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stoneseraph's review against another edition
adventurous
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
5.0
mustlovebooks77's review against another edition
3.0
Slow!!!!! I want to finish Wheel of Time but Robert Jordan is in no hurry! Some of these books are just boring.
leeman_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
spicybowtie's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
lindseygurney's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
keegan_rellim_taylor's review against another edition
4.0
This has been one of my favorites in the series so far. The ending was a little scattered with not a lot of wrapped up threads, but I loved that we got to see all the main POV characters (except one who I admit I'm worried about
ageorgiadis's review against another edition
4.0
Jaws hanging open.
The Path of Daggers is one of the "middle" books in WoT (entries 7-10), and is beset by all manner of problems. Namely, not much takes place, and there is wave after wave of ancillary characters rearing their new polysyllabic heads and mucking up chapters with Rand and Mat and Taim and everyone you want to hear from.
Elaida still inhabits the Amyrlin Seat and is hilariously wrong about everything, always. She is overconfident, snide, and now helpless. At some point, you know there is going to be a reckoning, but you will not find it in tPoD, WoT's shortest entry.
Rand is flirting with complete madness and cannot touch saidin without losing his balance. He maintains tenuous control of the Asha'man and is warring on every front. This inevitably takes the form of a pointless assault against the warring Seanchan near Ebou Dar - a conflict that is not resolved, and ends when Rand shows up in the Sun Palace a few chapters later be the object of Min's sexual yearnings. The Dragon's most incendiary scenes come when he exchanges verbal barbs with Cadsuane Meilaidhrin (something that will become increasingly frequent in upcoming volumes).
Mat is essentially absent. Perrin mostly so. The rebel Aes Sedai finally decide to move against the WT. Lots of Darkfriends pop up and get pages and pages of POV, only to end up being killed, tortured, etc. The chapters between Forsaken, Moridin, and others are not really illuminating and are becoming increasingly repetitive in their pattern of groveling obsequiousness by the darkfriend, capricious cruelty and violence by the Chosen in question, and a repeated resistance to joining arms/information with other Chosen, the only avenue by which they might gain advantage.
tPoD doesn't end with its characteristic Rand and Forsaken face-off, but rather a betrayal by some very close to him, and rather unexpected on your first read-through. Later, of course, you learn: no one dies.
The Path of Daggers is one of the "middle" books in WoT (entries 7-10), and is beset by all manner of problems. Namely, not much takes place, and there is wave after wave of ancillary characters rearing their new polysyllabic heads and mucking up chapters with Rand and Mat and Taim and everyone you want to hear from.
Elaida still inhabits the Amyrlin Seat and is hilariously wrong about everything, always. She is overconfident, snide, and now helpless
Spoiler
because her neck is under the boot of her KeeperRand is flirting with complete madness and cannot touch saidin without losing his balance. He maintains tenuous control of the Asha'man and is warring on every front. This inevitably takes the form of a pointless assault against the warring Seanchan near Ebou Dar - a conflict that is not resolved, and ends when Rand shows up in the Sun Palace a few chapters later be the object of Min's sexual yearnings. The Dragon's most incendiary scenes come when he exchanges verbal barbs with Cadsuane Meilaidhrin (something that will become increasingly frequent in upcoming volumes).
Mat is essentially absent. Perrin mostly so. The rebel Aes Sedai finally decide to move against the WT. Lots of Darkfriends pop up and get pages and pages of POV, only to end up being killed, tortured, etc. The chapters between Forsaken, Moridin, and others are not really illuminating and are becoming increasingly repetitive in their pattern of groveling obsequiousness by the darkfriend, capricious cruelty and violence by the Chosen in question, and a repeated resistance to joining arms/information with other Chosen, the only avenue by which they might gain advantage.
tPoD doesn't end with its characteristic Rand and Forsaken face-off, but rather a betrayal by some very close to him, and rather unexpected on your first read-through. Later, of course, you learn:
Spoiler
Dashiva was really reborn Osan'gar (who of course is reborn Aginor) - so a baddie who has been thrice reborn, and therefore --zak_dunstone's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
3.75
joehardy's review against another edition
2.0
The first half of this was monotonous but it was salvaged by the second half. I think I'm solidly in the part of the series where it's extremely evident that Jordan could have dramatically cut down on the descriptions of characters outfits and their super repetitive idiosyncrasies.
There are just too many characters and almost no way of telling a good portion of them apart. We also don't need to know the same shit the main characters are thinking a million times. This series would be one less book at least without Nynaeve's hair pulls.
There are just too many characters and almost no way of telling a good portion of them apart. We also don't need to know the same shit the main characters are thinking a million times. This series would be one less book at least without Nynaeve's hair pulls.
samlege3's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5