Poor old Rand
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The series of books is brilliant, but the story line seems to be dragging on and on now chasing in never ending circles. We don't seem any nearer the final conflict than we did 6 books ago. It has got to the stage now where you just read the books because you want to know what is going to happen. After this endless stream of books and the closeness you begin to make with the characters, you could sit and write the ending for yourself. It has started now to become very predictable, where you can read what is going to happen in each chapter before you have even read it. I just hope with the sad loss of Robert, that who ever writes the next book in the series that they make it the final chapter and that they just manage to end the book as he would have done himself. It could have ended at least 2 books ago.
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Another superb Robert Jordan WoT installment!
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A Crown of Swords picks up where Lord of Chaos left off. Rand al'Thor, The Dragon Reborn has been worrying about Forsaken Sammael for some time. It is in this story that he finally decides to confront him. Meanwhile, Nynaeve, Elayne, Mat, Thom, Juilin, Aviendha and Birgitte head to Ebou Dar to find the Bowl of the Winds and make the weather right again. A number of new characters are introduced - the sultry Queen Tylin of Altara and the mysterious and bossy Cadsuane Melaidhrin. We get to hear more of Sevanna and the Shaido Aiel, mostly from Sevanna's point of view, and Sammael and Graendal both make numerous appearences. Despite being slow in some places (Perrin is STILL the most boring wheel of time character, and Faile the most annoying), A Crown of Swords is an able successor to the great lord of chaos. But don't get it until you have read the 6 preceding books!
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Brilliant!
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Im only 15 years old and i have found the Robert Jordan books fascinating! im only up to A crown of Swords and i dont care about how long the book is, it gives more detailed descriptions and it leaves you wanting to pick up the book again when you put it down! What i would like to know is will Rand and Elayne get married, or will he marry min or the aiel girl?? I also would like to know if Egwene marries Gwayn or Galad? And Finally, does Matt marry the daughter of the 9 moons? Thank-You! Im now going to get back to the book and hopefully finish it!!
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Wake me when we get to a good bit...
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I am on book 7 of the Wheel of Time and it's beginning to annoy the hell out off me. It's clearly never going to end;
Jordan is either going to be dropped or die before they are finished. Books go by now and NOTHING happens! He spends chapters explaining why chairs are set up in a room and pages discussing the necklines on dresses! In book six they get an army together to storm a town; as far as I can see it takes until book 9 to get there! All they do is travel places! The basic book is like this:
Pages 1 - 250 explaining what happened in the last book and explaining the people etc.
Pages 251 - 950 all the people in the story start moving to somewhere else and talking and drink tea etc.
Pages 951 -1000 something happens, normally nothing to do with anything else that has gone on in the rest off the book and normally takes the first 250 pages of the next book to work it out! Its annoying to say the least. I keep going just for the sake of it now! The really frustrating part is he builds up a really
good story now and again (for example in book 5 a village is being attacked and one of the main guys bonds everyone together to defend it) and then he forgets out it for several books (this bloke doesn't reappear until book 7!). Crazy.
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Brilliant depth!!
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I cannot believe that one book can give so much depth! The plot is well thought out and the action is gripping. I intoduced my friends to Jordans books and now I've lent them and I want them back! The series deserves a second read just to appreciate the intricacies of the world that Jordan has created. A must for all Fantassy readers.
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