Winter's Heart (Wheel of Time Series #9)

Amazing Fantasy

The review earlier that commented that they thought Robert Jordan would die before giving us the end was a very offensive review. For the record, Robert Jordan did pass away, may he rest in peace, but he made arrangements prior to that for the last story to be written. He created such an amazing fantasy world and he cared enough about the story AND the readers to see to this. His books are so colorful and full of life; other fantasy books have just two aspects to them-we're good and they're bad; let's use magic and dragons to deal with it! In the Wheel of Time series you have fantasy and also the aspects of actually living in that world. Robert Jordan will be missed and I am sad that I will not be able to look forward to any more by this amazing author.

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Winter's Heart

This is book #9 and at first I was annoyed that there are no endings and very little happens in each book. But now I am hooked, it is pure escapism. So far there is no #10 in ebooks and I want more!

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Winter's Heart - a different kind of sword and scorcery

This is a complex sword and scorcery novel with a panoply of characters and subplots all intricately woven together. It was, at first, a little hard to follow the action that shifted back and forth from place to place and character to character. By chapter three, however, you'll be completely sucked into the narrative and like the characters themselves, find it difficult to extricate yourself.

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Best series I've ever read.

Yet another great instillation in the series. Robert Jordan is the best fantasy author I've had the pleasure to stumble across.

Highly Recommend!

Jordan was a wonderful writer!

Wheel of Time

Winter's Heart isnt the best book so far, but it is still very good. The series is ludicrously long, but definetly worth it.

Must read!!!!

not sure about the direction some of the characters have gone yet i still keep reading on to book 10!

Grandson Loves This series

My grandson requested this series and he loved this edition, now he needs the next book for his enjoyment.

Amazing!!

The suspense rises throughout the entire book and culminates with a massive climax. But ends with more suspense leading up the the end of the series.

I love Robert Jordan!

All of his books have amazing detail and wonderful characters! Always giving the audience what they want while giving the book an unexpected twist. I have come to love ALL he characters and the way Jordan writes. When writing from the veiw of a woman I feel it is a woman speaking and not an imitation. Beautiful story and plot I love it!

The wheel of time

I have enjoyed all the wheel of time series books and Robert Jordan's style of story telling. It has given me hours of enjoyment

Wheel keeps turning

The Wheel of time turns, along with the books. I am a very avid fantasy reader, my very pleasing indulgence. This is epic fantasy at its best. We must always be aware of each characters purpose and pursuits. I hear people say in the reviews "When does it end"....Well, why must it end. From book one I was involved in each characters life. To experience the fullness and richness of Jordans world we must have politics, religion and patience enduring the heavy descriptions of the world. No book is perfect. No author, story or world either. Whether we are reading to escape, have an adventure, fell in love with characters, the world, etc. I do not see how you can quit and not finish this incredible journey that we have traveled so far into to. I never look forward to end of a series, story or plot. I always just enjoy the now magic. Trust me my fellow readers, when this story does end then what?????

I was on my third or fourth book of this "Wheel Of Time" story, when someone told me to be ready for LONG story telling and no end in sight.

Honestly, I cant remember wether it was book eight or nine that I had to stop reading The Wheel Of Time. What is fantasy, one might ask. The Lord Of The Rings(The Hobbit, The Silmaralion)introduced us(me)to a "fantasy" realm. Now a-days it seems most fantasy writers are following some trend in having to write Politics and such. They "shower" their stories with cities and individuals, drenched in religion and race, gender and bigotry...Some of this is fine. Truely it is. But why not just go write books on todays issues, and leave fantasy to fantasy! This is not just R. Jordan. Writers are beggining to leave off much information on the "fantasy" evil driven and selfish characters, that only their names make me think Im reading fantasy! WHAT is fantasy? For 1000s of years, we have had a few consistant characters to fascinate us, to take us away to another world. Would we want a Western w/out Cowboys? Or w/out Natives? Or w/out Doc Holliday(Tomestone)? Would we want a civil Rights Movement(in the 50' & 60')w/out M.L.King or M.X.? These reasonings can go on and on. The answers are NO! Not possible, if we want a true sense of meaning. Well, Dragons, giant ones, will never cease to fascinate me. Dragons have been at the core of our fantasy immagination for 1000s of years. I am not saying put a dragon in all books. I am saying let fantasy remain fantasy, and leave excesive politics and feelings of personal gender and so on(in excess)to todays issues in the writing. I had to stop reading The Wheel Of Time, for it bcame frustrating, having to deal with the many names, changes in plot that did not need to go there, and the seeming unending publishing of books indicating no near end in the story. The Wheel Of Time IS A MELTING POT OF STORIES COMBINED, IN ANOTHER MELTING POT, BEING WRITTEN ON SIMMER-VERY SLOWLY...I think I might have read up to book nine, maybe eight...

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only if u can read them all together no breaks!

Good god they're great books but by the time this one came out i had to read the glossary to get a handle on the story again which did nothing to help with the character names so many so close it was freakin confusing. i got so frustrated i stopped buying them after this book. my dad stopped two books before this for same reason, and he swears jordan will die before he finishes the story and we'll never have an end to it!

Not finished

I thought it was not the best because there was not enough action. It was still one of my favorites. I haven't read the next one yet but the way he wrote Winter's Heart sets it up to be a good one.

Winter's Heart Climax King

Robert Jordan¿s Winter¿s Heart, the ninth book in the epic heart-pounding series Wheel of Time, the Last Battle draws still closer. Rand al¿Thor is the world¿s only hope for salvation from the Dark One. His battle with sanity continues to climb as the dead Lews Therin fights for control in his mind. Although not constantly being bombarded with intricate fighting scenes, like the previous books in the series, Jordan still continues to intrigue his writers with action and drama, but now he starts to tie the loose ends that will lead to the inevitable Last Battle. Mat is plans his escape of Ebou Dar, now controlled by the battle hardened Seanchan. Perrin¿s wife is held captive in the Shaido Aeil camp. In the climax Rand decides to cleanse the taint of saidan. This climax is among the greatest climaxes ever to fill the pages of fantasy books. Robert Jordan¿s writing never lets the reader down in this amazing tale of light against dark. His intricate battles and plots suck the reader into the amazing world he has created. And the ending is bound to leave the reader breathless.

is iight

alrite i liked all the books he wrote for this series but this one was i think the worst talked to much about the aes sedai problem and stuff i think if i can remember o.o really i dont care about aes sedai shorten that shet

Bored with these, finish them please

Okay, the first books were great. I LOVED books 1-7! there were great plots, and I couldn't put the books down. Now, the plot is starting to stretch and get added on to. RJ is just taking too long with these books. He has book 11 coming out soon, and I just hope he wraps up the series with book 12, or at least stop stretching the story line! I had to put the book down for about a month or so at a time every 5 chapters or so, because the book bored me so. PLEASE just wrap up the series!!!!!

There must all sides to every story

The Wheel of Time series is one of the most beautiful written works I've ever read or heard. I think it was difficult to get used to Kate Reading, but after a while she wasn't noticable at all and was the voice of those characters you love. The story does advance here and one gets to see some of the most wonderful events to happen to our characters we love.

Good.

This is a GREAT book like all the rest of the series. Huge plot twists, nations falling madness, all the things i liked in the lord of the rings. I love it and cant wait for the next book in the series. However, i think that that the previous reviewer is trying to change things more to his point of view. Are you sure that the wheel of time was really heading that way? It sounds more like its the way you want it to be instead of the way it IS.