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ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature. For being such a long book (nearly 1000 pages in my trade paperback copy), amazingly little happens in The Fires of Heaven, and this is why so many readers have abandoned this otherwise interesting story. Approximately the first third of the novel contains so much recap and repetition that, if I'd had "my hair in a proper braid," I would have been yanking it as often as Nynaeve does. The formula for the first 100 pages or so goes something like this: One or two lines of dialogue, two paragraphs of backstory, another line of dialogue, another couple of paragraphs of backstory... It felt like the proverbial "one step forward, two steps back!" I managed to stick with it, though, only because I was listening to it on audiobook (and therefore only half listening while I accomplished something else at the same time) and because I wanted to write a review. Besides, I found it immensely entertaining when I could complete Robert Jordan's sentences for him... <>... In The Fires of Heaven, we never see Perrin or Faile, which is fine with me. There is an interesting plot-line involving Siuan Sanche, Logain, and Gareth Bryne. Rand's adoption of Asmodean is entertaining, too -- I like that we're not really sure which side Asmodean and Lanfear are on. The plot does finally move forward a bit, but it takes way too long to do so. The book could have easily been cut to half its size and been better for it. If I had been the editor, I would have taken a blue pencil to all instances of: * females obsessing about the modesty of their clothing * males obsessing about the modesty of female clothing * needless skirt smoothing and straightening * silk clinging to hips and breasts * shivering or sweating that has nothing to do with the weather * disgusted talk about not understanding the opposite sex * braid pulling, tugging, and yanking * sniffing * thoughts or actual instances of bottoms being switched or spanked * Nynaeve's cat fights At this point, I'm quickly loosing patience as The Wheel of Time quickly looses steam. That's a shame, because the story itself is very good -- but it's just too hard to extract it from the dross. Read more Robert Jordan book reviews at Fantasy literature.

my sixth grade son was assigned to read this is as he was studying the life and work of Edgar Allen Poe. very gothic not my thing.

The kids (Riley especially) and I are really enjoying these books.

Review to be posted soon at Xomba Horror for Deadite Press

Love, love, love, so much so I named my rat after one of the main characters. RIP Ratticus.

I loved this look into the future slayers. I started reading Fray because in Season 8 of Buffy she comes back in and I was intrigued. I think Joss Whedon truly is a genius (even though I hate Dollhouse) but everything else he has written has been inspired. His father worked on Golden Girls! What more can I say?