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Tor Fantasy (1995), Edition: Reissue, 1011 pages
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Rand al'Thor, a farm boy defending humanity, attempts to unite the nations for a last battle with the Dark One. The plan involves a pact with the Aes Sedai, the female mystics of the One Power. On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world. In Salidar the White Tower in exile prepares an embassy to Caemlyn, where Rand Al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, holds the throne--and where an unexpected visitor may change the world. In Emond's Field, Perrin Golden-eyes, Lord of the Two Rivers, feels the pull of ta'veren to ta'veren and prepares to march. Morgase of Caemlyn finds a most unexpected, and quite unwelcome, ally. And south lies Illian, where Sammael holds sway. By the author of The Fires of Heaven.… (more)
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LibraryThing member leslie.98
I found that it took me several attempts to get into this 6th entry in the series. While I find the basic plot of this series interesting, each book after the first one manages to irritate me and there seems to be a lot of repetition of the "I know better than anyone else" attitude by each of the
Michael Kramer and Kate Reading do a great job with the narration.
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main characters in each book, despite repeatedly experiencing problems that come from not telling others what is going on. Despite that, there were some interesting developments in this one & I will continue on it the series.Michael Kramer and Kate Reading do a great job with the narration.
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LibraryThing member Schneider
A continuation of the WoT story. I was not overly wowed by this book, but it was good. I think my only real complaint is that there are too many characters to remember. I can only imagine how this will change in the next 9 books.
LibraryThing member High_Enginseer
Made it through book 6 of Wheel of Time, and most of what I said about book 5 can apply here. There are a lot of "empty" chapters that could have been trimmed down and combined with other chapters to improve the pacing, to the point where the trimmed books 5 and 6 could be merged to make one book
The characters themselves continue to grow, if some are faster than others. Perrin makes his return after his absence in book 5, and Mat cements himself as the reluctant rogue with a heart of gold. Rand still makes the mistake of waiting until his opponents act first (part of what makes the early chapters slow), but his internal arguments with Lews Therin are entertaining.
The trio of Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve continue to to bog things down as much as Rand sitting around waiting for something to happen. Things improve when they split up again, but Elayne takes the cake for being the most annoying. You'd think time spent as a novice/accepted of the Tower and prisoner of the Black Ajah would have made her less arrogant, but she refuses to believe even Nynaeve could be right while she is wrong. Nynaeve seems to want to grow, but keeps pulling her self back down by her own braid. I'm afraid for Egwene, now that she is the Amyrlin. Being so young and inexperienced and put in a high position is what made Nynaeve the way she is, and Nynaeve was only a village Wisdom. I'd hate to imagine what becoming head of the Aes Sedai would have done.
Faile is heading down the same path as the trio, causing unnecessary conflict for other protagonists becausePerrin dared interact with other women. One he doesn't even want to talk to, the other his friend Min. Min remains a likable character, even if she is stupid in love with Rand. Siuan remains the only one associated with the White Tower with any sense since Moiraine died in book 5. This is helped having spent some time without the Power.
After the slow beginning and middle, the end again saves the book. Taim's last line"Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt." really sums up the final chapter. The next two books look much shorter, hopefully that means Jordan listened to the readers and trimmed the fat.
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the same length as either one. The last third of the book is fantastic, when the intrigues and action really show what the characters can do.The characters themselves continue to grow, if some are faster than others. Perrin makes his return after his absence in book 5, and Mat cements himself as the reluctant rogue with a heart of gold. Rand still makes the mistake of waiting until his opponents act first (part of what makes the early chapters slow), but his internal arguments with Lews Therin are entertaining.
The trio of Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve continue to to bog things down as much as Rand sitting around waiting for something to happen. Things improve when they split up again, but Elayne takes the cake for being the most annoying. You'd think time spent as a novice/accepted of the Tower and prisoner of the Black Ajah would have made her less arrogant, but she refuses to believe even Nynaeve could be right while she is wrong. Nynaeve seems to want to grow, but keeps pulling her self back down by her own braid. I'm afraid for Egwene, now that she
Faile is heading down the same path as the trio, causing unnecessary conflict for other protagonists because
After the slow beginning and middle, the end again saves the book. Taim's last line
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LibraryThing member SonicQuack
Lord of Chaos is over one thousand pages and there is hardly a paragraph of action in the first six hundred pages. The is plenty of recapping the previous five tomes, a necessity when there are such sheer numbers of characters. The lack of action, even a small set piece, ensures the first two
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thirds of this entry are tough going and there's never really any reward offered. Unbelievably the finale seems somewhat rushed and unsubstantial. There are some major plot elements revealed in Lord of Chaos, the Wheel weaves aplenty in this volume. Despite the overall lack of action, this is a middle chapter which propels the story and the last third revitalises the story enough to see it through. Show Less
LibraryThing member readafew
Lord of Chaos is the 6th book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I Enjoyed this book as I've enjoyed all of them.
This book mostly followed Rand as he bounced back and forth between Cahrien and Camlyn. Both sides of the tower are courting Rand to join thier camp. Matt's participation in
The knots are still being tied in this epic tapestry but the final picture has a long way to go.
This book mostly followed Rand as he bounced back and forth between Cahrien and Camlyn. Both sides of the tower are courting Rand to join thier camp. Matt's participation in
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the book is fairly small this time around. Perin finally meets Faile's parents. Taim never seems to know how close to death he rides with Al'Thor. Egwane Al'Vere shows everyone what's shes got and has a few tricks up her sleeve to show around. Elayne and Nyneave want and need to quest after a special Ter'angreal to fix the weather. The knots are still being tied in this epic tapestry but the final picture has a long way to go.
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LibraryThing member redderik
book 6 Starts out great and ends great! the middle was too slow, and too divided as we try and keep track of everyone, it's about 6 strong stories now...
LibraryThing member amr0125
It wasn't as interesting action-wise as hte last five; mostly politics; slightly confusing
LibraryThing member jpsnow
This was the slowest of the ones I've read so far. Rand jumps between cities, plotting a sneak attack on Sammael, while balancing the various political interests and building up his own army.
LibraryThing member coffeesucker
The ending in this book left me speechless!
LibraryThing member DWWilkin
The reread before the release of book 12.1 continues. That the Gathering Storm being the first of an ending trilogy of books did not bother at the time they announced this fact. But now as I continue to read and see how Jordan has had to throw in so many elements to stretch things to these books,
There was a good pace in the early books and the format we come to expect, hero that is reluctant to take on such an onerous task, gains the skills to handle it, then takes in on, seemed to be followed quite well. Time frame wise we now run into issues.
Jordan wants to move his people all over his map that originally took half a year to transverse. There were his ideas to circumvent this, first the Ways, then portal stones, and now he can just open up holes and take entire people thousands of miles in a blink. But those long distances served another good balance, it caused the timeline to slow. All these subplots could develop because weeks and months were passing.
That allowed the climax that is approaching to have more depth, to have more elements. Now we have in Lord of Chaos, again a book that the previous few could have led us to a conclusion of the story, so many elements that the story needs to be revaluated and since it was not planned from the beginning, we have problems.
The illuminator Alludra and her not recognizing Thom whom they had met when her life was about to be snuffed out, is now explained in an elegant way. Someone, probably thousands of someones let Jordan know he had muffed it. Somewhere along the line, Jordan began to get full time assistants to help with the story. My understanding is there were 2 at one time, and his wife, and the editors at TOR.
Jordan began to make things so complex with so many characters (something like 1800 now) that keeping track of it must have been difficult, but it seems clear now that we have gotten to another book where he could have brought us to an end, and instead holds us off, with so much that it is clear book 7 won't finish it either. Jordan has fallen into a pit. He is going to be writing and then have an inspiration, well if I were this character in book three, and all these things I have been writing about were happening in the world, then this thing that I had never thought of before must also be happening.
Here is what is wrong with that. We see good keep maneuvering, and doing things to get their houses in order for the big battle. But evil isn't really concerned. Oh a few lieutenants of the head number one bad guy (The Dark One) are carefully fighting each other, and fighting our heroes every so often. But why is there not a Saruman making Uruk Hai armies to spring on the millions of human troops that are being united.
Why are not the Trolloc and Myrdrall warriors skirmishing more and more to be ready for the fight, instead of just a few little attacks, that never succeed here and there. Why not use the opportunities that come the way of the lieutenants to snuff out Rand's friends, as Rand has killed several of the Forsaken when he could. Rand must be at the last battle, but the others need not, if you were evil, you would feel that.
So Jordan has opened up the door too wide. There are too many things that he wants to tell in a short time as if every day is a crescendo to the climax. It of course is still great when read all in context. But you have to think that if he had sat down to dissect the plot of his entire arc, he would have known that the world he set up, would not be turning out the way he was writing it.
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it has made me unappreciative of so many books.There was a good pace in the early books and the format we come to expect, hero that is reluctant to take on such an onerous task, gains the skills to handle it, then takes in on, seemed to be followed quite well. Time frame wise we now run into issues.
Jordan wants to move his people all over his map that originally took half a year to transverse. There were his ideas to circumvent this, first the Ways, then portal stones, and now he can just open up holes and take entire people thousands of miles in a blink. But those long distances served another good balance, it caused the timeline to slow. All these subplots could develop because weeks and months were passing.
That allowed the climax that is approaching to have more depth, to have more elements. Now we have in Lord of Chaos, again a book that the previous few could have led us to a conclusion of the story, so many elements that the story needs to be revaluated and since it was not planned from the beginning, we have problems.
The illuminator Alludra and her not recognizing Thom whom they had met when her life was about to be snuffed out, is now explained in an elegant way. Someone, probably thousands of someones let Jordan know he had muffed it. Somewhere along the line, Jordan began to get full time assistants to help with the story. My understanding is there were 2 at one time, and his wife, and the editors at TOR.
Jordan began to make things so complex with so many characters (something like 1800 now) that keeping track of it must have been difficult, but it seems clear now that we have gotten to another book where he could have brought us to an end, and instead holds us off, with so much that it is clear book 7 won't finish it either. Jordan has fallen into a pit. He is going to be writing and then have an inspiration, well if I were this character in book three, and all these things I have been writing about were happening in the world, then this thing that I had never thought of before must also be happening.
Here is what is wrong with that. We see good keep maneuvering, and doing things to get their houses in order for the big battle. But evil isn't really concerned. Oh a few lieutenants of the head number one bad guy (The Dark One) are carefully fighting each other, and fighting our heroes every so often. But why is there not a Saruman making Uruk Hai armies to spring on the millions of human troops that are being united.
Why are not the Trolloc and Myrdrall warriors skirmishing more and more to be ready for the fight, instead of just a few little attacks, that never succeed here and there. Why not use the opportunities that come the way of the lieutenants to snuff out Rand's friends, as Rand has killed several of the Forsaken when he could. Rand must be at the last battle, but the others need not, if you were evil, you would feel that.
So Jordan has opened up the door too wide. There are too many things that he wants to tell in a short time as if every day is a crescendo to the climax. It of course is still great when read all in context. But you have to think that if he had sat down to dissect the plot of his entire arc, he would have known that the world he set up, would not be turning out the way he was writing it.
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LibraryThing member DWWilkin
The reread before the release of book 12.1 continues. That the Gathering Storm being the first of an ending trilogy of books did not bother at the time they announced this fact. But now as I continue to read and see how Jordan has had to throw in so many elements to stretch things to these books,
There was a good pace in the early books and the format we come to expect, hero that is reluctant to take on such an onerous task, gains the skills to handle it, then takes in on, seemed to be followed quite well. Time frame wise we now run into issues.
Jordan wants to move his people all over his map that originally took half a year to transverse. There were his ideas to circumvent this, first the Ways, then portal stones, and now he can just open up holes and take entire people thousands of miles in a blink. But those long distances served another good balance, it caused the timeline to slow. All these subplots could develop because weeks and months were passing.
That allowed the climax that is approaching to have more depth, to have more elements. Now we have in Lord of Chaos, again a book that the previous few could have led us to a conclusion of the story, so many elements that the story needs to be revaluated and since it was not planned from the beginning, we have problems.
The illuminator Alludra and her not recognizing Thom whom they had met when her life was about to be snuffed out, is now explained in an elegant way. Someone, probably thousands of someones let Jordan know he had muffed it. Somewhere along the line, Jordan began to get full time assistants to help with the story. My understanding is there were 2 at one time, and his wife, and the editors at TOR.
Jordan began to make things so complex with so many characters (something like 1800 now) that keeping track of it must have been difficult, but it seems clear now that we have gotten to another book where he could have brought us to an end, and instead holds us off, with so much that it is clear book 7 won't finish it either. Jordan has fallen into a pit. He is going to be writing and then have an inspiration, well if I were this character in book three, and all these things I have been writing about were happening in the world, then this thing that I had never thought of before must also be happening.
Here is what is wrong with that. We see good keep maneuvering, and doing things to get their houses in order for the big battle. But evil isn't really concerned. Oh a few lieutenants of the head number one bad guy (The Dark One) are carefully fighting each other, and fighting our heroes every so often. But why is there not a Saruman making Uruk Hai armies to spring on the millions of human troops that are being united.
Why are not the Trolloc and Myrdrall warriors skirmishing more and more to be ready for the fight, instead of just a few little attacks, that never succeed here and there. Why not use the opportunities that come the way of the lieutenants to snuff out Rand's friends, as Rand has killed several of the Forsaken when he could. Rand must be at the last battle, but the others need not, if you were evil, you would feel that.
So Jordan has opened up the door too wide. There are too many things that he wants to tell in a short time as if every day is a crescendo to the climax. It of course is still great when read all in context. But you have to think that if he had sat down to dissect the plot of his entire arc, he would have known that the world he set up, would not be turning out the way he was writing it.
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it has made me unappreciative of so many books.There was a good pace in the early books and the format we come to expect, hero that is reluctant to take on such an onerous task, gains the skills to handle it, then takes in on, seemed to be followed quite well. Time frame wise we now run into issues.
Jordan wants to move his people all over his map that originally took half a year to transverse. There were his ideas to circumvent this, first the Ways, then portal stones, and now he can just open up holes and take entire people thousands of miles in a blink. But those long distances served another good balance, it caused the timeline to slow. All these subplots could develop because weeks and months were passing.
That allowed the climax that is approaching to have more depth, to have more elements. Now we have in Lord of Chaos, again a book that the previous few could have led us to a conclusion of the story, so many elements that the story needs to be revaluated and since it was not planned from the beginning, we have problems.
The illuminator Alludra and her not recognizing Thom whom they had met when her life was about to be snuffed out, is now explained in an elegant way. Someone, probably thousands of someones let Jordan know he had muffed it. Somewhere along the line, Jordan began to get full time assistants to help with the story. My understanding is there were 2 at one time, and his wife, and the editors at TOR.
Jordan began to make things so complex with so many characters (something like 1800 now) that keeping track of it must have been difficult, but it seems clear now that we have gotten to another book where he could have brought us to an end, and instead holds us off, with so much that it is clear book 7 won't finish it either. Jordan has fallen into a pit. He is going to be writing and then have an inspiration, well if I were this character in book three, and all these things I have been writing about were happening in the world, then this thing that I had never thought of before must also be happening.
Here is what is wrong with that. We see good keep maneuvering, and doing things to get their houses in order for the big battle. But evil isn't really concerned. Oh a few lieutenants of the head number one bad guy (The Dark One) are carefully fighting each other, and fighting our heroes every so often. But why is there not a Saruman making Uruk Hai armies to spring on the millions of human troops that are being united.
Why are not the Trolloc and Myrdrall warriors skirmishing more and more to be ready for the fight, instead of just a few little attacks, that never succeed here and there. Why not use the opportunities that come the way of the lieutenants to snuff out Rand's friends, as Rand has killed several of the Forsaken when he could. Rand must be at the last battle, but the others need not, if you were evil, you would feel that.
So Jordan has opened up the door too wide. There are too many things that he wants to tell in a short time as if every day is a crescendo to the climax. It of course is still great when read all in context. But you have to think that if he had sat down to dissect the plot of his entire arc, he would have known that the world he set up, would not be turning out the way he was writing it.
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LibraryThing member Appliquetion
In this installment of the story, Rand is working to tighten his control on the nations under his rule while the Aes Sedai form a master plot against him and each other in the tower. Rand is threatened by Forsaken, Nynaeve is separated from Lan, Aviendha is often separated from Rand (as is Elayne),
The story jumps between the views of each of the main characters in the story and several startling twists are reveled in this installment of the story, so be sure to read the first 5 books in order to understand all that is going on.
Many of the characters mature greatly in this novel and you see a deepening of the ties, but it does have a lot of repetition from the first four books. I think this is mainly to help you keep the characters apart and it has several plot lines which as you jump between them it is easy to get confused and get frustrated because it feels as if the story is going no where but hold in for the last 100 pages.. that is where it always gets good.
I rank this series as one of the best I have ever read. This is the 6th book in the series by Robert Jordan. It is the tale of Rand Al'Thor, farmer turned hero, and his band of friends as they are out to unite the world for the final battle Tarmon Gai'don against the Dark Lord or perhaps Rand Al'Thor himself. That is up for speculation.
This series is one you either lover or hate:
This book gets a 4/5...just because it is a bit long on the filler :)
Still a great series check it out.
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and Faile shows up late in the book.The story jumps between the views of each of the main characters in the story and several startling twists are reveled in this installment of the story, so be sure to read the first 5 books in order to understand all that is going on.
Many of the characters mature greatly in this novel and you see a deepening of the ties, but it does have a lot of repetition from the first four books. I think this is mainly to help you keep the characters apart and it has several plot lines which as you jump between them it is easy to get confused and get frustrated because it feels as if the story is going no where but hold in for the last 100 pages.. that is where it always gets good.
I rank this series as one of the best I have ever read. This is the 6th book in the series by Robert Jordan. It is the tale of Rand Al'Thor, farmer turned hero, and his band of friends as they are out to unite the world for the final battle Tarmon Gai'don against the Dark Lord or perhaps Rand Al'Thor himself. That is up for speculation.
This series is one you either lover or hate:
This book gets a 4/5...just because it is a bit long on the filler :)
Still a great series check it out.
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LibraryThing member Jefficus
Rather than go on again about the emotional paralysis that governs every single character and causes 90% of the drama in this series, I'd like to mention something more positive. I am truly enjoying the cultures of WoT. While it's true that the Aiel warrior people have the most richly explored
On the surface, each of the peoples seem to have distinctive body types and facial features, not unlike the Arabs, Asians, Indians, Americans, and Europeans of our own world. In fact, some of the races seem to draw their inspiration from these Earth cultures. But Jordan goes much deeper than that, exploring their economies, their music, social graces, class systems, and many other aspects. And each time he touches on one such issue for one race, you realize that the same facets probably exist in all the other races, too.
In my mind, Lords of Chaos marks a turning point for the series. It's a small shift, and subtle, but it's important. In this instalment, we finally see the characters beginning to shift from the defensive to the offensive. Not a lot, and not in any grand, trumpeted way. But it has happened. Will this be the end of the secret-keeping and the inner hand-wringing? Probably not. But at least they aren't acting like punching bags any longer. Or at least, not much.
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culture so far, there is a real sense that every single culture in Jordan's world is just as nuanced, just as riveting, and just as impenetrably odd.On the surface, each of the peoples seem to have distinctive body types and facial features, not unlike the Arabs, Asians, Indians, Americans, and Europeans of our own world. In fact, some of the races seem to draw their inspiration from these Earth cultures. But Jordan goes much deeper than that, exploring their economies, their music, social graces, class systems, and many other aspects. And each time he touches on one such issue for one race, you realize that the same facets probably exist in all the other races, too.
In my mind, Lords of Chaos marks a turning point for the series. It's a small shift, and subtle, but it's important. In this instalment, we finally see the characters beginning to shift from the defensive to the offensive. Not a lot, and not in any grand, trumpeted way. But it has happened. Will this be the end of the secret-keeping and the inner hand-wringing? Probably not. But at least they aren't acting like punching bags any longer. Or at least, not much.
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LibraryThing member nules
This was a great book. It is one of my favorites in the series, so far. The ending was pretty fulfilling, and interesting things happened throughout.
LibraryThing member bookczuk
The saga continues. I find it hard to separate out which event happens in which book, but the re-read project is definitely worth it, as I also find I've forgotten some major plot turns of the wheel. I'm waiting to start liking some characters again, but I don't think that will happen until a few
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books down the line. Sigh. Glad Bela showed up, even if only in Tel'aran'rhiod. On to A Crown of Swords courtesy of my favorite public library. Show Less
LibraryThing member wispywillow
Enjoying the books but Jordan, bless 'im, can be a bit overly verbose.
LibraryThing member mattries37315
While reading Lord of Chaos, I was at a loss about how to describe and grade this installment of the Wheel of Time. Upon finishing I came to the realization that Lord of Chaos marks the beginning of Act II of Robert Jordan's epic creation. In Lord of Chaos many plot threads are begun throughout but
Throughout Lord of Chaos there are many point-of-view characters to bring forth the various plot threads the book deals with. Many POVs are from the primary characters that have told the story throughout the series along with several new characters that added to the narrative, though some just a paragraph long. Because of all these POVs and plot threads, the climax of Lord of Chaos is very quick to take place. In the last 200 pages, days are literal compressed as events lead to the dramatic battle that highlights the book along with the resolution to the Rand-Aes Sedai storyline in the immediate aftermath. The one fault throughout the book wasn't the compression of the climax, it was the unnecessary retelling of events in the first five books by the primary characters. While a few were important in terms of character development, the vast majority weren't and it took up page space that could have been used for something else.
Lord of Chaos is an important part of The Wheel of Time series, when you read it I recommend you view it as the beginning of Act II of Robert Jordan's epic tale. Viewing Lord of Chaos as a singular book will hurt your appreciation of it, but viewing the book as part of a greater whole will only add to your appreciation.
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only the primary plot of Rand dealing with the Aes Sedai, with the beginning of the Asha'men involved as well, comes to a conclusion.Throughout Lord of Chaos there are many point-of-view characters to bring forth the various plot threads the book deals with. Many POVs are from the primary characters that have told the story throughout the series along with several new characters that added to the narrative, though some just a paragraph long. Because of all these POVs and plot threads, the climax of Lord of Chaos is very quick to take place. In the last 200 pages, days are literal compressed as events lead to the dramatic battle that highlights the book along with the resolution to the Rand-Aes Sedai storyline in the immediate aftermath. The one fault throughout the book wasn't the compression of the climax, it was the unnecessary retelling of events in the first five books by the primary characters. While a few were important in terms of character development, the vast majority weren't and it took up page space that could have been used for something else.
Lord of Chaos is an important part of The Wheel of Time series, when you read it I recommend you view it as the beginning of Act II of Robert Jordan's epic tale. Viewing Lord of Chaos as a singular book will hurt your appreciation of it, but viewing the book as part of a greater whole will only add to your appreciation.
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LibraryThing member JeremyPreacher
Ugh, Lord of Chaos. Bad things happen to not-totally-deserving people, and some of my favorite plot threads haven't yet taken off. Still a lot of good bits - Perrin is back and not yet totally infuriating - and, to be honest, it's a much more fun read when it's not the last book I'll see for a
Note: In general, I can't review this series with any objectivity. I've been reading it since I was eleven years old, and it's thoroughly embedded in my brain.
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couple of years, but this or the next book are the point where I suspect a lot of people gave up.Note: In general, I can't review this series with any objectivity. I've been reading it since I was eleven years old, and it's thoroughly embedded in my brain.
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LibraryThing member chriskrycho
Fascinating: a slow build to a crazy ending. Very little "happens" in terms of plot advancement, but this is still one of the most interesting books in the series in my opinion. Not sure how Jordan pulled that off, but I appreciate it.
LibraryThing member LaPhenix
Wait, the prologue was really two-and-a-half discs long?
Wonderful read otherwise! I think it's my favorite book so far in the series!
Wonderful read otherwise! I think it's my favorite book so far in the series!
LibraryThing member harpua
Book 6 is about where the series started to drag for me. On this re-read the book didn't seem to drag quite as much, but perhaps because I had a sense of what was going to happen next. It has been many, many years since my first read, but I recalled enough. I did find myself skimming over large
Overall, while the plot moved slowly, some pretty important things happened in this one and it's an important step in the growth of Rand and the others. I did miss Perrin for most of the book as he only shows up in the end and I do wonder about the strange relationship he and Faile have. I can't recall what comes of that in future books. Looking forward to the next in the series as I'm getting close to the point where I stopped reading the first time around.
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sections of text at times though.Overall, while the plot moved slowly, some pretty important things happened in this one and it's an important step in the growth of Rand and the others. I did miss Perrin for most of the book as he only shows up in the end and I do wonder about the strange relationship he and Faile have. I can't recall what comes of that in future books. Looking forward to the next in the series as I'm getting close to the point where I stopped reading the first time around.
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LibraryThing member darcy36
This book was MUCH slower than the others! I did actually resort to skim-reading because of the pages of descriptions of landscape, what people were wearing, and whole chapters devoted to a character reflecting on his situation or coming to some decision--not acting on it, just making the decision.
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Aside from three major events, nothing else was really changed in the storyline from the beginning of the book. Granted, those events were pretty important, but together they didn't take up 50 pages of an almost 700 page book, so you do the math! I have it on good authority that the series improves again, so I will persevere! Show Less
LibraryThing member BooksForDinner
I rarely start a book and don't finish, especially back when I was reading these books (maybe a bit more often these days). But 150 pages into this one, it was over. My Robert Jordan ship had sailed. Enough already. I couldn't keep spending 1000 pages at a clip on a series of books I was enjoying a
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LibraryThing member FieryNight
So intriguing a series that I'm still reading after 8 books.
LibraryThing member malexmave
I am usually not handing out five star ratings for books, but this one deserves it. It had a great story, great characters, a wonderful world (I am a worldbuilding nut) and the audiobook adaption was superb.
It is also one of the few books that really managed to reach me emotionally, and although
So, screw 4.5/5 star ratings. I am hereby gathering all the remaining half stars I was unable to give the previous books of the series and exchange them for the fifth star on this book. It deserves it.
It is also one of the few books that really managed to reach me emotionally, and although
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some of the twists were telegraphed for a long time (sometimes even in the chapter title), it still managed to surprise me once or twice. In retrospect, almost all of those twists made sense (there is one I am not entirely sure of, and I hope there will be more explanation in the next book).So, screw 4.5/5 star ratings. I am hereby gathering all the remaining half stars I was unable to give the previous books of the series and exchange them for the fifth star on this book. It deserves it.
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Awards
Locus Award (Nominee — Fantasy Novel — 1995)
Science Fiction Book Club Award (Winner — Book of the Year — 1995)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1994-10-15
Physical description
1011 p.; 4.22 inches
ISBN
0812513754 / 9780812513752