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Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan

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lithicin's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes

5.0

Absolutely tremendous. After 10 books, the dominos start to fall. I never get tired of reading this book.

I just wish Jordan had lived to finish the series himself with the tear he was on in KoD, but Sanderson does a serviceable job filling in the gaps with what is to come in the final 3 books. What a fantastic final solo book.

interrowhimper's review against another edition

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4.0

Hard to read the last of the Jordan books.

flexmentallo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Eliminate Perrin and Elayne’s sections, which are boring and repetitive, and you have an all-time great fantasy novel.

backy33's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

maxsebastian's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Knife of Dreams, in addition to having a truly fantastic title, does feel like a return to form for Robert Jordan. With conclusions to many of the overarching arcs in the infamous slog,

Perrin and Faile reuniting, Elayne getting control of Andor, the cleansing of siadin, Tuon acknowledging Mat as her husband, the White Tower (making strides towards) being reunited(?)

, Jordan drew me back into caring about the arcs of most (emphasis on the most) of his main characters.

While there are still some pitfalls that this story falls into around pacing and questions I have about POV balance, Jordan left me surprised and creeped out with the end of this story. I'm sad I won't get another book written completely by him in this universe.