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A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan

34 reviews

tiny_artificer's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

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dreamreader's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I had been fairly sure that I never made it to this book the first time I attempted this series years ago, but upon picking it up to read for what I thought was the first time, I realized that I remembered lots of it. I'm not entirely surprised that I apparently completely forgot making it this far in the series, and I'm also unsurprised that this is where I ultimately abandoned it (I think. I don't remember Path of Daggers at all, so I don't think I made it that far).

I did like this book a lot this time around. It has its problems, but every book in this series so far has its problems. This book doesn't have much forward plot progression, but there is a feeling of chess pieces being moved on a board, so I think in future books I will be able to look back on this one and really appreciate what happened here.

That being said, this book had my least favorite plot arc so far: Ebou Dar. Specifically, the whole Mat and Tylin mess, which plenty of othe reviewers have commented on. To balance that out, I did really enjoy both Rand and Egwene's chapters in this book, and thought in general there was a lot of great character work here. I'm still looking forward to more!

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vickyreptile's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Llegué a la mitad de The Wheel of Time. Y estoy más entusiasmada que nunca!
En esta entrega Rand sigue creciendo. Sufre contratiempos, claro. Es cruel, también. Pero además es increíblemente humano y peligrosamente poderoso. Me encanta verlo avanzar.
Por otro lado, coincido con muchas de las reviews: este libro contiene una violación explícita y nadie dice mucho porque la víctima es un hombre (y, además, un hombre abiertamente mujeriego).
Creo que Rand y Mat se llevan las palmas en este libro, junto con un poquito de Egwene y casi nada de Elayne. Nynaeve , insoportable. Perrin? Insoportable (y la mujer más).
Haré breve descanso y vamos por el 8.
PD: Necesito que la adaptación a serie llegue a mostrarnos todo este universo o me voy a morir.

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clarehiyama's review

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adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.5

I have to echo the many reviewers and say that Mat’s experiences during a large chunk of the book are absolutely sexual assault. It’s disturbing how much it’s discussed and how it is portrayed as a non-issue or just a little farce. And it’s especially a shame because, again, like many other reviewers, I felt that otherwise, Mat had a great book and developed a lot as a character.

Other than that, I enjoyed it for the most part but boy is this series long and winding! How does everyone keep track of all these names?? Between our main cast of characters, the Aiel, the various nobles of Cairhien, Tear, and Caemlyn, Whitecloaks, Ebou Darians, various Darkfriends/Forsaken, Aes Sedai, & Ashaman, I am having serious issues keeping up. I similarly have trouble keeping the MANY nations & peoples straight, not to mention the plot points. There’s so much distrust and intrigue between the various forces that I also struggle to remember who knows what. This is now just a litany of complaints but I stand by them. I enjoy the process of reading but between the beginning and end of this book, it doesn’t feel like we’ve gotten very far.

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justgj's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

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

1.5

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verinvaldez's review against another edition

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adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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darthizzy's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

first 1 star of the year and it’s a doozy

BIG CW FOR R*PE

i was ready to give this book 3 stars, you know, not much happened but i was enjoying it… until chapter 29. r*pe is not a joke!!!! the way it was dismissed!!! GROSS!!!!!!!! i couldn’t pay attention to anything else

now i don’t know if i’ll ever finish the series

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josiahpeterson17's review

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challenging slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Yikes, what an awful book. There were maybe 3 or 4 legitimately consequential and important chapters in this book. There were very few captivating moments. This was such a struggle to read, even though I oddly finished it quite quickly. This was ultimately a dreadfully boring and annoying book. Most of the characters interactions and plotlines are driving me insane.

After a lackluster experience with Lord of Chaos, the Wheel of Time is becoming much more challenging to continue than I anticipated. I will of course continue because I know Sanderson does a phenomenal job with the final 3 books, and I still relatively enjoy my time in this world, but the slog is going to be rough to push through.

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surdiablo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I have finally entered the infamous slog phase and it wasn't as bad as I expected, although the plot does considerably slow down quite a bit, even more than previous books. While it still has some clever entertaining moments, there's definitely a lot more unnecessary meandering as well, which made it hard to push through sometimes. There's also the introduction of various new characters and while most of them are intriguing enough, it also became a bit harder in my experience to keep track of everyone and everything, especially if you are taking it slow. After the amazing ending of Lord of Chaos, this book felt like it's a step below its predecessors overall and the climax was rather anticlimactic. However Rand still remains my favorite character so far, as I look forward to read his chapters more than anyone else's. Mat is getting better each book, and others are also growing further, with the exception of Perrin who seems to be in stasis. There's also some questionable moments that might be uncomfortable to read, like what happens between

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Mat and Tylin

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gurofl's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

4.25

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