#Book 7): Robert Jordan: 9780312857677: Amazon.com: Books
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I will still finish the series, I have to find out who wins. Just a short note, I've read them all up to this point. I've enjoyed all of them, some more than others . Go to Amazon
This book is no better or worse than any in the series This book is no better or worse than any in the series. Up to to this point , they all really read like one giant story. What really seperates each book is the major events thay happens in each book as well as which characters the story focuses on as the story progresses. This particular volume focuses the most on Rand, Mathew , and refreshingly Min. I would describe this story as one where many important things are set up to further move along the story - sort of a set up volume. The characters involved are all fun and important characters which is the biggest drive to cotinue reading, but this is not a book where i felt anything super climactic happened- other than what happens on the very last page which i will not spoil in a review . Go to Amazon
Robert Jordan's magnum opus is great overall, but often gets bogged down in character ... Robert Jordan's magnum opus is great overall, but often gets bogged down in character development without much plot advancement. He often links a person's dialogue with a trademark action and a trademark thought for that particular character. "Nynaeve yanked on her hairbraid while upbraiding Mat. Wool headed men! she thought." You get the idea. This makes for rather repetitious reading, especially in this book. Still, the series is a must read. Go to Amazon
Engaging read As much as I enjoyed this book, I just can't get over his female characters. They are either angry, haughty or in some mental state in-between angry and haughty. I especially cannot STAND that Nynaeve character. I try and speed read through her sections. Go to Amazon
Another page-turner! I started reading the Wheel of Time series in the '90s as a teenager, and stopped in early college (around 2000) because I couldn't bear to wait and wait and wait between books. Now that the final book is coming out I am fulfilling a promise to myself, made long ago, to read them all again. It's a very different experience reading them back to back. I feel much less anxiety over the speed of the plot (when will Moraine return?! When will Rand go crazy? What will the three girls do when they are finally in one room together with Rand?!?!!). Instead I am enjoying all the nuances of the story. Also, it is much easier to follow the disparate narratives when you're not taking 2 years off between books. Go to Amazon
Another tasty slice of the wheel; development and setup abound. This is the seventh book in the [Wheel of Time] series; this is already longer than most series get, and it's only halfway done. There are a lot of negative reviews from readers who grew frustrated with the series' length, and it's understandable. It's a serious time investment, and readers have to be willing to make the emotional investment in the characters as well. However, I will object to claims that the writing is any worse. The quality is very rich, with excellent descriptive writing and some very distinctive characters. Old characters develop in a very intriguing manner and new characters add layers to the story. As in the prior novel [Lord of Chaos], this is a fantasy novel that doesn't try to be "all action, all the time." However, if the central story element of [Lord] was political conflict in a world approaching cataclysm, [A Crown of Swords] is all about the people, who are beginning to feel malaise from wars past and fear of a cataclysm approaching. It's interesting to note how much the world changes from the first novel to this one, and the nature of the writing suggests that Jordan intended the [Wheel of Time] series to be about more than a few key characters; this series is about the ending of an era, of the world and the people who inhabit it. Go to Amazon
Amazing and frustrating Took me three years or more to finish because I get so annoyed with the female characters, but absolutely loved it. The story, characters and world are amazing and second to none. Go to Amazon
Still great! The momentum keeps building Five Stars Cliffhanger A great book to re-establish the joy of the series It's time to toss the dice Book seven Crown of Swords reread Five Stars Good book
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I will still finish the series, I have to find out who wins. Just a short note, I've read them all up to this point. I've enjoyed all of them, some more than others . Go to Amazon
This book is no better or worse than any in the series This book is no better or worse than any in the series. Up to to this point , they all really read like one giant story. What really seperates each book is the major events thay happens in each book as well as which characters the story focuses on as the story progresses. This particular volume focuses the most on Rand, Mathew , and refreshingly Min. I would describe this story as one where many important things are set up to further move along the story - sort of a set up volume. The characters involved are all fun and important characters which is the biggest drive to cotinue reading, but this is not a book where i felt anything super climactic happened- other than what happens on the very last page which i will not spoil in a review . Go to Amazon
Engaging read As much as I enjoyed this book, I just can't get over his female characters. They are either angry, haughty or in some mental state in-between angry and haughty. I especially cannot STAND that Nynaeve character. I try and speed read through her sections. Go to Amazon
Another page-turner! I started reading the Wheel of Time series in the '90s as a teenager, and stopped in early college (around 2000) because I couldn't bear to wait and wait and wait between books. Now that the final book is coming out I am fulfilling a promise to myself, made long ago, to read them all again. It's a very different experience reading them back to back. I feel much less anxiety over the speed of the plot (when will Moraine return?! When will Rand go crazy? What will the three girls do when they are finally in one room together with Rand?!?!!). Instead I am enjoying all the nuances of the story. Also, it is much easier to follow the disparate narratives when you're not taking 2 years off between books. Go to Amazon
Another tasty slice of the wheel; development and setup abound. This is the seventh book in the [Wheel of Time] series; this is already longer than most series get, and it's only halfway done. There are a lot of negative reviews from readers who grew frustrated with the series' length, and it's understandable. It's a serious time investment, and readers have to be willing to make the emotional investment in the characters as well. However, I will object to claims that the writing is any worse. The quality is very rich, with excellent descriptive writing and some very distinctive characters. Old characters develop in a very intriguing manner and new characters add layers to the story. As in the prior novel [Lord of Chaos], this is a fantasy novel that doesn't try to be "all action, all the time." However, if the central story element of [Lord] was political conflict in a world approaching cataclysm, [A Crown of Swords] is all about the people, who are beginning to feel malaise from wars past and fear of a cataclysm approaching. It's interesting to note how much the world changes from the first novel to this one, and the nature of the writing suggests that Jordan intended the [Wheel of Time] series to be about more than a few key characters; this series is about the ending of an era, of the world and the people who inhabit it. Go to Amazon
Amazing and frustrating Took me three years or more to finish because I get so annoyed with the female characters, but absolutely loved it. The story, characters and world are amazing and second to none. Go to Amazon
No spoilers here. Aside from the author's penchant for over-describing scenery and, occasionally, people's clothing, this is a great continuation to the Wheel of Time series. Saying anything more would just spoil the intricate plot line. Obviously, since this is book seven of a 14 book series, anyone reading this is familiar with the story, the characters, and the settings enough to know whether they'd like to continue reading. Since I've invested so much time into getting this far, I will definitely finish the series. Happy reading! Go to Amazon
Still great! The momentum keeps building Five Stars Cliffhanger A great book to re-establish the joy of the series It's time to toss the dice Book seven Crown of Swords reread Five Stars Good book
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4.0 out of 5 stars Intersting, some great events, but a more tedious pace
1.0 out of 5 stars Meanwhile, in Tar Valon While Nynaeve tugged her braid, Elayne smoothed her skirts and Egwene folder her arms under her breasts, all of them wishing Rand, Mat, Perrin and/or Lan were there so they could give them the rough side of their tongues and then take off their clothes to admire their pretty buttocks and so on.Meanwhile, Rand, ever mindful of the oily taint of saidin, wished he knew as much about women as Mat and Perrin did. Perrin, ever mindful of Faile's constant nagging, wished he knew as much about women as Rand and Mat did. And Mat, freshly bedded at knifepoint by Queen Tylin, wished lhe knew as much, etc.Elsewhere, in Tear or somewhere, the cleavage was robust, the chamber pots were made of porcelain, the lace dresses with the little silver thingies in them were very pretty and the forked beards shone in the pale summer morning like flaxen straw or some crap. Earrings were bright and sparkly and horses wore intricate, ornate saddles and, and uh...did I mention the cleavage and how firm and robust it was? Darkfriends walked the streets and did...things. Whitecloaks arrested anybody who said the word "darkfriend" and looked at them funny. Several Aes Sedai were stilled and then just as quickly unstilled...then stilled again if they stepped out of line. Other Aes Sedai, meanwhile, searched high and low for various weather-altering kitchen utensils. And the Sean'chean invaded every so often, just to keep things mildly interesting......and stuff Go to Amazon
3.0 out of 5 stars I am in the midst of re-reading the novels This book doesn't have a beginning, middle, and end like most. It kinda seems like ONE BIG MIDDLE. But it is still entertaining .. and the plot keeps moving forward (some). Maybe I have been reading too long but what I have noticed in this seventh volume is that Jordan's style has suddenly shifted. There are whole chapters of characters going from city to city .. describing the columns or the dead grass or the scary Aeil and how they don't get along and they think wetlanders are crazy. I think I as a reader I ALREADY KNOW ALL OF THIS. I know that Perrin thinks Mat and Rand know girls ... and Rand think Perrin and Mat do. Oh, how ironic! The 70th time .. well, it is just annoying. There are interesting things .. such as Perrin and Faile's emerging relationship, Min and Rand's relationship, Egwene's struggles as Amyrilin. Mat is always fun. But the fact that Nynaeve, Elayne, Aviendha and Birgitte haven't changed in 3 books bugs.To sum it up ... my problem with Jordan is that he pounds some of these ideas into our heads TOO often. No one is going to read Crown of Swords without reading the other books first ... but he keeps repeating the craziness of the Aeil, the Cairhienin stoicness, the Aes Sedai's nausea at men channeling ... y'know? I'm sure us readers could list a million of these.Finally, the first 6 chapters of this book are difficult to get through becuase he throws out 100 names of lords and Aiel and Aes Sedai and such. The cast of this world is dizzyingly large and I think he uses all of them in those chapters. But get beyond Rand's return to Cairhein and Caemlyn and it settles down a bit. Go to Amazon
1.0 out of 5 stars The horror, the horror This series started off well enough. By book 4 the story was starting to lag a little bit, by book 5 the series was going downhill, and by book 6 the story had ground to a halt. Still, I was willing to give the series another chance, and I opened up volume seven with high hopes. Much to my dismay, I found that it was absolutely, astonishingly awful.For one thing, the story goes absolutely nowwhere. Rand is is still complaining, Elayne and Nynaeve(Light burn them!) are still searching for supernatural kitchenware, and Perrin is still as boring as ever. Jordan tries to bulk up his tedious narrative with needless details. Who cares what Nynaeve is wearing!The female characters are even more annoying than ever. Elayne is the same chatering fool she was since book 1, but now she is even more vexing since half the book focuses on her. Nynaeve tugs on her braid some 22,000 times during the course of the book. The female characters are seem to have the sane annoying personality. It seems like Jordan couldn't write women if his ife depende on it.In short, avoid this book at all costs. Go to Amazon
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