Agreed. Lord of Chaos was the last truly exciting book in the series. *NM*
Tom Send a noteboard - 06/11/2010 12:18:13 AM
Ok, after reading those two reviews (and pat's on pats fantasy hotlist) I'm out. I bought The Gathering Storm and thought that it was poor apart from the Tuon/Rand confrontation scene. Rand's epiphany at the end did not convince me, and the idea that a teenager (egwene) would be allowed to become the leader of the most powerful institution in the world is patently ridiculous. It would just not happen.
Books 1-6 were great. Everything after that has been a disaster. Every time a new one comes out I think 'I'm not going to buy this' and end up caving in. Not this time; I have no desire to get this book at all.
Anyway, thanks to the first two reviewers on this thread who have saved me twenty euros.
Books 1-6 were great. Everything after that has been a disaster. Every time a new one comes out I think 'I'm not going to buy this' and end up caving in. Not this time; I have no desire to get this book at all.
Anyway, thanks to the first two reviewers on this thread who have saved me twenty euros.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
My mostly spoiler-free review of the book (mixed-to-negative, for those who care)
- 05/11/2010 03:21:42 PM
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Eh, eh... more positive than me, it's unexpected 
- 05/11/2010 08:38:59 PM
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I agree with most of the points you both make, but blame Jordan himself far, far more.
- 06/11/2010 12:17:38 AM
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My opinion of Jordan's success with the late series differs...
- 06/11/2010 03:05:50 AM
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For someone so vehement about the differences between B-Sand and KJA, you reference KA a lot.
- 06/11/2010 02:32:33 PM
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Re: My mostly spoiler-free review of the book (mixed-to-negative, for those who care)
- 05/11/2010 10:46:23 PM
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Agreed. Lord of Chaos was the last truly exciting book in the series. *NM*
- 06/11/2010 12:18:13 AM
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I thought WH had moments of greatness too *NM*
- 06/11/2010 01:53:52 AM
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WH had moment of greatness. *NM*
- 06/11/2010 03:41:27 AM
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Yes. One moment. The Cleansing. Which the next book reflected on continuously.
- 06/11/2010 05:23:40 AM
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Re: Yes. One moment. The Cleansing. Which the next book reflected on continuously.
- 06/11/2010 06:34:37 AM
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Re: Yes. One moment. The Cleansing. Which the next book reflected on continuously.
- 06/11/2010 08:59:07 AM
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Re: My mostly spoiler-free review of the book (mixed-to-negative, for those who care)
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Re: My mostly spoiler-free review of the book (mixed-to-negative, for those who care)
- 21/11/2010 09:03:48 AM
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Re: My mostly spoiler-free review of the book (mixed-to-negative, for those who care)
- 06/11/2010 05:02:37 PM
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