The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of The Wheel of Time

I enjoyed this book more than the prior story. More action and more focus. I will continue reading more of the series.

Alright, once again I'm in a 'four or five stars' predicament. And as usual, I'm calling it a 4.5 and rounding up. Call it generosity, call it not being critical enough, whatever. This was a great book. I don't know why I even say when I'm between ratings, I could just rate it and move on. And now I'm talking about the fact that I didn't just rate it and move on. Anyway...Another thread in the Pattern complete. The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills and it wills me to love this series. I am in deep now, this being the fifth of fourteen books, and the best way to describe my feeling within this world is.. comfortable. I have reached a point where even areas of the story that are paced slower still remain interesting to me, simply because I've grown fond of this world and the characters that fill it. Jordan remains a descriptive master, and if you give his writing the thought that it asks for you will find yourself in places as fully realized as those around me as I type. Now, that isn't to say that I will let any and all slow pacing off the hook, I'm just saying that it didn't bother me in this book. Maybe it will in the future, who knows?Now, the slower pace for this one did lend itself to some excellent characterization. Especially in Nynaeve. We get to spend (what felt like) more time with she and Elayne in this one, and I am really enjoying Nynaeve's growth. She is finally becoming a bit more self-reflective, which I've been waiting for for some time. You can feel her start to change, and feel how it affects the characters around her too. I will admit that she has a long way to go when it comes to her attitude toward men. And really, no character gets a pass on this. It seems every man in the series can hardly stand to be around women, and the same for every woman with men. At least in their internal dialogue. It comes off false, and frankly a little weird. It's one thing to fear Aes Sedai, but this is just frustratingly blind, and way too generalized. I'm ready for that to change. It doesn't bother me totally, because it's sort of been this way from the beginning, but if it did change it would be welcome. Anyhow, I was also pleased with Mat's POVs, I just wish there were more of them! I won't detail his growth because it's a major spoiler for readers in the earlier books, but it is very satisfying to watch, and Mat has come a long way from the boy he was back in Emond's Field. I have the sense that he has a long way yet to go, too. I was a bit surprised to find that Perrin has no POV chapters whatsoever in this one. He is mentioned offhandedly a couple of times but other than that, we are left in the dark as to just what Perrin Goldeneyes is up to during this book. I'm eager to have that cleared up in the next book. Rand's part of the story remains as compelling as ever, and is likely still my favorite bit, but I'm glad to see some interest building in areas of the story where it may have lacked before.Areas of slow pacing aside, The Fires of Heaven really did have some moments that packed a punch. These are long books, and reality never takes a break, so they can take me some time to finish, but I was pretty enthralled with the story throughout. I can usually tell how invested in a series I am by how many notes and highlights I have for each book in my Kindle, and I've got a whole hell of a lot for this one. The Wheel of Time is so far living up to its reputation for me, and has maybe even exceeded my expectations a bit. It's ambitious, interesting, full of magic, and shows no signs of stopping now. Lord of Chaos is up next.Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.

The Fires of Heaven continues the epic saga, with the wheel's weave expanding in delightful ways. Each arc is very enjoyable, and some characters start to shine in ways you perhaps never would have thought they would. The political intrigue only grows, and the action sequences are handled masterfully.Better on each read, and the story only gets better from here. An absolute must read.

Fast. As described

If the 4th one started Mat’s race to being the most interesting character in the series this one had him setting the pace for the rest of the characters. Nyneve, who I found to be growing on me in previous books, was absolutely insufferable at times. Rand dipping into madness and everyone who was scattered in 3 and 4 gathering together. No Perrin though. For some that’s a plus but I always liked Perrin. Overall: Too much braid pulling. Not enough yellow eyes. Still, pretty good.

The White Tower has broken. Suian and Leane have been stilled and spirited out of Tar Valon by Min Farshaw with some help by Laras. Laras, I will miss you. You were fun and would make for an interesting prequel. Now Suian, Leane, Min, and Logain must find a gathering of rebel Aes Sedai and convince the women there that their best interest is to support Rand al'Thor, The Dragon Reborn.In the Aiel Waste, Rand is confronted by attacks from the Forsaken. And it is a race for him to learn as much about the power as he can from his captive Forsaken, Asmodean. Captured with the help of Lanfear only because she intends for Rand to learn enough to be a worthy companion to herself. Meanwhile other Forsaken plot to lay a trap for him that will see him dead. But first Rand must deal with Couladin. As Couladin leaves the waste with an army, and lays siege to Cairhien, Rand is forced by events to follow and wage war against Couladin and the Shaido. And somehow Rand must avoid a trap set for him by a group of Forsaken. But even after he deals with Couladin, Rand must journey to Caemlyn to confront the Forsaken Rahvin.Far to the west, Elayne and Nynaeve leave Tanchico behind, setting out for The White Tower. They don't know that Moghedian is searching for them and following their every step. Learning of the break in the White Tower and of the stilling of the Amyrlin, they too now plan to join the rebel Aes Sedai. With Moghedian in pursuit, they join a traveling menagerie and attempt to disguise themselves from her, while somehow making it to Salidar.Coming to a dramatic conclusion in Caemlyn where Rand and Nynaeve join up to fight against Moghedian and Rahvin, The Fires of Heaven is one of the best books of the series. Most of the book is told from either Rand's or Nynaeve's point of view. This helps move the plot line along without too many deviations. Plus, because there is no Perrin, there is no Faile. For that last bit alone, I would give this book six stars. On the other hand, because there is so much Nynaeve there is a lot of sniffing. Loud sniffing. Jordan not only has the women sniff more than ever, but he discovered the adjective 'loud' and applies liberally.I've been keeping track of the sniffs in the book because Jordan has his women sniff way too much. For this book,Nynaeve - IIIII IIIII IIIAviendha - IIIII IIIIIEgwene - IIIIIElayne - IIISiuan - IIBair - ILanfear - ILini - ILeane - IAnd for the five books thus far Aviendha shoots out of nowhere to claim a tie for third place, but Nynaeve is so far ahead that really there is no competition for first right now,Nynaeve - IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIII (29)Egwene - IIIII IIIII I (11)Aviendha - IIIII IIIII (10)Elayne - IIIII IIIII (10)Moiraine - IIIII II (7)Faile - IIIIILeane - IIIIISuian Sanche (the former Amyrlin) - IIILanfear/Selene - IIIMin - IIElaida - IILiandrin - IILaras, Mistress of the Kitchens - IICook at Inn - IIMelaine - IIBair - IIFemales in Crowd - IWoman in Fal Dara - ISuroth - IBornhold - IWomen of Emonds Field - IVerin - ITavern Wenches at the Woman of Tanchico Inn - IAludra - IAilhuin - IJorin - IMarin al'Vere - IAdine - IJeaine - IRendra - ILini - I

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Lo compre porque quiero tener toda la colección de la rueda del tiempo. Es para mi la mejor novela que he leído.

The whole series is awesome. Sometimes it gets a bit slow - but it is really always building to something. Better than the Lord of the Rings, not as taxing as a GRRM novel, this series is compelling, has several characters for you to love, a cool spellcasting system, a very big setting with very great depth. Absolutely my favourite at this time.

Je ne note pas le tome mais la saga.J'ai adoré cette saga en dévorant tous les tomes. Elle est rythmée, pleine d'actions, de complots, de revirements qui nous maintiennent en haleine tout le long. Le monde où se déroule l'action est bien pensé : on conserve un réalisme, les nouveautés proposées (magie, croyances, politique, etc.) sont bien interconnectées et nous changent des histoires habituelles.A titre personnel, je le range en N°1 de l'heroic-fantasy avec l'assassin royal. De part des héros qui sont humains par leurs défauts, et une puissance magique qui reste contrôlée [magie limitée en capacité et dans le temps ; risque de s'y abandonner ; etc.], cela permet d'avoir une mis en danger constante : le héros peut basculer du côté obscur, ou se perdre dans la magie, etc.Ils supplantent à mon gouts les autres séries (Seigneur des anneaux [trop de longueurs], la Belgariade [trop simplet], ...).

I am a fan of Robert Jordan, I already have the Italian paper edition of all books and wanted to read it in the original languange.Some description are maybe too detailed or repeated but I knew it already from Italian so nothing new.To me absolutely worth to read