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The Path of Daggers

By: Robert Jordan
Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
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Summary

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In The Path of Daggers, the eighth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al'Thor engages in battle wearing the Crown of Swords and wielding Callandor against a force unprepared for the wrath of the Dragon Reborn.

The Seanchan invaders are heading for Illian—and Rand's army of Asha'man soldiers. When they meet in battle, some of the Asha'man are afflicted by madness, unable to control their channeling and unleashing raw power.

The madness extends to Rand himself. He has been hearing the voice of a man believed to have been the previous Dragon Reborn. Besieged by visions and debilitated whenever he uses the One Power, Rand chooses to attack the Seanchan with Callandor. The sword consumes him with a berserker rage, felling ally and enemy alike. And when he regains his senses, Rand finds himself less trusted by those who were once the most loyal.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

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Not as bad as expected

If you're reading this, it's probably too late to stop now. The book is distinctly "above average" compared to books 1-7. Very important things happen here, with very little stupidity, relatively speaking. If I didn't know better, I might suspect that Robert Jordan decided to embrace character development.

What he also embraced are way more words than the story deserves, as usual.

There are few action scenes though and the ending is not as impressive as the previous ones. It snuck up on me. When I heard "the last chapter", I had to pause and check if it was a metaphor.


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Book 8 is better than people say, but as usual, half of it is still boring. You will read it anyway. You've come too far to give up now.

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tiresome

I haven't been driven to write a review of the series before this book, having read all of them up to book 12 years ago my memories of them were good, but oh...this one was just hard work. I am sick of the 'bulging' eyes, and worst of all, 'gaping' expressions. I have committed to listening to all the books, mainly because it's a good tale, and I like the central characters, but there's another reason...this was Robert Jordan's life work and I was so upset that he died before it was completed, I found that poignant, however, were he still alive and writing, I would be sending him a Thesaurus, and an editor to cut out all the stuff that isn't gripping. So glad I've finished this book.

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Odd words clash.

What made the experience of listening to The Path of Daggers the most enjoyable?

Continuation of a great epic.

What other book might you compare The Path of Daggers to, and why?

"Game of Thrones" for obvious reasons.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

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Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

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Any additional comments?

There are several words in the text which are badly mispronounced. Most Americans will not agree with me when I say that "HERBS" has an 'H' and it is pronounced.
An arrow is NOTCHED to a bow and not KNOCKED.
The word LEAPED is pronounced LEPT.
There are others but one would not want to be called pedantic. Overall I am enjoying the Series and particularly the performances of Michael and Kate. It's just that once in a while a mispronunciation has me jumping around and screaming at my Kindle.

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Bad recording spoils the story

Does Audible not carry out quality control procedures before releasing a product? It seems not. There's frequent word stuttering, repetition, background interference, and even a few chapters that just cut off abruptly mid paragraph. What the heck? It really takes you of the story constantly and I can never tell if I'm missing anything important. Please do better.

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Beautiful

My life has changed so much over the year I have read this series not so much the things that are in my life but my outlook on it. With a heavy heart I finish the last book and can confidently say with a tear in my eye this is the best book series I have read in my thousands of hours of reading and listening to them this is the first and likely the last book series that has made me cry at the end and if you are apprehensive about reading a 14 book series I can tell you now that you will not regret it at the end a phenomenal story all the way through with a pair of incredible readers makes these books my favourite of all time.

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8 down...

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this series for anyone looking to make a BIG commitment to a single fantasy world

What did you like best about this story?

the huge expansive arc over the series

Have you listened to any of Michael Kramer and Kate Reading ’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Michael Kramer has also done the mist born series. very good

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

NO WAY!

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I'd like to finish the series but I'll struggle to get through another book like this

I had to force myself to finish this, it's like the author had one story arc and decided to split it across multiple books. I appreciate this is part of an epic series but you still have to have each book standing on its own merits. The cliff hanger at the end feels like it's an admission that the book wasn't great but please buy the next one so you can at least gain some closure. The narrator's changing of pronunciation from book to book is very jarring at times.

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I have read this in the hard back and it is nice to hear it whilst I am working.

I prefer an English accent. I fear that the American slurring does not do the book it's best.

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This has not aged well

I honestly want to come to the end of these stories but I don’t know how long I can persevere as sexism is oozing from these books. Women get older but never wiser, they are still child-like even when they have been aes sedai for 40 years. Women find purpose in life in dressing up for men and showing cleavage, as the writer is obsessed with women’s bosoms. The best thing that can happen to women is to swear obedience to a man so that, even though he is a 20 year old child who came from an obscure village not knowing anything, he can perfectly guide aes sedai as he knows much better than all the rest combined. Men in general know better than women especially when the latter needs protection even if they stupidly think they can take care of themselves. Oh and also, the most fortunate thing that can happen a young woman is to share a man with 2 others. This strengthens their bond as they become sister-like in sharing the man. How wonderful!

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stuff and stuff and...

weakest book in the series so far for me, lots of things happen but between the tired clichés of dress straightening and such none of it really felt that engaging. more like a sequential list of stuff.

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