The Path of Daggers
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Summary
Rand al'Thor， the Dragon Reborn， has conquered the city of Illian， struck down Sammael the Forsaken and shattered the armies of the invading Seanchan。 Nynaeve， Aviendha and Elayne have broken the Dark One's hold on the world's weather and are poised to retake the throne of Andor。 And Egwene al'Vere， leader of the exiled Aes Sedai， marches her army towards the White Tower。
But Rand and the Asha'man that follow him are slowly being corrupted by the madness that comes to the male wielders of the One Power。 If they cannot remove the Dark One's taint from the True Source then none will survive to fight the Last Battle against the Shadow。
And as Rand struggles to maintain his sanity the Seanchan launch their counter-strike。
But Rand and the Asha'man that follow him are slowly being corrupted by the madness that comes to the male wielders of the One Power。 If they cannot remove the Dark One's taint from the True Source then none will survive to fight the Last Battle against the Shadow。
And as Rand struggles to maintain his sanity the Seanchan launch their counter-strike。
Reviews
Brendan Walsh
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4/10 WNB - read the Wiki and save yourself a chunk of your life。 Tore the absolute arse out of it。
Pat Gaudreault
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Giving this one a 3。 Mostly because there was no Mat！！ As part of the “lull” portion of the series， I still don’t feel that way but I did find this one lacking in progression in many ways。 This seemed like a massive set up for the next parts in the many interwoven story lines of this point。 I’ve come to know now that Perrin parts are pretty level （aka sort of boring） but I really like him as a character so I don’t mind so much。 The levelness goes with his personality。 Exciting end to his story l Giving this one a 3。 Mostly because there was no Mat！！ As part of the “lull” portion of the series， I still don’t feel that way but I did find this one lacking in progression in many ways。 This seemed like a massive set up for the next parts in the many interwoven story lines of this point。 I’ve come to know now that Perrin parts are pretty level （aka sort of boring） but I really like him as a character so I don’t mind so much。 The levelness goes with his personality。 Exciting end to his story line in this book though （as with most storyline tail ends in this series）。 Rand story is always a tease。 Back and forth with madness all around， not just with the taint but with the warring and handling of situations。 Aes Sedai are still mad boring here in general but I’m looking forward to the siege that coming up。 。。。more
Andrea
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Some epic things that occurred in this one:-Egwene has solidified power over the breakaway Aes Sedai group using old laws。 Her sitters are fuming。 They open up training to all ages， and they use a portal to travel to Tar Valon for battle。-After using the bowl of winds to fix the weather， Elanye， Nynaeve， Avienda， Brigitte， and their coalition of Sea Folk， Wilders and Aes Sedai travel by portal to escape the Seachan。 Elayne blows up a portal by picking apart the weave。 Kills a lot of Seachan， and Some epic things that occurred in this one:-Egwene has solidified power over the breakaway Aes Sedai group using old laws。 Her sitters are fuming。 They open up training to all ages， and they use a portal to travel to Tar Valon for battle。-After using the bowl of winds to fix the weather， Elanye， Nynaeve， Avienda， Brigitte， and their coalition of Sea Folk， Wilders and Aes Sedai travel by portal to escape the Seachan。 Elayne blows up a portal by picking apart the weave。 Kills a lot of Seachan， and she barely escapes with her life。 They travel to Caemlyn where Elayne claims her throne。 Rand refuses to go see her。-Rand collects all of his political rivals to go to war against the Seachan。 Many die， including his own people。 He tries to use Callandor again with disasterous results。-We see signs of the Black Tower rebelling against Rand。 This comes to a head when they blow up his palace in Cairhien and try to kill him。 Taim， for the moment， still is pretending to be on Rand's side。-The Black Ajah seems to have infiltrated the highest levels of the White Tower。 A small group of Aes Sedai has grown wise， and has developed a method for testing。-There is hope in the form of ancient Aes Sedai， Cadsuane。 She seems to have knowledge that could help Rand safely wield Callandor and stave off madness， but she is not being forthcoming。-Morgase is pretending to be a servant。 She and her entourage are working for Faille and Perrin。 Perrin encounters the prophet。 Faille and other ladies are taken captive by the Shaido Aiel。-No sign of Mat， who was gravely wounded in Book 7 （and probably still in Ebou Dar）。 :（Good advancing of the plot on several fronts， but this felt like a book with a lot of waiting。 The traveling makes it easier to move large distances without taking the whole book， which is nice。 Worried about Rand losing his marbles before the end。 Also， the Forsaken did not feature prominently in this one， so I keep wondering what they are up to on the fringes。 。。。more
Nena Smith
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It was good。
Kevin Fantasy Series Junkie
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Have not hit the slog yet。 Loved this book！
Tanner
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I think this is the best book since 4 or 5！ Certainly the best in the “slog” so far。 I still enjoyed the previous two books but definitely felt a slowing down in pace。 And exciting events were few and far between it seemed like。 The world and characters are still interesting enough for me to enjoy the books anyway， but Path of Daggers seemed a return to really exciting action in the story。 All the main characters had movement in their quests or meaningful events happen。 I even enjoyed Egwene’s c I think this is the best book since 4 or 5！ Certainly the best in the “slog” so far。 I still enjoyed the previous two books but definitely felt a slowing down in pace。 And exciting events were few and far between it seemed like。 The world and characters are still interesting enough for me to enjoy the books anyway， but Path of Daggers seemed a return to really exciting action in the story。 All the main characters had movement in their quests or meaningful events happen。 I even enjoyed Egwene’s chapters and how she negotiated for the Black Tower and is growing into her position。 The ending was really surprising and I’m excited to see what’s next！ I hope readers will continue with this bool and not get too discouraged by the reputation of the slog。 I feel like it’s a little unwarranted， as I’ve overall been enjoying the slower books still。 。。。more
Maggie
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So many questions aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
Amaure
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The story is powerful; I like how it was presented。 Good job writer！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top
Chris
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8。5/10Another solid WoT book。 While the first half isn’t bad， the second half is a lot better overall。 Rand and Egwene really shine in this book。 The ending was also a step up from the less climactic end of book 7。 Still haven’t felt the slog， so i’m cautiously optimistic for the books to come。
Monica
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This story is interesting。 I love the characters。 It would be wonderful if you will write some more。 Also， there is a competition happening this April till the end of May on the NovelStar app， I hope you can consider joining。 If you have more stories like this， you can also publish them there just email the editors hardy@novelstar。top， joye@novelstar。top lena@novelstar。top。 the link below is the details about the competition。
Krista
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I am not enjoying this series as much as I expected。 I will finish it because I'm me。 However， unless things really start to pick up， this will never be my favorite fantasy series。 I have a few complaints。 First， way too much description。 It's completely unnecessary。 I finally gave up and started skipping complete paragraphs because the content was extraneous and did nothing to forward plot or character development。 There is a sweet spot for description and Jordan completely misses it， in my opi I am not enjoying this series as much as I expected。 I will finish it because I'm me。 However， unless things really start to pick up， this will never be my favorite fantasy series。 I have a few complaints。 First， way too much description。 It's completely unnecessary。 I finally gave up and started skipping complete paragraphs because the content was extraneous and did nothing to forward plot or character development。 There is a sweet spot for description and Jordan completely misses it， in my opinion。 My second complaint is that his characters are interesting and complex right up until they experience someone of the opposite sex。 The minute they think about， talk to， or interact with someone with different genitalia from themselves， they start parroting the same inane litany of complaints。 Every man is baffled by women。 Every woman is baffled by men。 It's ridiculous。 It's overdone。 It's annoying。 After eight books， they should be growing out of this nonsense by now。 The plot is really what is keeping me going at this point。 。。。more
Adam
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The internet made me think this would be a lot worse， but it wasn’t that bad。 Too many characters though and the big action scene was confusing。
Ryosuke
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Yikes， that was disappointing。 Nothing much happens in this volume。 A lot of it felt like build-ups to what might happen much later on， and entire chapter groups focusing on Perrin and Egwene could have easily been skipped and read in the form of online summaries （https://wot。fandom。com/wiki/The_Path_。。。）。 The book is somewhat saved by Rand's campaign against a returning enemy and several interesting sequences involving the 'supergirls' trying to fix global warming。 Yikes， that was disappointing。 Nothing much happens in this volume。 A lot of it felt like build-ups to what might happen much later on， and entire chapter groups focusing on Perrin and Egwene could have easily been skipped and read in the form of online summaries （https://wot。fandom。com/wiki/The_Path_。。。）。 The book is somewhat saved by Rand's campaign against a returning enemy and several interesting sequences involving the 'supergirls' trying to fix global warming。 。。。more
Francis Kilkenny
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I’m generally giving Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series four stars during my re-read， though I felt ‘Path of Daggers’ itself was more like a 3。8 or so。 Some consider this book to be part of the infamous “slog” and it does feel like less happens here than in other books。 So many characters now have important story arcs， that only so much can be devoted to any one arc in a given book， even with some arcs being left out entirely。 So， as a book ‘Path of Daggers’ feels both a little scattered and a I’m generally giving Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series four stars during my re-read， though I felt ‘Path of Daggers’ itself was more like a 3。8 or so。 Some consider this book to be part of the infamous “slog” and it does feel like less happens here than in other books。 So many characters now have important story arcs， that only so much can be devoted to any one arc in a given book， even with some arcs being left out entirely。 So， as a book ‘Path of Daggers’ feels both a little scattered and a little light on plot occurrences compared to most of the previous books。 In other words， it doesn’t hang together as well as a singular book in comparison （though it’s impressive how well Jordan has been able to craft distinct books within the series so far， this is book 8 after all！）。 That said， at least for this book， I didn’t find the pacing for any given arc to be off compared to pacing of arcs in past books。 And while this volume doesn’t cohere as well as a stand-alone， it serves the overall story well。 In reading the series as one long book I found myself as engrossed as ever with the characters and their stories。 When this book was new I can see how it might have been received less favorably than previous volumes。 It doesn’t have the grand finales that the others do （though some big things do happen）。 Anticipation and long waits （though nothing compared to some） may have added up to a kind of disappointment。 But the series has been complete for some years now， and we have the advantage as readers of moving directly into the next book。 Seen as a section of the long story told in this series， this piece is as solid as the rest。 。。。more
Balmung
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C'è poco da dire su questo ottavo libro。 È un grande build-up， prepara molto per il futuro e succede relativamente poco。 Non a caso l'ultimo vero e proprio capitolo si intitola "inizi"。 È un grande preambolo per il successivo dove avreme sicuramente conclusioni di un po' di sottotrame。。。 Quali？ Vedremo C'è poco da dire su questo ottavo libro。 È un grande build-up， prepara molto per il futuro e succede relativamente poco。 Non a caso l'ultimo vero e proprio capitolo si intitola "inizi"。 È un grande preambolo per il successivo dove avreme sicuramente conclusioni di un po' di sottotrame。。。 Quali？ Vedremo 。。。more
Megan Williams
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this was a lot more fun than the last two。。。。 did have to power through some parts but at least now the plot might be going somewhere？ maybe？？
Jordan Cogswell
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At this point in the series， it feels like these couple books were written together and then sliced evenly with a knife。 With this book and the last， for the first time， I didn't feel like I had reached the end of the book by the time it was over。 I still enjoyed the book a lot， but the plotting has felt a bit weird to me in recent books。 I am also noticing a few of the series' weaknesses as time goes on， though I still love this story immensely。 At this point in the series， it feels like these couple books were written together and then sliced evenly with a knife。 With this book and the last， for the first time， I didn't feel like I had reached the end of the book by the time it was over。 I still enjoyed the book a lot， but the plotting has felt a bit weird to me in recent books。 I am also noticing a few of the series' weaknesses as time goes on， though I still love this story immensely。 。。。more
Kevin
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Over halfway through the series and I'm losing interest - I still think the books should be cut in half by removing so much off the repetitive fluff。 Each is also relatively the same format - teasers in the start and excitement in the last ~10% Over halfway through the series and I'm losing interest - I still think the books should be cut in half by removing so much off the repetitive fluff。 Each is also relatively the same format - teasers in the start and excitement in the last ~10% 。。。more
Erin
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The other books， so far， have had balance while this one was predominantly petty squabbling。 I grew weary of it。
Eoin Mcconville
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Little bit slower than previous WoT books， but enjoyable。
Stephen Merrill
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Stephen， Jake and first-time reader Kaden continue their trek through the Wheel of Time in book 8， The Path of Daggers！ We talk the momentum of the series， favorite character moments and debate when the slog begins。 Plus， who would you want by your side on a deserted island in the Aryth Ocean？YouTube:https://youtu。be/wDHoE_4mOKQApple Podcasts:https://podcasts。apple。com/us/podcast。。。 Stephen， Jake and first-time reader Kaden continue their trek through the Wheel of Time in book 8， The Path of Daggers！ We talk the momentum of the series， favorite character moments and debate when the slog begins。 Plus， who would you want by your side on a deserted island in the Aryth Ocean？YouTube:https://youtu。be/wDHoE_4mOKQApple Podcasts:https://podcasts。apple。com/us/podcast。。。 。。。more
Stefan Andrei
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Still Wheel of Time， still loving it but 2/3 of this book was nonsense and fillers。 What I liked most:- There were several surprising moments in the latter part of the book， great cliffhangers for the next one！- The large-scale battles were authentic， RJ's military experience shows here。- Sorilea and Cadsuane combo （even if very little presented in the book）。What I didn't like:- Aes Sedai （all around） for being supposedly knowledgeable and master schemers in the world are cringe-level clueless t Still Wheel of Time， still loving it but 2/3 of this book was nonsense and fillers。 What I liked most:- There were several surprising moments in the latter part of the book， great cliffhangers for the next one！- The large-scale battles were authentic， RJ's military experience shows here。- Sorilea and Cadsuane combo （even if very little presented in the book）。What I didn't like:- Aes Sedai （all around） for being supposedly knowledgeable and master schemers in the world are cringe-level clueless throughout。- There was no Mat in this book！- Tel'aran'rhiod was ignored this time around except in passing mentions。 I actually enjoyed the meet-ups between Egwene， Wise Ones， and others in previous books。- 2-300 pages of women bickering and progressing at an abysmally slow pace。 。。。more
Catie
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Good lord this took me forever to finish。 I get why this is considered part of the slog because I felt like basically nothing happened up until the last 25% of the book。 The characters were just traveling， that's it。 Just going from this place to do something to this place to do something。 I feel like some chapters of this book could have just been added to the previous book or the next book and then he could have done away with the rest of it。 Not gonna lie， for the last 25% I read chapter summ Good lord this took me forever to finish。 I get why this is considered part of the slog because I felt like basically nothing happened up until the last 25% of the book。 The characters were just traveling， that's it。 Just going from this place to do something to this place to do something。 I feel like some chapters of this book could have just been added to the previous book or the next book and then he could have done away with the rest of it。 Not gonna lie， for the last 25% I read chapter summaries because every time I started reading my mind would drift and I'd end up reading the same paragraph 10 times。 Also， there are TOO MANY damn characters in this story to keep up with。 These events would be happening to characters and I'm just sitting here thinking "who the fuck is this？"。 If you don't read these books back to back， I feel it's damn near impossible to remember all the side characters and their motivations which is very frustrating because some chapters are dedicated to these side characters。 I'm just sitting there reading 20 pages of somebody who I don't even remember。 Sometimes we'll go 30 chapters without a certain side character even being mentioned and then they'll have their own chapter and I'm just sitting there confused。 And of course， the main character who I love the most （Perrin） is barely even in the book。 I do really enjoy this series and I love the storyline。 I really want to finish the series because I hear it's so worth it but daaaammnnnn this book is really making it difficult to want to continue， especially since the next THREE books are considered part of the "slog"。 。。。more
Aidy
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I hate to admit it but this is the first Wheel of Time book that I found a little hard to get through。 It was not bad and thinking over it a lot of stuff did happen but for some reasons I just kinda felt hard to get through this one。 I guess it’s all one’s perspective。 It’s set up some interesting things to look forward to reading hopefully in the next one though。 I gave this a 3。5 I think and feel bad for it haha
Cheyenne
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This is the eighth book of the well-known and beloved Wheel of Time series， and as far as installments in this series goes， it didn't really stand out to me at all。 This is both a good thing and a bad thing。 On the one hand， some of the sexist issues that made me despise previous volumes， such as the infamous Tel'aran'rhiod neckline adjustments， weren't present in this book at all （though perhaps because there was only one brief scene in Tel'aran'rhiod）。 On the other hand， however， nothing reall This is the eighth book of the well-known and beloved Wheel of Time series， and as far as installments in this series goes， it didn't really stand out to me at all。 This is both a good thing and a bad thing。 On the one hand， some of the sexist issues that made me despise previous volumes， such as the infamous Tel'aran'rhiod neckline adjustments， weren't present in this book at all （though perhaps because there was only one brief scene in Tel'aran'rhiod）。 On the other hand， however， nothing really happened in this book。 It's surprisingly short （for Wheel of Time standards）， and when I initially saw this， I was relieved， taking it for an indication that Jordan had started editing his writing and cutting down all the unnecessary description。 While there was perhaps less of this than there was in previous volumes， he also didn't really spend enough time with any specific characters for anything of substance to happen。 Of course， most of my favorite novels are shorter than this one in their entirety， so there's no real excuse for nothing to happen in a 672-page book， yet here we are。 Another problem which I'm starting to notice severely affecting my enjoyment of the series is that the number of secondary and tertiary characters is starting to reach astronomical heights， and I'm now struggling to remember who most of the characters are。 Everyone from the first few books I'm comfortable with， but a large number of chapters in this book took place either from the perspective of a newer character or included more newer characters than old ones， and I felt like I was drowning in them。 It didn't help that multiples of them had very similar names and I couldn't keep them straight （come on， Fedwin and Gedwyn， Zerah and Zarya， really？） This wasn't helped by the fact that the glossary in this installment seemed really pared down compared to previous books， so I couldn't really find anyone whose identity I wanted to remind myself of。 I probably should be using a wiki or something to keep everyone straight， but I don't want to spoil myself。 Maybe I'll search the internet for quick summaries of all the previous books to try to refresh myself before I pick up Book 9 （because I'm committed at this point， for better or for worse）。Another thing that didn't help this book was that most of Rand's chapters took place on a battlefield， and I personally have little interest in battle scenes in any books， so this part of the novel seemed to drag by and I found myself zoning out a lot。 I feel like I'm mostly reading these books for the Aes Sedai parts anymore， as those are the characters I find most interesting。 Hopefully we'll have lots of those in the installments to come。 。。。more
Sergey Geller
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I have felt the slog of the series for the last 3 books。 Path of Daggers is one of the weakest entries in the series thus far。 Thankfully its almost half the size of Jordan's previous entries。 There is barely any character development or plot in this book。 Just the usual sitting around campgrounds and reading out loud characters thoughts。 The female characters continue to be overdramatic and getting ready to claw at each other。 Jordan just cannot get past these repetitive attitudes from the wome I have felt the slog of the series for the last 3 books。 Path of Daggers is one of the weakest entries in the series thus far。 Thankfully its almost half the size of Jordan's previous entries。 There is barely any character development or plot in this book。 Just the usual sitting around campgrounds and reading out loud characters thoughts。 The female characters continue to be overdramatic and getting ready to claw at each other。 Jordan just cannot get past these repetitive attitudes from the women and it is just tiring to read it over and over again。 Conversations are not in the slightest bit interesting and some of the characters I like are not even in the story。 I would be lucky if their name got mentioned。 As per usual the last 150+ pages some action ensues。 It barley got me back into it。 Something has got to change with this series。 。。。more
Agustín Rajfur
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Ni fu ni faAcá tiene mi cita favorita del libro“Rand made himself feel saidin。 He was always aware of the Power—anything else meant death or worse—yet he had become used to the struggle。 He fought for life， but the fight had become as natural as life。 The struggle was life。 He made himself feel that battle， his life。 Cold to make stone shatter into dust。 Fire to make stone flash to vapor。”No voy a poder volver a leer hasta que termine con los parciales así que nos vemos el 6 de mayo！
Dan Brigman
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I enjoy all of the WOT books， and I've been working through them as audiobooks for this re-read。 （At least my fifth reread up to book 10。 I've only read BKs 11-14 once。） The books are exceedingly meticulous in detail and the story is fantastic overall; however， this volume is not even in the top 5 of the 14 volumes。 This is one of several volumes that simply keeps the story moving forward with little happening - other than watching madness growing ever-present among the men who can channel。 Aes I enjoy all of the WOT books， and I've been working through them as audiobooks for this re-read。 （At least my fifth reread up to book 10。 I've only read BKs 11-14 once。） The books are exceedingly meticulous in detail and the story is fantastic overall; however， this volume is not even in the top 5 of the 14 volumes。 This is one of several volumes that simply keeps the story moving forward with little happening - other than watching madness growing ever-present among the men who can channel。 Aes Sedai intrigue is prevalent throughout - essentially， political fighting at its finest or at its most boring， if you despise politics。 Jordan does an excellent job of capturing all the little fine points of politics mixed in with people who have fantastic abilities to alter reality。 Rand's descent into madness is sometimes horrifying to observe， at least for those who have witnessed devastating mental health illnesses。 It is interesting to see so many adolescents thrust into positions of extreme power， over the course of the entire series。 Nearly all of the main characters - Rand， Egwene， Elayne， and Perrin， for example - haven't even hit 20 years of age， yet they are forced to grapple with issues that most adults would find crippling。 I do wonder how well this story will age as the decades progress。 Jordan's magic split between male and female seems contrived sometimes， as in it simply creates a "more interesting story"。 Basically， no one person can access both halves of magical part of the universe。 The constant gender stereotypes do grow somewhat tiresome， but it is very reminiscent of real folks who are blinded by their own racial and gender stereotypes。 If anything， Jordan was a storyteller， and anyone wanting to enjoy good fantasy should at least read part of his story。 For anyone wanting to write good fantasy， then you should examine Jordan's many strengths and his subtle weaknesses - arguably， the worst weakness is his fondness for over-describing what ever single character wore。 :） Like any series that is now 30 years old or older， the reader is able to get more out of the story with the more readings they commit to over time。 For example， having read these novels in my late-teens， I used to relate to the "younger" characters， such as Rand and Mat， who were trying to make a place in the world。 Now I can relate better to the "older" characters， such as Cadsuane， who are trying to guide the younger folks as well as they can through some of the most difficult times。 。。。more
Bėn Stuckey
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As always， a great climactic last 100 or so pages。 The sense of building tension and anticipation created throughout the rest of the book just makes that even more exciting。 Great book， can't wait to read number 9。 As always， a great climactic last 100 or so pages。 The sense of building tension and anticipation created throughout the rest of the book just makes that even more exciting。 Great book， can't wait to read number 9。 。。。more
Eric
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With Book 8， Jordan continues to alternate the tedious and the entertaining。 But I'm in until the end。 With Book 8， Jordan continues to alternate the tedious and the entertaining。 But I'm in until the end。 。。。more
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