to see where they'll end up in the Aes Sedai hierarchial system. "EGWENE FOR AMYRLIN SEAT!!!"
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Summary: Arbitrary plot and characters lacking credibility
Review: First of all let me admit that I've only read the first three books. As I turned the last pages of this book I decided that I've had enough. The first book wasn't great, but it was fairly good and kept me reading. Still, there were some small sources of irritation that I couldn't ignore. As I went on to the second book and finally the third these flaws grew steadily worse.The dialogues are one of these flaws. They lack credibility and they fail to maintain distinguished features in the characters. Instead you can feel that they are the limited repertoire of a not so very creative author (although he is creative considering quantity). Jordan tries to give his characters life but it is too obvious. One example is the Aes Sedai "queen" who's background as a fisherman makes her constantly use fish metaphors over and over again. Had they been more subtle and mixed with at least one non-fish(!) metaphor it might have been a clever move but all they do now is giving the story a very artificial touch. Second in my criticism is the plot. Good in the first book. Perfectly arbitrary in the following. I have no doubt that Jordan's range of vision extends no further than half a book ahead in time. The plot is not well thought-out at best and a complete ad-lib at worst. For instance, the peasant boy Mat, a rascal without any ambition save becoming wealthy, in the beginning of this book suddenly turns out to be a kung-fu master with a staff as he defeats two great swordsmen while being almost to sick to stand up. Nothing even hinting to these skills is mentioned in the previous books and the transition from average peasant to expert fighter is not even done gradually, it happens at the turning of a page! I expect Jordan didn't bother to change the previous pages to give them credibility as he came up with these events. Finally, Jordan can't portray women. The male characters aren't credible either but to a lesser extent. Besides a few exceptions the woman characters in the book are all different shades of gray. They lack common feelings such as fear and insecurity and most of the main characters seem to have a curious animosity towards men, as if a strong feministic side should make them more believable as women. If I saw a point to all this I wouldn't have bothered but as with much other things in Jordan's writing I simply do not understand his motives. Maybe he tries to colourfully describe his world but his tools to do so are blunt and used with anything but great skill and the result is mediocre. My advise: If you're not picky, read the first book; then leave it at that.
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Summary: A good book but not a good sequel
Review: It is really a good book with a satisfying plot, characters with rich emotions and background and of'course the artistic power of the writer who makes you believe that these things are really happening. But after reading the first two books you are bound to expect more! The third one lacks the suspense and the surprises of the other two and it pays a great cost for the leading actor's - Rand that is- short role. Also this time it can be said that the book is tiring in a way. I do not aggree that the previous were but this one seems to be getting slowly to an end you can easily imagine. So as a sequel, I can say that the Dragon Reborn can be discouraging for most but cannot act as an obstacle for reading the fourth book. Besides, the writer weaves the plot as the writer wills and I think I can surely depend on his weaving.
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Summary: Good, But Clearly Falling Off the Mark of the Previous Two
Review: The book is good, but at times hard to get through. The last 100 pages wraps it all together - something that you certainly knew was coming but something you want to happen. Thus the book plods along top that course and in all honesty, it was not really a thrilling ending. Of the 675 pages or so, the final fight was maybe 3-4 pages long and it was essentially the same ending as the first 2. Another failing of this book was that the action shifted around way too much. There were 4 different story lines going on in this one and Jordan takes the narrative from one party to the next too often in this text. In this vein, the narrative was too often away from Rand, which makes you lose interest. Similarly, he goes to the expression about Nynaeve pulling at her braids far too often and characterizes the 3 young Aes Sedai to be as little more than trifling school girls at times and having virtually no sense among them. Then the next moment they are brilliant. A nearly impossible dichotomy there. Sometimes this book is very fun to coast along and at other times you read the same exact expression, word for word, every single page. If I read, "Burn me" one more time, I'm going to wretch. Jordan needs to cut out the aimless narrative when it is not warranted and get to more action (something he likely does not do in the 4th book as it is 20 pages short of 1000). Action is what keeps people up 2-3 hours past their bedtimes reading. This book simply did not do that. The plot was predictable overall, and little of new value was brought to the series in this book. I like the series, however, and am now hooked. I will give book 4 a try and hopefully this was a bit of a bump in the road of a great series.
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK!
Review: After reading the first two books I thought this one was the best yet. Action pact and not slow. Which is a great change compared to book 1 and 2 which were very slow. But the Dragon Reborn starts of whith an awsome trolloc attack, a thriller the hole way through.The ending was excellent,it really took me for a wild ride.This book demands 5 stars. The best fantasy series of all time!
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Summary: Can we get on with this, please?
Review: The plot of the second book of this series seemed to be slowing down. That was nothing compared to this book. I'm getting tired of reading the endless whining. Someone ought to shove Rand off a cliff so the book can get moving again.
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Summary: Good, but....
Review: Fun, fast paced, with new charactors to love and hate, the Dragon Reborn is the third book in this series. If you haven't read the first two, first, you should. This series builds on itself. It is not self contained. As such, if you start here, you may be a little confused. If you have read the first two parts, you should read this one too. In, the Dragon Reborn, the question asked and answered in the first book, who is the Dragon, is finally answered more completely here. In a southern land, Tear, there is a castle with relics of magic. Ironically, in Tear, magic is disliked, on a good day. However, it is in Tear that Callander, "the sword which is not a sword" can be found. This sword, which will amplify the power of its possessor, is stuck in a stone like the King Arthur story. Whoever pulls out this sword, is not the king, but the "Dragon". I thought that this part of the story was weak. We already know who the Dragon is, and I would hope that the author could have come up with something more original. Along the way to the sword, however, alot of interesting things happen. The Forsaken are stronger and acting against Rand and our heroes. The Aiel, warriors from the desert, are back and may be going to war again. Perrin finds more wolf-brothers, some who may have taken their link with wolves to far. Morraine has learned how to take apart time. Matt is back, fighting and wenching. Elayne and Nynave are chasing the black Ajah, who may be chasing them. With some much story, there should be enough here for any fantasy lover. Mr. Jordan has continued a great tradition and has written a very good book.
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Summary: The best I've read.
Review: I don't quite understand why so many people feel that "The Dragon Reborn" is so boring. I loved it! Mabye thats because Rand isn't my favorate charicter, and I acctualy want to read about Mat or Perrin or any other charicter than the mommas boy Rand (who by the way can be as irritating as Luke in Star Wars, I can take a little self dought, but I got sick of it in "The Great Hunt"). But anyways, I'm not sure of why I feel that this is the best book of this series I've read so far, mabye it's because that a book where we're not hearing self pity all the time from Rand. So far in "The Shadow Rising" the self-pity hasn't attacked me, because well, he knows hes the Dragon Reborn now, no self doughts. But I'm not reveiwing that book yet. I think the ending of this book is weird, and barely understandable, but after you think about it, it isn't that bad. (The main problem with "The Shadow Rising" is it introduces funny, almost dumb ideas.) But the whole story provides a great feeling of a return to the goodness of "The Eye of the World" and the finality of the not so good "The Great Hunt".
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Summary: The DRagon Reborn!
Review: The Dragon Reborn is A trilling Linear Fantasy with a world of colosul proportions, Jordan again captures the essace of a true fanatsy. I litterally couldn't put it down, i read it in 2 weeks over the summer! I thought it was amoung the Best so far. I am know just finishing up the Sadow Rising, which i am rather disapionted in, I thought the Dragon Reborn was Great, and it accually moved along, but in the Shadow rising you get the idea that he is just trying to fill in space, and the story lingers at the begining. I recommend the Dragon Reborn!
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Summary: Not as good as the first two!
Review: I started reading The Dragon Reborn with high expectations, after reading the first two. It started out hopeful, I could tell that Jordan's writing has sort of become more original. The beginning was a little slow, as in all the books, but it still was hopeful. But then after I started reading on, I noticed that Rand is barely in the bood so far, but then I thought that maybe he's talked about a lot around the end, but I was wrong. Rand, who was my favorite character in the series, isn't hardly in ten pages of this book, and that's literally. But, there is a reason why. Rand was greatly developed in the first two books that Jordan wanted to develope the other characters in the series (i.e. Mat, Perrin, Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne.) But still, it's not a bad read. It really kicks off when the girls get sent awy from the White Tower to hunt the Black Ajah, which holds some very interesting characters. Then Rand runs away and Perrin, Moiraine, Lan, and Loial chase him. Mat is in the White Tower after being healed (he had gotten hold of a dagger from Shadar Logoth) and then he escapes. There's some memerable scenes in this book, such as the scenes where Mat finally finds out about his luck. It's great how he wins all that money from the dice games. The ending is the best part of the book, in my opinion, because it's full of action. Still, this book is a good read, but anyone who's starting to read the Wheel of Time series should start with the first book, it gives you a better feeling of the series. I'm now starting to read the fourth book, The Shadow Rising. See my review in that soon!
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