jallie6's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
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
4.0
bookshelf_from_mars's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
beata's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
I have some thoughts.
I was reading along with an audiobook and I gotta say I already don't love Nynaeve, but the narrator made her sound kinda shrill, arrogant, and like she [Nynaeve] thought she was better than everyone else. So overall I really wasn't thrilled about Egwene's chapters because of that.
Egwene and Perrin are such blabbermouths, I wanted to shake them at times.
Also, I feel like romance plots are jumpy in the series. Lan and Nynaeve to me fell almost out of nowhere. It still makes me chuckle how Rand, Perrin and Mat all think the other two are great with women, though.
The Forsaken... it felt repetitive. Also, it's still unclear to me if Min told anyone about Lanfear.
To be honest, I'm also not thrilled with the treatment Mat gets. Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne were really assholes to him at times.
I thought the reveal at the end was well done. It meant something was accomplished but it didn't stop the overall plot of the series.
I was reading along with an audiobook and I gotta say I already don't love Nynaeve, but the narrator made her sound kinda shrill, arrogant, and like she [Nynaeve] thought she was better than everyone else. So overall I really wasn't thrilled about Egwene's chapters because of that.
Egwene and Perrin are such blabbermouths, I wanted to shake them at times.
Also, I feel like romance plots are jumpy in the series. Lan and Nynaeve to me fell almost out of nowhere.
Spoiler
Similar now to how Perrin feels about that Falcon girl (Faile?).Spoiler
Rand was I guess purposefully written to sound half mad for most of the book with just giving us glimpses of him. I wasn't a huge fan of that but oh well, I understand the reasoning.The Forsaken... it felt repetitive. Also, it's still unclear to me if Min told anyone about Lanfear.
To be honest, I'm also not thrilled with the treatment Mat gets. Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne were really assholes to him at times.
I thought the reveal at the end was well done. It meant something was accomplished but it didn't stop the overall plot of the series.
raylawler's review
3.0
Pretty good book. It introduced some interesting things that will likely play a role in future books, so it feels like there's beginning to be more plot development. Didn't love it, but sometimes I get distracted by my thoughts when I'm listening to audio books, so I probably would have enjoyed it more if I was reading it.
kairosdreaming's review
4.0
The Dragon Reborn is the third book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. This is a series that is meant to be read in order, so if you haven't read the previous two books, stop reading this review and go start at the beginning.
After a great fight that took place in the sky, Rand Al'Thor has been declared the Dragon Reborn by some, although he has not yet fulfilled the prophecies. Sheltered in a camp high in the mountains he dreams of a sword of light and tries to hold back the desire to channel the one power which will drive him to madness. But after an attack on the camp, he disappears, and the others realize he is drawn to the sword of light and must follow after him. Mat, escaping from Tar Valon to deliver a message, discovers that some women from his home village are in trouble and has to decide what odds he wants to take in rescuing them, and Perrin is traveling with an Aes Sedai, and attracting more attention than he would like. Meanwhile, Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne have all been raised to the ranks of Accepted with the Aes Sedai, but have been set on a task to seek out darkfriends, which could cost them their lives.
Nynaeve and Egwene got on my nerves in this book. They used to be stronger characters but they were whining idiots this time around. Ok, maybe that's a little strong, but compared to the intelligent women they started out as, it just seemed to be a bit of a character change for them. Rand we didn't see much of, even though the book is named after him, this story was more told from everyone else's perspective. And he did seem quite a bit mad already. Perrin is still my favorite. He is strong, does what's right, and seems to be very patient. Mat, he's fun to read about and probably has one of the most interesting plotlines. But really, there are so many characters in this book that it is hard to keep track of them all.
This was more of a filler book than anything. Not a lot actually happens until the very end, it's more just developing story. And that happens a lot in Jordan's books. Not that it's a bad thing, but those expecting non-stop action might be a little disappointed. But the characters are intriguing, the plotline sound, and Jordan has a great magic system in his universe so it's a pleasure to read about his world and the different cultures. He might have been a tad too wordy in this one, but it drove the plot along and made you interested in the next book so no harm done.
A great series if you're willing to invest a lot of time in it. The books are all massive and there are plenty of them. But they're entertaining and well worth the read in my opinion.
The Dragon Reborn
Copyright 1991
700 pages
Review by M. Reynard 2013
More of my reviews can be found at www.ifithaswords.blogspot.com
After a great fight that took place in the sky, Rand Al'Thor has been declared the Dragon Reborn by some, although he has not yet fulfilled the prophecies. Sheltered in a camp high in the mountains he dreams of a sword of light and tries to hold back the desire to channel the one power which will drive him to madness. But after an attack on the camp, he disappears, and the others realize he is drawn to the sword of light and must follow after him. Mat, escaping from Tar Valon to deliver a message, discovers that some women from his home village are in trouble and has to decide what odds he wants to take in rescuing them, and Perrin is traveling with an Aes Sedai, and attracting more attention than he would like. Meanwhile, Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne have all been raised to the ranks of Accepted with the Aes Sedai, but have been set on a task to seek out darkfriends, which could cost them their lives.
Nynaeve and Egwene got on my nerves in this book. They used to be stronger characters but they were whining idiots this time around. Ok, maybe that's a little strong, but compared to the intelligent women they started out as, it just seemed to be a bit of a character change for them. Rand we didn't see much of, even though the book is named after him, this story was more told from everyone else's perspective. And he did seem quite a bit mad already. Perrin is still my favorite. He is strong, does what's right, and seems to be very patient. Mat, he's fun to read about and probably has one of the most interesting plotlines. But really, there are so many characters in this book that it is hard to keep track of them all.
This was more of a filler book than anything. Not a lot actually happens until the very end, it's more just developing story. And that happens a lot in Jordan's books. Not that it's a bad thing, but those expecting non-stop action might be a little disappointed. But the characters are intriguing, the plotline sound, and Jordan has a great magic system in his universe so it's a pleasure to read about his world and the different cultures. He might have been a tad too wordy in this one, but it drove the plot along and made you interested in the next book so no harm done.
A great series if you're willing to invest a lot of time in it. The books are all massive and there are plenty of them. But they're entertaining and well worth the read in my opinion.
The Dragon Reborn
Copyright 1991
700 pages
Review by M. Reynard 2013
More of my reviews can be found at www.ifithaswords.blogspot.com
jordachepaco's review
4.0
First good book in the series, due to Jordan actually pushing along the characters and story more here. Still suffers from the typical drag in the middle, but it does take you to some cool places and presents some great story moments. Imo, if he didn't nail this book, there would be no wide acclaim for this series
gracefully11's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
snoopy_daffodil's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
abweigel's review
4.0
continuing a great series!! I think it's safe to say that I liked the second book much more than this one, but I do wonder if any of that has to do with the fact that I listened to this one rather than reading. I think overall just much less actually happened in this book than the first two, but it still had great little details and character development and I'm looking forward to the fourth