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Summary: As The Wheel Turns
Review: I couldn't agree with the reviewer more who talks about how long and wordy these books are. I starting reading The Wheel of Time series over 6 months ago. I live in the Bronx and work in Manhattan, so most of my reading is on the subway to and from work. I'm one of those people who can't read in bed... I am so fed up with Jordan. After reading the books of Tolkien and David Eddings (whose books are really great!!), I got spoiled for stories that move along and characters you really care about. I can't say that for Jordan's epic wordfest!!! I'm half way thru book 6. I figure I've read around 5,000 pages of this stuff. I can't say that I really love the series, but since I've invested so much time in it, I need to see it through, but these characters are so pathetic. You can't even like them. The ones you do like disappear for hundreds or thousands of pages. What's up with that?!!! By the time they come back, you've forgotten who they were. I find myself now, not even caring about characters or not even knowing who they are or what they are doing. Why should I care? If only Jordan would cut out a couple hundred pages and make you feel that there is something to look forward to. I was excited today because I got to page 498. Thank God!! Halfway done!! Only Three more weeks to go then onto Book 7. Oh, well...as Moraine Sedai would say, "The Wheel Turns as the Wheel Wills". Too bad she's dead......or is she?
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Summary: Long Drawn Out
Review: Like walking through a desert with a few water holes is how I would describe this book. After fifty or a hundred pages at a time something happens but then we are back to monotony. The climax is quite good but I could not say that it worked out economical to have to read hundreds of pages just to get a few brief parts of interest and a exciting ending. To buy the entire series would be ridcules. For fantasy fans, leave well alone unless your rich and have time on your hands (or your a insomniac).
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Summary: Slow Story
Review: I have truly enjoyed the Wheel of Time series thus far. I have only read through this book. The series started a little slow but quickly gained momentum and kept it, until this book. The story is wonderful and I'm still excited about reading the rest of ther series, but Jordan really stretches the plot thin to get a fat book here. The last 100 to 150 pages cover much more story and moves much faster than the rest of the book. Had Jordan used this pacing, he could have told the same story in 400 pages instead of 700.
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Summary: One of the Best (I didn't even miss Moiraine that much!)
Review: Mmmm...how can I possibly review this book and be able to convey the exact JOY I felt at reading it? Let me put it this way. I was vacationing in Florida when I read this book, and we spent an entire day at Disneyland. That night, we got back at about 10:00. I plopped down in bed, but instead of falling asleep (like most people would have after a day like that), I stayed up until 2 A.M. reading Lord of Chaos. It's THAT good. There were so many plot twists, TONS of surprises. The ending scene was, I believe, one of the best you can ever read in literature. It seriously gave me the shivers. I loved it. There was just SO MANY good things happening in this book...I really can't describe it. If you're a WoT fan, don't stop now. You'll really love this book. If you haven't read any of the previous books yet, go back and read them IN ORDER. For anyone who likes to read (and even if you don't) the Wheel of Time series is the best literature has to offer. I mean, it has humor, romance, adventure, suspense, and some pretty creepy parts. What MORE can anyone ask for?
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Summary: ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz!
Review: Maybe I've missed something all along. Maybe Jordan's latest Wheel of Time installment, the 1,000-page Lord of Chaos, is in fact a masterpiece: an existential epic that's about nothing because, well, that's all we can look forward to in life--NOTHING; a fantasy book that teases us away from the monotony of our own dull daily lives, promising escapism, only to hit us over the head with more monotony (Oh, what a cruel, CRUEL joke!) Instead of comparing Jordan to his fellow fantasy hackers, maybe we should compare him to Camus, Sartre, or Beckett. Picture Rand as the brooding, Hamlet-esque lead, forever caught between thought and action; picture the entire now-nine-volume series as Fantasy meets Waiting for Godot. Brilliant, I'm telling you. Absolutely freakin' brilliant!!! I'm jesting, of course. I can only wish that this fantasy series were some sort of literary post-modern joke. Truth is, this novel is terribly dull. *Flash* Sit in amazement as Nynaeve, Elayne, Siuan and company kick up dust in Salidar for hundreds of pages. Grip the edges of your seats when Nynaeve and Elayne finally LEAVE Salidar and head to Ebou Dar in search of, er, well, a bowl. Yes, you heard me right, a bowl!!! How exotic! How fantastic! I hope book seven features Perrin searching for matching stainless steel cutlery! *Flash* Keep your emotions in check as the novel opens with Mat poised for battle in Illian (remember from book five how long it took him to march down there?) only to be called away from Rand to go join the boredom in Salidar. *Flash* Gape in sheer awe as Rand bounces back and forth between Cairhien and Caemlyn, opening gateway after gateway, only to do absolutely nothing! *Flash* Cringe in terror at the deadly drakhar gracing the book's cover. Then, breathe a deep sigh of relief when you finish the novel and realize, thank God, that such a horrific creature never even appeared. *Flash* Favorite Sexist Moment: As Egwene is named Amrlyin in Salidar, every female present must strip to the waist, bare her breasts, and announce proudly, "I am a woman!" This novel gets one star only because the ending is a brief return to form. The last one hundred pages are kind of interesting. The rest is complete filler.
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Summary: Mallowcups for Bob
Review: To write a review for as popular a series as the Wheel of Time is like tossing a penny into a wealthy fountain. But...have penny, will toss. Admittedly, Bob nearly lost me halfway through this, the sixth book, of the WOT series. I wondered if his editor had taken one coffee break too many; it seemed he had been given extravagant license to take the plot on various bunny trails. I found myself mentally editing his work, something I never do with Jordan. A needless sentence here and there, overstatement and his seeming self-indulgence with unnecessary description made me more than once toss the book aside in frustration. However... I kept reading for two reasons: a neighbor and I are reading the series together, and she finished the book before I; she did handsprings to let me know it got much, much better. The other reason is that a writer as brilliant as Bobby deserves, on book 6, a chance to bail himself out. This book made me realize how important it is for the writer to serve the reader. Self-indulgence comes through when a writer refuses to edit, or allow himself/herself, to be edited. I am usually satisfied with Jordan's work; this book left me unhappy in the middle, and greatly happy at the end. For those who may be tempted to set it aside halfway through--trust me, it's worth the time. I read his work to learn more of the craft of writing, and I have learned that even the masters err at times; I don't know whether to be relieved that Jordan is indeed human or not. I do know I'd share Mallowcups with Bob in a heartbeat. I am very thankful for the gift he has been given. For my own base and inglorious selfishness, I hope he lives to be 100, writing himself silly.
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Summary: "Kneel to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.."
Review: That line basically sums up the feeling of _Lord of Chaos_. This is Rand's book, regardless of what happens to other characters. Perrin and Faile reapper? That's nice. Nynaeve and Elayne have difficulty readjusting to life under Aes Sedai guidance? Oh well. Mat and the Band of the Red Hand plan for war and end up visiting the Aes Sedai? Not that exciting. In fact, only three really important things happen in this book that *don't* happen to Rand: one happens to Nynaeve, one to Egwene, and Mat makes a fateful journey to Ebou Dar. By doing so, we learn that he's really very serious about keeping his word, something that just never seemed like Mat before. So there is character development for the other characters. But Rand is the focus of the attention. Whether he's in Caemlyn or Cairhien, whether he's dealing with Davram Bashere, the most powerful man in Saldaea, or Mazrim Taim, the false Dragon, or various Aes Sedai delegations, Rand's hardening of himself is the focal point of _Lord of Chaos_. Min becomes much more important, since she is the only one that Rand fails to drive away, and so becomes the person he depends on the most, and the only one who can make him see reason. Rand and Lews Therin (in his head) have a few good conversations when Rand has nothing else to do, in what is possibly the biggest bungle the Aes Sedai have made in the series so far. _Lord of Chaos_ is filled with scenes that are emotional and touching, but also with battle (Dumai's Wells is the greatest bloodbath seen in _The Wheel of Time_ so far.. sort of a medieval battle with a few landmines added) and definitely shows the greatest character development for Rand as he goes from a suspicious but still occasionally likable guy into a machine of a man. Although this change is good in _Lord of Chaos_, it gets the better of Jordan in later books as it becomes almost impossible to sympathize with Rand, unlike in the earlier books.
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Summary: READ THIS BOOK NNNOOOWWW
Review: This book is GOOD. Very, very GOD. It's the best book in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, for which I offer my heartfelt recommendation. The end is quite possibly the best conclusion to any book in the HISTORY OF MANKIND. It's rivaled only by the end to the most recent inclusion to The Wheel of Time, Winters Heart. All in all, I would recommend this series to anyone, whether you are in general a fantasy fan or not. So far I've found one person who didn't like this series, and I didn't like him anyway. Jordan's manages to verbally illustrate a spectacular world which is sure to entrance the person fortunate enough to read it. I've read the series three times, which is both sad and miserable, I know, but the main point of this ceaseless rambling remains; READ THIS BOOK.
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Summary: Great
Review: I loved this book and found it just as good as the ones preceeding it.
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Summary: Sheer Chaos
Review: Robert Jordan does it again in book six of his incredibly long and involved saga, "The Wheel of Time". In this latest masterpiece, things are really starting to move. With the unlikely help of Mat and his Band, Nynaeve and Elayne go in search of a ter'angreal which may bring rain to the thirsty land. The Tower remains split, but the rebel Aes Sedai in Salidar choose an Amyrlin Seat, and the choice will shock you. Rand raises a vast army of Asha'man, men who can channel, with the help of former false Dragon, Mazrim Taim, while preparing for war against the powerful and possibly mad Forsaken, Sammael. However, in the midst of it all, discord begins to be sown within the group of rebel Aes Sedai by a mysterious but evil character named Aran'gar, disguised as the beautiful Hasima, secretary to Delana Sedai. As always, the story is gripping, but is continually bogged down with unnecessary character descriptions and explanations of this strange world which may be interesting to a few, but will annoy most readers, anxious to keep things moving. All complaints aside, it's a great book, and definitely one worth reading.
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