Dragon Reborn - Robert Jordan

Once again, I’ll start by saying that if you have plans on reading the Wheel of Time series, you might not want to read this, as it probably gives away some of the outcomes from the first couple of books in the series, The Eye of the World and The Great Hunt. This is the third book in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, which will eventually encompass 12 novels (or so I’m told), nine of which are currently available. There’s no point in reading this book unless you’ve read its two predecessors, as you’ll be completely lost as to what’s going on – this is very much a series, with one book following on from the ...  Read the complete review

The Dragon Reborn is the third book in the epic Wheel of time series by fantasy writer Robert Jordan. This book came out back in October 1991. By the time this third book came out fans of the series were well and truely hooked. People snapped the book up quickly so they could continue the story, so Jordan was sure of his book selling very well, and it did. This was another big hit for the author. So the story again begins carrying on where we left off in the previous book, the great hunt. We follow Mat Cauthon who is taken to Tar Valon who is in need of some help after getting himself into more trouble, after being stabbed by a dagger in Shadar Logoth ...  Read the complete review

The series clearly has been given some thought by its experienced author. There are mysteries and solutions to these mysteries introduced in the very first book but which do not catch into the running plot until later. By the time you are turning the pages of the Dragon Reborn you are nicely hooked in. The problem is that there are a lot of pages to turn. Heck, no, I'm not saying the book is too large. What I am saying is that the story telling does tend to lumber slowly on and the reader generally knows there are eight (soon to be nine) books in the series. You have to be daft if you think that by the end of book three everything will be Peaches and Cream. Reading ...  Read the complete review

There's something terribly familair about this business of a sword trapped in a stone, even if the 'stone' is actually a fortress. Here all parallels with Arthurian fantasy end, as we embark on book three of Robert Jordan's mind bendingly detaled series. I'm going to try and write this so that it makes good sense even if you aren't reading the books, however, this means there will be spoilers for the first two books - so if you are planning to read them eventually, this might ruin a surprise or two. It's either that, or make no sense to most people. That's the trouble about writing about a series.... I'm also going to have ...  Read the complete review

The Dragon Reborn is the third book in Robert Jordan's excellent fantasy series called The Wheel of Time and it is, in my opinion, one of the finest fantasy series ever written. The Wheel of Time is the tale of a world where time repeats itself and the dramas of history are re-enacted but with different faces and different stories each time. In this book, Rand al'Thor the book's protagonist travels across a distrustful and deceitful world full of dangers to the city of Tear where he must draw Callandor, the Sword that is Not a Sword from its incredibly well-guarded chamber, in order to realise his destiny and take the first step on fulfilling a prophecy that ...  Read the complete review