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Robert Jordan has created a rich and intricate tapestry of characters in his Wheel of Time series. In this seventh volume, Rand al'Thor--the Dragon Reborn--draws ever closer to the Last Battle as a stifling heat grips the world. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.


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The seventh volume of Jordan's bestselling high fantasy series carries on the tradition of colossal, dauntingly complex storytelling established by the previous entries (Lord of Chaos, 1994, etc.). In a richly woven post-holocaust world where magic is normally a woman's monopoly and a man who can use it is a menace, Rand al'Thor, a sheepherder, discovered that he could "channel"; he and his companions have gone on to set their world aflame. Here, Rand is engaged in a fight for control of the weather and of the growing number of men and women who have turned out to be magic-wielders. The narrative employs elements of realism rare in high fantasy, including the sense that innocent bystanders are being mauled in an epic joust of magical giants. There's wit at work here, too, in Jordan's exploration of the possibilities created by women being the magic workers. All this comes at the price of enough characters, institutions, spells, countries and so on to intimidate any reader who hasn't followed Rand's adventures from the beginning?and the author is still adding complications. A glossary helps, though, and fans of the series will gobble down this generous addition. Major ad/promo; deluxe leather-bound limited edition.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Slightly Better than the last, but oh what has happened to this series!, Déc 25 2007
Par E. Haensel (Toronto) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of The Wheel of Time (Mass Market Paperback)
Well to be honest I think that Robert Jordan had gotten his sequencing backwards. Instead of intelligently realizing that his readers were growing older and more mature as his series slowly crawled onwards, Jordan seems to assume that they have become younger and more juvenile. The this point the dialogue would suit a twelve year-old, except for the moments of combat that are fairly well described and a bit to visceral.

In truth Jordan has killed all sense of fantasy that propelled this novel and turned it into a dismal soap opera. And not a good one. He spends most of his time in this book describing--bashfully--women's bosom, or petticoats, their dress necklines and lace, all the while admonishing the fact that his characters are paying attention to such things.

And it gets worse, all the characters continue to bicker in such a manner that it is obviously forced and even more painful for that fact. Yet, astonishingly this story, which had such amazing scope in its genesis in the first five novels, still turns up captivating moments. Their are plot turns and intrigues that are truly interesting, but Jordan kills them one by one with his treatment of characters you are begin to like but he forces you to hate, and through interesting events that he barely allows to see the light of day in favor of aggrandizing others that seem forced and stilted.

Sadly not only has he lost his grip on the characters, which were better when they were flat and predictable instead of impressing us with their amazing ability to develop more and more into horrible caricatures of everything that could go wrong with friendship and inter-gender relations; he has also lost his grip on the story line, instead of developing the ample material that has settled into the background, introduced earlier in passing, he contrives new twists and turns and characters that are unbelievable given the rest of the story. It just doesn't work.

Bottom line, it is not as abysmal as his last book, and one can hope it will get better, but if the series had started out this way, I don't think I would have made it past the hundredth page. But alas I will be one of the legions who will continue to masochistically slog my way through this series in hopes that it will get better, or atleast redeem itself somewhat.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Over the hump!, Sep 10 2007
Par Mike Perschon (Edmonton) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time' (Hardcover)
This particular Robert Jordan novel has been the Achilles Heel of me getting over the middle hump of this bloated fantasy series, but I was finally able to make it through, with the help of the unabridged audiobook off audible.com. I actually found that listening to Jordan's prose (redundant or richly detailed depending on who you talk to) works better for me than reading it off the page. I did a little of both while reading this installment, and enjoyed it. I'm not a die-hard fan of the series, but I loved the first book -- it would be one of my top 10 fantasy novels for sure, but I have the same complaint as many...when will it ever end? I gained a new perspective while re-reading the first 6 books a while back, namely that reading a series like Wheel of Time is like watching a television series. In fact, I think that's the only sort of filmed adaptation that could be done of the books. Aside from the unnecessary (at least it seems so now) wounding of Rand by Padan Fain in the last few chapters, the book was a great "next step" for all the characters in the series. That said, Mat Cauthon's storyline is the one that I liked the most this time around. Rand was too moody and Perrin's too obtuse. And as a quick side note...why are only males ta'veren?
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4.0étoiles sur 5 please kill them off, Mai 28 2004
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This review is from: A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of The Wheel of Time (Mass Market Paperback)
I hve loved these books so far. All have been wonderful in there own way and this one is of course no exception. That said I must now complain. I don't understand why Mr. Jordan has to make every women in his books act as if they are the devil. I dread every time that I see the chapter is about them. Every time that they speak I want to strangle one or all of them or at least slap them up side there head. They are rude and mean and usually mess up every thing that they want to do because they don't understand that they don't know everything. I guess that this would be ok if it was one or even two women but it is every single women that Jordan has written in. (Brigitte dosen't count in my rant of course.) Then there is Perrin or I guess the lack there of. Lets face it Perrin is probably the second best character the Jordan thought up next to Rand and he was not in the last book and is hardly even in this one. Besides that he has no purpose so far compared to Rand and Mat.
Again I will tell you that I love this book and all of the rest so far but I just had to get that off my chest thank you.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Long, but excellent ending
While I was reading this book, I was also reading Dickins' A Tale of Two Cities. It's crazy! Robert Jodan writes in the exact same style as Dickins(the long-winded detail,... Read more
Publié le Mars 5 2004 par nilfmonkey

3.0étoiles sur 5 The descent begins . . .
This series has gone completely in the tank and A Crown of Swords is where the tanking begins. By itself, ACoS has decent action and some plot developments. Read more
Publié le Fév 24 2004 par newyork2dallas

4.0étoiles sur 5 Soooooo much better than the Lord of Chaos.
After trying desperately to get through The Lord of Chaos, the Crown of Swords is a breath of fresh air. Read more
Publié le Fév 14 2004 par johnnyspringville

2.0étoiles sur 5 That's it...
After spending a lot of time with this series, I have finally given up on The Wheel of Time.
Robert Jordan frustrates me. Read more
Publié le Fév 7 2004 par Squints

1.0étoiles sur 5 Jordan starting to suck a whole lot
each book in the series is worse, less plot, more emoting.

Quit while you're ahead

Publié le Fév 5 2004 par Michael R. Kretchmer

3.0étoiles sur 5 If you get past page 600, its good
The first half of the book dragged on so slowly; it was completely tedious but my desire to know the overall storyline pulled me along. Read more
Publié le Déc 31 2003

4.0étoiles sur 5 Patience a must for storytelling...
Alright, to all you would-be book reviewers. What is it we're reading? A one-volume action adventure novel or an epic saga designed to enthrall its readers with powerful... Read more
Publié le Nov. 24 2003

3.0étoiles sur 5 O.K. Let's be Fair.
"A Crown of Swords" was not one of Jordon's best. He lacks devercity in his characters. Not all women have to be pretty. Read more
Publié le Oct. 23 2003

4.0étoiles sur 5 Interesting.
I love the Wheel of Time Series. The new books lack the fast paced action which I liked from the first few books. Read more
Publié le Sep 22 2003 par Lews Therin

3.0étoiles sur 5 Female Issues?
If you like books concerning mean spirited, narcisistc, condescending, arrogant, man hating women....then by all means read these books. Read more
Publié le Sep 21 2003

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