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The Path of Daggers
- Wheel of Time, Book 8
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
- Series: Wheel of Time, Book 8
- Length: 23 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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- Texnik
- 17-09-17
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.
TL;DR:
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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- tir
- 31-12-21
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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- Steve
- 24-07-15
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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- Anthony M. Padgett
- 29-01-15
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?
N/A
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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- Ramona Sz
- 02-05-22
Mr Jordan, the king of dragging it out
i could sum up this volume of the series in 2 pages, it's dragged out so much! you'd think i got used to it now, half way into the series, but it just feels more and more aggravating, and the fact that the male narrator makes all female characters sound like sassy belittleing b%hes, is mildly annoying. overall though, it's still entertaining and i will def finish the series.
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- ALK
- 30-04-22
A bit of a filler
unlike some who detest this phase of the series I did find myself enjoying the book and some of the (excessive) detail. There's certainly some action, and Jordan writes those phases well. There's a strong Rand focus with dips into Perrin briefly, Egwene and Elayne. Jordan has a similar habit to George RR Martin about clogging the narrative up with multiple POV characters and that's certainly an issue here. overall you get a sense of filler, albeit of good quality. I think if I had read the series contemporaneously, and waited a couple of years for this Id have been cheesed.
the narrators remain impeccable.
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- Michael
- 27-01-22
Scant
Too much of the writing was spent on buffers; too many descriptions of things instead of the continuation of events made it difficult to focus.
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- Dan Hargreaves
- 22-07-21
A great book, but the story is slowing down a tad
A good addition, it is a little slower thannprevious books as new arcs have started so it must build again. It does pick up later though.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-06-21
All this I don’t hurt women bs
So tired of the women in this story apparently none of the main characters can bring themselves to harm women irrespective of strength, crime or one power.
All rand does is sulk now getting real tired of this. Would have thought after getting moraine killed he’d have some sense… nope.
He didn’t even flinch killing the dark friend in book too then suddenly in book 3 onwards he’s all “keep all women safe and alive”
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- tracey pashley
- 08-06-21
Is this The Slog'?
I found most of this installment good, however there are some slow parts. Also things are generally up in the air on all the threads this time hence 4 not 5 *
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- Anonymous User
- 13-08-19
Barely anything happens
Here I am 2 books later and almost 50 hours later and the plot has barely progressed. A full trilogy could have been completed in the time it too to get through Crown of Thorns and Path of Dagger. I'm committed but I really hope it gets better soon, less sniffing and clothing description and some actual story progression.
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- Grizzo40
- 03-11-18
The start of the doldrums...
It's at this point in the series where the plot progression starts to slip. The most significant event of the book happens pretty early on, and while we get to see its impact over the rest of the book, those events don't really seem all that significant. Egwene's story line could have been streamlined quite a bit, and the caravan of women gets so little accomplished traveling, when they could have just Traveled and spared us all the drawn-out details.
Most significantly, it's with this book that some of the repetitive phrases and descriptions really stand out. The smoothing of dresses and folding of arms is almost ludicrous.
Even knowing that the next book is pretty Perrin-heavy, I always want more of his story than I get, and that's certainly true here. Mat is completely absent, which is okay, since he still has a while before his story stops being frustrating anyway.
Rand. Ugh. His arc might be necessary for the ultimate endgame, but it's really hard to like his character in the middle books. The scenes with him but from Min's point of view are always better than the ones from his own.
Despite these issues, the book goes by pretty smoothly, although it's more about what it hints at for the future than for anything that's actually contained here. We've set up several really interesting conflicts in this book that will eventually pay off really awesomely. It's just a shame that the setup was so unremarkable, relatively speaking. I still love the series, but this book isn't among the best.
As for the listening experience, there were a few weirdly mispronounced words here and there, but overall it was excellent. I'm concerned that by the time I finish the series I won't be able to listen to any other narrators because I'll simply associate audiobooks with these two voices.
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- CJ
- 08-11-18
unrelated fluff
This book was just very disappointing after the climax of the last book. I found myself waiting for things that just never really fell into place.
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- MNFishman
- 02-07-19
It's finally over!
As I am 8 books in, I'm committed to the story, but this book was painful. NOTHING HAPPENED, but it sure took a long time for it to pass! Mind numbing descriptions of pointless details weaved with swirling lists of characters I couldn't remember and cared even less about. Here's hoping #9 picks up the real story again.
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- Bradley G.
- 28-07-18
Having trouble with lots of words, and no point.
This book may be the last I read in the series. How many times is the author going to use the phrases "...smoothing her split skirts..." It's like a middle schooler trying to extend a too short essay.
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- Greg
- 25-06-17
This is where the story bogs down
Would you try another book from Robert Jordan and/or Michael Kramer and Kate Reading ?
If you've made it this far, you're already committed.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Next book in the same series, I guess
Have you listened to any of Michael Kramer and Kate Reading ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes, this one is just as good. They are really good.
Was Path of Daggers worth the listening time?
No, not worth the time. About 1/3 is worth listening to, the rest is bloated drivel. Jordan thinks we care about exactly what every character is wearing, in every scene. Purists might call this "world-building." The other 98% of us call it a waste of time.
Any additional comments?
So this is the book where I quit on Jordan 16 years ago initially. This story (books 1-4) starts out really great, and Jordan has some really top notch moments. But Path of Daggers man...Jordan really sucks with his female POV. Every female character has some over-arching personality trait that is super obnoxious, and he never ever deviates from that in any scene. His characters in general often feel like robots, just spouting off the same lines, giving the same glares, stares, etc in every. single. scene. Like i mentioned, the female POV's are particularly rough, and this book is loaded with storylines from the female characters. Blah. I literally find myself wanting Nynaeve, Faile, and at least 1/3 of the Aes Sedai to die. The dark one can have Perrin too. Wonder if we could trade those for the deaths of a few forsaken? I'd take that trade and I think the story would be much more tolerable.
I am going to continue listening to the series (at 1.75 speed) only because Brandon Sanderson finished the series and my brother said he crushed it. On to book 9! Can't wait for more descriptions of dresses!!
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- Travis
- 02-04-19
Worst one so far
In my opinion book eight is the most pointless and by far the worst book of the series. I also need to say a lot of the characters are starting to drive me nuts. The entire story is great but the individual stories of the characters have got to be the most annoying of any book I’ve ever read or listened to. It’s like watching those horror movies and you see people that do things that make zero sense to were it’s almost hilarious. Especially the women characters.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-07-19
Most Boring out of the series
Honestly nothing exciting happens. Just read a summary and don't waste your money. Its only a filler.
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- Nick Damato
- 14-10-17
Very disappointed in this book
This is by far the weakest book in the series so far. Book 7 was starting to show the signs but I was so disappointed with this book that I felt compelled to write a review. While I actually appreciate Jordan's presentation of slower-paced, immersive books he seems to take this to a new art here. The pacing is inconsistent, he may spend 2 pages detailing a party walking through a portal in one section and 2 sentences in another. The story timing was disjointed it was more difficult than usual to figure out where in the timeline the section was occurring. Most of that is forgivable but this book just did not move the plot forward enough given the time invested. It's more than 90% people moving around thinking to themselves and probably less than 10% plot progress. Book 7 and 8 could have been easily combined into one book. A major set of antagonists is virtually missing throughout the entire book while excessive detail is wasted on some minor antagonists. Again, I like slow paced immersive books but there's a minimum of plot development that I expect per book and that was not achieved here. Bottom line: it's still worth reading but less enjoyable that earlier books. I was relieved when I finished.
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- Ivan Kvapil
- 11-03-16
Wheel of Meh
This book felt a lot like filler plain and simple, a few things happened but overall it felt like things remained static
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