A Crown of Swords - Robert Jordan

Six down and five to go! My goodness there are alot of books in this series! So here we are the seventh book in the series, A crown of swords follows on from the Dragon reborn. This is from the epic series of books known as the Wheel of time my fantasy writer Robert Jordan. This book came out in May 0f 1996. Thats nearly a two year wait for this one then! A big gap, not sure what Jordan was upto in that time but he seems to have slowed in his writing. No doubt this was frustrating for the fans after the last book which was simply stunning, so now they were eager to get a copy of this one and resume the story! I know I was anyway! Yet again we ...  Read the complete review

I'll admit now that I have a serious problem with this series - I cannot abide the main character, Rand, the Dragon reborn. Believe me, I've tried. I put up with his griping pathetic phase in the hopes he would get himself moving. I put up with his obviousness - young man ripped from rural home to fulfil vitally important destiny. The trouble is, Rand is dull, unlikable and depressing. If you haven't encountered him yet and have no idea what I am talking about, I think some introductions may be in order. Rand is a ald from a small village, who, many books ago, was whisked away by a mysterious Aes Sedi (magic using female) because he may well have ...  Read the complete review