LOVIN IT

I LOVE THIS BOOK!! probably one of his best. one of my favorites of all times. Very well done. only drawback - perrin is not in it at all

Good, if u can get past Jordan's childish problem with women

OK, short and sweet cause you have already read the other 4 books.

Like the other books in the series, The Fires of Heaven is intriguing, if u can get past Jordan's childish problem with women. The stroy line is wonderful, but it seems one can't get through a chapter with out a character commenting on "Oh the opposite sex is stupid. We have to take them in hand." However, the plot line is enjoyable and so is Jordan's formation of magic and how it is used. So if you can stand Jordan's view of women (which he should see a counselor for) then the rest of the book is a must read.

Hurry GRRM, finish Feast of Crows!

I'm actually listening to these books on audio while I wait and wait and wait for George R.R. Martin to finish A Feast of Crows (4th book in the excellent Song of Fire and Ice series). I understand this is taking him so dang long because he wants to "do it right". Wow, what a concept, GRRM could certainly churn out just as much blather as Jordan has been.

I actually hated the first book in this series, but I kept on because in my one hour commute to work I have nothing better to do than listen to how men cannot understand women and how women think men are bullheaded/arrogant/stupid/selfish and oh did I mention stubborn? I put up with the male/female characters tiring global stereotypes of the opposite gender in books 2-4 because it didn't detract (too much) from the main plot of the books. Here's where it all went wrong. There are about 5-6 interesting things that happen in this book to further expand the "pattern", the rest is filler and really annoying/tiring filler at that.

The few interesting chapters from Mat's perspective push my rating up from a 1 to a 2 star rating. Some of the stuff from Rand's perspective is also pretty well written. That's it though, seriously.

Despite all this I find that I just can't jump off this now clearly sinking ship. I want to know just how bad it gets, I hear book 10 is pretty abysmal. Unfortunately I have to wait for unabridged audio versions of books 6-8 to be released before I can hit rock bottom. Thankfully I have to drive to work no matter what so it's not like I'll be wasting any time...