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Summary: THE REVIEW THAT MATTERS
Review: IN RETROSPECT, HAVING READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE SERIES THREE OR FOUR TIMES (I KNOW, I'M A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT) THIS IS THE BEST BOOK. DEMANDRED/MAZRIM TAIM ARE THE BEST CHARACTER(S) JORDAN HAS INTRODUCED SINCE EYE OF THE WORLD, THE ENDING IS THE MOST DRAMATIC AND POWERFUL SINCE THE GREAT HUNT, AND THE RISING ACTION IS ENJOYABLE AND BUILDS THE CHARACTERS UP. TOO BAD THAT THE BOOK PRECEDING THIS ONE, FIRES OF HEAVEN, AND THE TWO AFTER IT, CROWN OF SWORDS AND PATH OF DAGGERS, ARE MEDIOCRE COMPARED TO BOOKS 1,2,3,4, AND 6. WRITE FASTER JORDAN, OR KILL OFF ANNOYING STUPID CHARACTERS LIKE NYNAEVE, LOIAL, NYNAEVE, ANY WOMAN WHO UTTERS ONE MORE CARPING, UNGRATEFUL SPEECH, NYNAEVE, AND NYNAEVE.
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Summary: a continuance of the saga however a slow one
Review: Robert Jordan is good at his writing and a great series however some reservation regarding his female characters. Firstly he seems to make them arrogant and women who channel seem to have too much self interest and an over inflated sense of their own rightness. The male characters seem to be alot better and although flawed which is expected as we don't want to read about perfect people do have a human streak in them. Rand is getting on my nerves but I know he will come through triumphantly in the end. The Two River Women are being painful and it is time to either send them back or at least let them slip up on their backsides. Elayne is also ready for a fall. Despite this I just could not put the book down so maybe his flawed characters do work at keeping the reader turning the page for more intrigue and twists.
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Summary: Not bad, but waaaaaaaaay toooooo lonnnnng
Review: For the last threee books of the WoT I have found myself slugging through 700+ pages of nothing to get to the last 200 in which something actually happens. I am sick of how these characters fail to have the one aspect of reason that makes people humn---the ability to learn. I have investd 5000+ pages and $40+ so I will fifnish this series, if our lovely friend Bob ever can finish it. I find myself wondering who some of the character are sometimes, because we never hear from them (Perrin in Fires of Heaven, and Lan in this installment). Advice, from me. read this series, but when there are no quotes from the characters, just skim it. That way you do not read Jordan's repititious language too many times. The story is good, the idea is different, the writing is getting on my nerves. Is it just me, or is Bobby J. paid by the word???
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Summary: Almost perfect.
Review: Despite all its faults, the WOT series is still the best I've ever read, bar none (even though, having done the math, I figure the last volume won't be out for another 12 years). By the time he finishes the series I sincerely hope Mr. Jordan finally learns not to stereotype men and women so much. The women can hardly speak without making some insult to the entire male gender, and the men (for all their common sense) just let themselves be bullied around. Otherwise the writing is mostly good. The later books in the WOT series have suffered from the Frank Herbert Syndrome (where everyone stands around and talks for dozens and dozens of pages where absolutely nothing happens), and so there's a lot less action. I understand the need for some explanations, but do we have to read through every detail of everyone's thoughts, when we've already been through it all before? My only other complaint is that he stays with the same characters for several chapters in a row, until I start thinking "Ok, but what's going on with everyone else?!?" Some of the characters are ignored for a whole book at a time. I didn't mean for this to turn into a rant, but these are the faults I've seen with the series from book 5 onward. The whole series still is definitely worth all the time and money despite these flaws; it's still the best I've ever read. If Jordan can just work on making some of these things better, the rest of the series can be damn near perfect.
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Summary: pretty good
Review: this book had several good chapters, and some more empty one. story seems to be getting a little drawn-out. great ending though!
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Summary: Misogynistic to a fault!
Review: The author must hate women. All of his female characters are ambitious, arrogant, self absorbed, petulant, demanding, ungrateful, manipulative, and chauvinistic toward men.I would have long ago taken any one of his female characters across my knee and given a good spaking if I were any of the male characters because they act just like immature children. I certainly would not cow to them the way the men do, or stand for being bullied, criticized and belittled. I wouldn't fight back, I'd simply treat them as the obstacles they so often are and ignore them as if they weren't there and do whatever the hell I want to do anyway. These women do not add to or enhance or even support anyone in what must be accomplished. More often than not they are a hinderance, confusing and complicating issues that would have been long resolved had it not been for their meddling. As a woman, I am deeply offended by the portrayal of women in these books!
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Summary: Good, But Unnecessarily Long
Review: The hype on this book touts it as dominating the world Tolkien only began to reveal. But frankly the level of MUNDANE details I think could as easily be left out without damaging the series at all. Things such as the day-to-day business of running an empire would probably better be left ot a page or two of synopsis-style narrative, rather than following Rand through every detail. Heating up conflict between Rand and the Aes Sedai, and even the Asha'man and the Aes Sedai, I think is good, though. Better than having them all get along like you hope they will eventually. Keeps a good dramatic tension. Over all I say that, as with the earlier books, this one is overstuffed with details we could just as well do without, but over all still a good, engaging read.
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Summary: still very good, but not best
Review: Hm, this book is good, no doubt. But reviewing the book, I have to say that the first chapters are really boring. Rands life as a king is hard and busy, I understand after these pages. That was clear, though. However, the end was really good. It gives one the first feelings what a battle with the one power is really like. I am looking forward to such confrontations. (I haven't read the other books yet)
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Summary: Jordan's storytelling is slipping a little.
Review: The first few hundred pages of this book seemed rather slow to me, but the ending as always was good. Are the Asha'man a force to be reckoned with or what? I wish some questions raised in previous books could have been addressed more (if you've read these books, you know there are many), but all in all it was decent, I guess.
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Summary: A series that requires commitment but is well worth it.
Review: This excellent book furthers the character development and intricate plot and sub-plot twists of those previous in the series. I adore the HUMOR in these books. They have me laughing outloud more than I ever expected in a fantasy series! I love the growth and change of chracters, introduction of new characters, new relationships, suspense, action, romance, adventure, detail, dialogue, etc. I think Jordan does better than Tolkien in many aspects. Less useless information and once-heard-of names, bigger roles for women, changing view points, sub-plots, humor, more realistic characters, etc. I think this series may be my favorite of all-time, and look forward to reading it again.
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