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Summary: The Last Of The Large WOT Books
Review: This book is great, it has every thing you want from the Wheel of Time series but it is a little slow in some parts, possibly a little forshadowing of the next three books to come.While I enjoy the Wheel of Time series including the newer books (CoS,PoD,WH) I think this is the last of the large volumes that we will see from Robert Jordan. The three that follow this are almost 1/2 to 1/3 the size content wize - they have increased the font size to keep the physical dimensions of the books similar. Either RJ is slowing down in his writing or TOR is cashing in on the popularity and chopping the books into smaller bits.
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Summary: Hmmm...it feels like Stars Wars I, without the hype..
Review: I JUST this minute finished reading this book. Took me most of a year to get through it.(and no, it wasn't me reading slow ;) Nothing, *NOTHING*, really interesting happens until pages 3-400.. I *REALLY* don't believe that this book should have been approx. 1000 pages, or that it took so long to get through it. I just got to page 150-250 and kept putting it down. THEN i said screw it, and it became a matter of prinicple, just to get further than i did before. I'm not exactly sure it was worth the weak ending. From page 500 on, i kept expecting the action to heighten, but the anticipation just leveled, and waned at the conclusion. But what am i complaining about? After i bought this many books from him, i'm in to the end of the story whether i like it or not ;) btw *yes* i'll get the rest, that's what i'm here for.. yo Robert, ez on the dialog bro, it's a bit much
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Summary: Best in this Series
Review: With such a good series, picking out the best one should be hard. It is not. Lord of Chaos is a great book, the best one to date. Robert Jordan brings together and nicely combines the elements of the past books. We have great drama, backstabbing, rivarlies and war. There are major surprises, major, and good new developments. I especially like Taim joining Rand's side. It is nice touch. We see now that the coming war will have great powers on both sides. The eventual end to this series should be spectular. In Lord of Chaos, indeed, Robert Jordan gives us a sweet taste of the final climax, a great battle scene, the most detailed yet in this series. All sides, almost, are represented. At my last count, there must be at least eight different sides here. Every group, strong at first, has split at least once. Thus we have two different Aiel factions, or three; the Aes Sedai have split and, if you include the Waive Mistresses and the Aiel, there are four factions there; we have the re-conquering; and, of course, the Forsaken, who themselves are hardly cohesive. Indeed, with all the plots and counterplots, will this book ever end? It is easy to see, if Rand ever wins, how his winning coalition may break up and war with itself. Rand, the Dragon, of course will win in the end. But, if he didn't, the other side would also have trouble surviving their victory. It is hard to see how any writer will be able to maintain the intensity, and the great detail found in this series. They have been a pleasure to read and I look forward to reading the next parts in this series.
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Summary: The negative reviews are nuts!
Review: This is easily the best or second best book in the series (the other being book 2). Despite the hideous cover, this volume involves several fantastic storylines and has a phenomenal depiction of one character's near-destruction and return from the brink. Rand's character is captivating again by the end of this book. I see criticisms of the length of these books and the "endless" storylines. This is a vast-scale story of the struggles of a world on the edge of chaos; do you suggest this storyline is black and white, cut and dry?
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Summary: A little short of 5
Review: When I put my nose into the first book of this series I could hardly take it out again short of someone snatching "my precious pages" from my hands. The same goes for the second and third books. But sadly, in the forth through sixth, there seem to be twice as many pages, half as many things happening. I would not go as far as to say the latter books have been boring. Far from it. But my nose doesn't seem to sick to the pages quite as much as it used to. I would call any who drop the series for a decrease in action a fool. Well maybe not a fool, people like and dislike whatever they want, but something has to be wrong with them. I truthfully really, really like these books. This book, and all the others. There is no place to start but the beginning. And if your tastes carry you off to someplace else by the end of the forth book, so be it, i'd bet you had fun with the first three. All coming together, I should have given the review 5 stars; There are only four because I thought the first three books were a star better. Hmm, not very helpful to someone actually wanting to know what this book is like... Oh well, anyone looking at this review must have read the books before this. (Why anyone would want to start a series in the middle of it is beyond me.) And by using the others it shouldn't be hard to figure out what this one is like.
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Summary: Are you on crack?
Review: Whoever thinks that nothing took place in this book need only remember the six most powerful words in this series: "KNEEL, OR YOU WILL BE KNELT."
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Summary: There's a quality called brevity
Review: These books are now apparently being churned out for the purpose of making money for Mr. Jordan, or else we are getting Mr. jordan's 'stream of consciousness' as he writes these books. To state it simply in a few words- this book is filled with the same boring stuff over and over again, for 900 pages. The point is, Long does not equal Good, as some people idiotically assume. The dictionary is long, but does it make for good reading? Do I read for the sake of reading endless descriptions? I love reading, and I have been an avid reader since the age of 7. Unfortunately that doesn't mean I like to waste time reading about the following: Rand wanders the countryside making and breaking alliances. The Aes Sedai bicker, complain about men, and scheme. The Dark One laughs hideously in the background and plans evil machinations. That about summarizes the plot. The rest of the book is filler. I can read descriptions, but if that's all a book is, there's something wron with it. I don't want to know exactly what everyone eats for dinner every day, or what their hemline is. I don't like reading pages of "Ninaeve tugged her hair" "Elayne smoothed her skirt"(how many times has that sentence been used in the series?!) "Rand didn't understand women" etc. This book is turning into a boring teenage soap opera where various people try to enter into various relationships and bicker and quarrel and are petulant and jealous CONSTANTLY. If you want to read that, go ahead. If you want good fantasy look somewhere else.
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Summary: As good as ever
Review: I can't believe how many people didn't like this book! I enjoyed it as much as any of the others, maybe even more than the fifth book. The book maintained such a high level of tension that I never found it boring. I always looked forward to reading a few more pages whenever I had spare time. Sure, the characters weren't running for their lives like in the first three, but a lot things were still happening. It must be understood that no word in these books is a waste of ink. Every one is there for a reason, even if you can't see it right away. I have faith that Jordan knows what he is doing, and so far he hasn't disapointed me.
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Summary: Never ending
Review: I acutally spoke to Robert Jordan at a book signing at the time this book came out. At that point I asked him: "how many books there were going to be in the series?" 7 to 9 he says, not quite sure yet. "about the plot - do you have it worked out?" Making it up as I go. My heart sank when I got these answers and it probably explains why the series has got so bad from this point onwards. I stopped reading this series when I heard these answers, because I knew it wasn't going to end up well plotted out and was just drifting on and on. This may explain a few mysteries as to why this series has declined in quality so badly. He's got 2 stars because the books were still readable at this time - but there was/is no end in sight still.
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Summary: Very Disappointed!
Review: Jordan's world has so much potential that's why I am so disappointed about this book. I can't believe that these books average 800+ pages when the majority of the material is repeated and repeated. Jordan is fixated on making sure we know that Nynaeve likes to tug on her hair. That women can't agree on the amount of cleavage to show. That Aes Sedai are all knowing and the rest of civilization should just follow along. That all the women can't find a skirt that doesn't require straightening. How many more times must Jordan mention these ridiculous recurring themes? If I were to read one more time a phrase placing men in the idiocy category while women are ALWAYS right...I think I'll scream. Sorry Jordan but you lost me. Your plot lines are erratic and you have so many that you can't even remember them all. I'll read the remaining books if their gifts. Jordan is milking this series for everything he can. Too bad TOR Fantasy can't see it.
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