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The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)
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2.25 stars
**This is a spoiler-filled review**
Sorry in advance for the incoherent nature of this review: I am tired and I have loads of work to do so let's get this over with.
First off, what the heck was that structure? This didn't feel like one book's worth of narrative, but rather a bunch of vignettes mushed together in order to advance the plot. The beginning throws you in head first into the action and it feels like an epilogue to the previous book and from there the narrative is really segmented and it feels as if the segments are not related at all. Same thing can be said for the ending: it is really abrupt and just feels weird as if Jordan said "alrighty, that seems like enough for this one". Did I enjoy being thrown off my tracks with having Faile and gang made Gai'shain? Yeah, but then why did we have that one last chapter that ends with people talking about dreams? It felt super random.
Do I think that this is as "sloggy" as I expected? Frankly, no, I thought it would be much much worse. On the other hand, this was nowhere as exciting as the previous books. I know it goes only downhill form here, but I really hope not by much.
I also don't think that almost anything was done with any of the characters except for maybe Rand and Min.
So yeah, those were my thoughts on book 1 of the Slog. *pats self on back*
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Books in series :
#0 New Spring: ★★.75
#1 The Eye of the World: ★★�.5
#2 The Great Hunt: ★★�.75
#3 The Dragon Reborn: ★★�
#4 The Shadow Rising: ★★★★.25
#5 The Fires of Heaven: ★★★★
#6 Lord of Chaos: ★★★★.25
#7 A Crown of Swords: ★★�.75
#8 The Path of Daggers: ★★.25
#9 Winter's Heart: �.25
#10 Crossroads of Twilight: �.5
#11 Knife of Dreams: ★★�.5
#12 The Gathering Storm: ★★★★.5
#13 Towers of Midnight: ★★�
#14 A Memory of Light: ★★�.5
by
2.25 stars
**This is a spoiler-filled review**
Sorry in advance for the incoherent nature of this review: I am tired and I have loads of work to do so let's get this over with.
First off, what the heck was that structure? This didn't feel like one book's worth of narrative, but rather a bunch of vignettes mushed together in order to advance the plot. The beginning throws you in head first into the action and it feels like an epilogue to the previous book and from there the narrative is really segmented and it feels as if the segments are not related at all. Same thing can be said for the ending: it is really abrupt and just feels weird as if Jordan said "alrighty, that seems like enough for this one". Did I enjoy being thrown off my tracks with having Faile and gang made Gai'shain? Yeah, but then why did we have that one last chapter that ends with people talking about dreams? It felt super random.
Do I think that this is as "sloggy" as I expected? Frankly, no, I thought it would be much much worse. On the other hand, this was nowhere as exciting as the previous books. I know it goes only downhill form here, but I really hope not by much.
I also don't think that almost anything was done with any of the characters except for maybe Rand and Min.
So yeah, those were my thoughts on book 1 of the Slog. *pats self on back*
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Books in series :
#0 New Spring: ★★.75
#1 The Eye of the World: ★★�.5
#2 The Great Hunt: ★★�.75
#3 The Dragon Reborn: ★★�
#4 The Shadow Rising: ★★★★.25
#5 The Fires of Heaven: ★★★★
#6 Lord of Chaos: ★★★★.25
#7 A Crown of Swords: ★★�.75
#8 The Path of Daggers: ★★.25
#9 Winter's Heart: �.25
#10 Crossroads of Twilight: �.5
#11 Knife of Dreams: ★★�.5
#12 The Gathering Storm: ★★★★.5
#13 Towers of Midnight: ★★�
#14 A Memory of Light: ★★�.5
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September 13, 2021
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September 13, 2021
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September 24, 2021
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"Not as bad as I thought it would be... much smaller scale and slower pace than last one but manageable... idk like a 3 stars for now or a 2.75 but compared with what I heard that isn't bad at all I think."
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October 4, 2021
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Nov 14, 2021 09:32PM
Crossroads of Twilight is definitely much, much worse than this one. I surprisingly liked Winter’s Heart quite a bit though. Starting Knife next month so I’m hoping the end run is as good as fans say.
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@Pyramids that is not very encouraging haha :) I'm thinking to start Winter's Heart soon... But yeah I heard that CoT is veeeery draggy. I hope it picks up in the end too!
