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Hey! Stop Your Moaning and REVIEW THIS BOOK!, Sep 4 2008
Okay, this is ridiculous. I've been through the ups-and-downs on the Jordan Rollercoaster Ride, too. I've read this book, though, and thought it was good. But in lieu of a review of this book--in an attempt to fight fire with fire--I'd like to call the attention of all honest book-reviewers and all people with a sense of fair play to the fact that at least 5/6 of the negative reviews about this book are by people disenchanted by most of the latter books in the series; by people who HAVE NEVER READ THIS BOOK!
People, if you want to complain about the series, go find yourself a nice cozy message board. A review of a particular book is not the forum for your disappointment. You have NO CALL to rate a book at 1 star if you haven't read the book. It's misleading and immoral. If you can't bring yourself to read the book, you have absolutely no business rating it, nor posting a review of it. Period.
So to the people who are reading this and have a sense of fair play--even if you've read the book and hated it--I would suggest you do as I did and browse through the 1-star comments, VOTING DOWN AND REPORTING those who make no mention of the book in their reviews other than to moan that Jordan shouldn't have written a sequel before he wrapped up the series. It may be a fair point, but this is certainly not the forum for it.
To those of you who obviously read this book, gave a review, and gave it 1 star, I think you are fantastic. You certainly shouldn't be lumped in with the other 85% or so who voted it down without even reading it, simply because of what it is: a prequel, before the series is even finished. As I said, these people may have a point, but the point should not be made on this site in that manner. Quite frankly, it's disgusting.
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4.0étoiles sur 5
Surpringly Interesting, Mars 21 2007
I do not share the bitterness of the others reviewing RJ books since this is only the second RJ book I have read, but, I might mention a few things about Robert Jordan that the other reviewers seem to hate that I quite admire.
First, he develops his characters as human beings, not as born superhero's. Most fantasy seems to introduce static characters who, despite their quirks, never change. This allows the reader to feel comfortable, put themselves into the shoe of their hero and coast along as the protagonist of a glorious adventure. There is a bit more subtlety to Jordan's characters that I appreciate. Let's be honest, he is no Toni Morrison or Fyodor Dostoevsky, but atleast his characters change, grow, and have real inhibiting frailties.
Second, he spends time imparting the details of everyday life that flesh out the real experience of living through an adventure.
Third, he actually writes decently well about and from the perspective of women, and he has female led characters who are more than just caring healing tokens and symbols for male protection and self-discovery.
This book isn't great, maybe four stars is slightly too many, but it is different as far as fantasy goes for these reasons, and it is genuinely entertaining. The climactic scenes are powerful not because of his description of grand battles or incredable feats, but because the characters that take part in them seem real.
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Old spring, Fév 24 2007
When you have a series that is going nowhere fast, it's not a good idea to dangle a prequel in front of readers. Formerly a short story in the "Legends" collection, "New Spring" is another dud for Robert Jordan, as he stretches a good novella into a ponderous, boring novel, which moves as fast as a brain-dead snail.
It goes back in time a few decades, to when a very important fortune is told: a baby has been born, and this boy child may be the key to defeating the evil Dark One once and for all. But the Shadow is trying to kill the still-helpless Dragon Reborn, and so the good guys have to rescue him and keep him hidden away until he's old enough to fulfil his destiny.
Moiraine Damodred is becoming a full-fledged Aes Sedai (sort of a female wizard), and Lan Mandragoran (Aragorn, anyone?) is the lost king of an equally lost kingdom. And together they will try to search for the Dragon Reborn and hide him away -- but their quest is not going to be that easy.
Expanding short stories into novels is always a risky idea. For every "The Gunslinger," you'll get ten novels like "New Spring" -- strained and stretched-out to the breaking point. In its original form, "New Spring" was pleasantly written and well-paced, but Jordan fills it in with... well, filler. So we have too little plot and too much writing -- a lethal combination for any book.
The writing itself would be nice if two-thirds of it were pared away. Unfortunately it's full of weird physical quirks (hair-pulling, straightening clothing) and facial expressions, or details about the rooms/furniture/dishes/random inanimate objects sprinkled through the novel. And the actual content of the book takes place very late in the plot, with an obvious "to be continued" tacked on for more inevitable prequels.
With a plot moving as fast as a glacier, Jordan has plenty of time to expand his characters -- but he doesn't. Moiraine was one of the most interesting characters of the Wheel of Time series, and it's good to see her "early years," although it does take away from her mystique. Lan is good at brooding and doesn't have much more of a personality, and the Aes Sedai sniff and whine and snipe a lot. In other words, not much is new.
While Jordan's "New Spring" in its original form was a pleasant background read, the expanded novel is a bloated, sluglike mass of dull writing. Not recommended except to die-hard fans.
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