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The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan

10 reviews

dale_in_va's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

As we get further into the series, the POV tends to date the book some.  Eg..what 19 year old , even in the 1990s would disregard female warriors?? sounds more like a dude from the 1930s.  Same with the obsession with tobacco and focusing on how revealing or modest a female’s dress is.  That said, the story and world building transcends even the author’s very entrenched pov.  Looking forward to seeing how this will be updated for tv.
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smargopittman's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

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diazona's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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iloponis's review against another edition

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

3.0

this book very much feels like the middle of a chess game—its important and its setting up a lot but god is it kinda boring 
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surdiablo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

I really liked this one much to my surprise, as I burned through it whenever I had the chance to read, especially after having low expectations due to Crown of Swords. I thought pacing was good enough, which of course is still comparatively slow considering Jordan's writing style, but it's also the shortest book in the series so that I didn't find it too bad. While the book lacks Mat which I didn't notice much as I am invested enough in the remaining characters, the overall plot still moves at a snail's pace, although the 'bowl of weather' story that has been dragging for a while finally comes to fruition and there's several nail-biting moments that would leave you filled with awe and melancholy. It does rather end a bit abruptly with a tease of what's to come, rather than ending on a high note with Rand's final chapter which I found a bit deflating. Suffice to say it's not a perfect book and not fully self-contained, but that is to be expected with the storylines spanning over multiple books and I am somewhat coming to terms with Jordan's slow writing. However, also offers some of the best chapters featuring Rand in the series and I had such a blast going through them. Overall, I found it better than CoS but still not on the level of other favorites.

 
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montanius's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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katisreading's review against another edition

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adventurous dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

“Across the nations the stories spread like spiderweb laid upon spiderweb, and men and women planned the future, believing they knew truth. They planned, and the Pattern absorbed their plans, weaving toward the future foretold.“

This was a very meh installation of the series - so much politic-ing. There were some really boring things in here that I couldn’t care less about…so I’m really thankful to have finally acquiesced and started to love the audiobooks. There were some really cool moments in here too, I loved having more Perrin, but I missed Matt. I swear, the endings have so much oomph to them, why can’t the adrenaline be dispersed through the whole book? 
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annick's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

I struggled to finish this. I wanted to stop when Logan bonded the Aes  Sedai and Jordan wrote her pleasure with submitting to enslavement and assault. 
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ailaghast's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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readandfindout's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

3.25

First read in 2016: 4 stars

2023 reread:

Overall rating: 3.25 stars

Style/writing: 3 stars
Themes: 3.5 stars
Characters: 3.5 stars
Plot: 3.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 2.5 stars (which is wild because this is a world I love and am invested in; this book just didn't do much)
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