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Why, Why everything over and over again, 8. September 2000
Well I have to admit I'am hooked to the series! But why is so much bookspace occupied by telling old facts? Robert Jordan should assume that nobody will start to read "The Wheel of time" series with this book, so why do >I have to be told over and over again what happened in the first six books. The plot in this book developes extremely slow to a rather forseeable end. I hope the series will eventually end because I'am ready for the last battle. One more point from me is that I wonder about Robert Jordans perception of relationships between man and woman which he describes in such an unrealistic way. In my experience woman are not always mocking about man and the other way around, there is the possibilitie of a normal and civilized contact between the two genders. So I give three stars to this book and four to the series so far. Besides Amazon must love him and pray everyday that the series never ends and we wheel of time junkies by the books for the rest of our lives.Good thinking Robert!!!
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did anything happen in this book?, 24. Juli 2000
After finishing this book, I wondered how Jordan managed to pack 100-150 pages of plot into 600 pages of text! What happened to the other 500 pages?Well, most of that 500 pages, unfortunately, was pointless discussion about things that simply don't matter, like why Nynaeve is starting to dress more revealingly (I guess to make Lan happy, but who cares?). Why does it take the entire book for Elaine and Nynaeve to find the Bowl of the Winds, when they were in the same area the whole time? The conversations that DO matter are written in Jordan's usual suspenseful style that keeps the reader guessing as to the intentions of the speakers (Forsaken, Aes Sedai, etc.). Very few loose ends are tied in this novel and in fact, many more are brought up. The ultra-powerful and mysterious Moridin is introduced, as is the True Power which even the Forsaken don't dare to wield. What is the relationship between Moridin and Shaidar Haran, who was introduced in Lord of Chaos? What about Slayer, what happened to him? What happened to Mat? Still no word on Moiraine and Lanfear. Yet for all the disappointments, it's a must read because it DOES progress the story. You can't really skip it because several important new characters are introduced (Moridin, Cadsuane, etc.). If you're hooked on the series, buy it but be prepared for disappoint relative to the previous books.
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Jordan is great, but he's no Tolkien or Donaldson, 12. Oktober 1997
I just got my computer and have subscribed to AOL. So I've only just started to find out about the customer reviews page featured in Amazon.com. I have to say that the comments are interesting and revealing of the readership. Anyway, I read ACOS over a year ago, I agree with a great many of the readers that this book was slow and tedious. The details it raised were expected and not very innovative. However, as with any fantasy series it has to have a down period in order to settle some points. While I applaud Mr. Jordan's vast array of knowledge of world religions (by the very application of Buddhist ideology and other eastern religions the WOT series), the characters are a bit cliche and soap operaesque. Although he is trying to develop the main characters with as much complexity as he can, he falls into the trap of two dimensional characters with predictable vices and desires. Why is there such a dichotomy between the male and female characters? The trite positions they each occupy gets tedious. A point to the readers that Jordan has a truly feminist view: I don't quite agree with you. While the female characters are ostensibly strong, they frequently revert back to traits of feminine weakness. For example, Nynaeve is the portrayed as the strong-willed one, but her heart melts like cotton candy whenever she sees Lan. Her characterization is so polarized into classical tropes of strong-willed matriarch and subservient jellyfish that I don't feel for her, that is empathize with her. Someone made a comment about the characters, about how immature they are. They can lead armies, take care of the sick, yet when it comes to relationships they're like thirteen year olds who are told that someone likes them by that someone's best friend. And like early pubescent relationships, candor and dialogue are absent. This is what I mean about WOT having soap opera qualities it has a safety net of predictable relationship protocols. In fact, nothing is ever dared in the relationships. While the action of the series could be rated PG-13, the amorous relationships are on the scale of Disney. If Mr. Jordan could possibly start taking some chances with his characters, his series would have the complexity that would allow it to be compared to Tolkien or Donaldson. However, for the comments on the length of his installments and the complaints about the repeated details, they are necessary. Jordan is creating a different world, one we are not familiar with. And so the more details he relates the more vivid our picture of that world. I do hope that Rand's character will get smarter. It's okay that he might be going insane. But it's been years since he found out that he has powers, so he has to deal with it. If I am correct about the Buddhist inclinations in the WOT series, Rand has to come to grips with the idea of emptiness and compassion and suffering in order to control his sanity and his confrontation with the dark one, which won't be the LAST confrontation, mind you. As we are introduced into each book, the wheel of time keeps turning, so this confrontation is just one of the infinite confrontations that will take place....
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