Winter's Heart (Wheel of Time, #9)

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ISBN:: 978-0-8125-7558-3

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Winter's Heart is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the ninth book of his series Wheel of Time. It was published by Tor Books and released on November 7, 2000. Upon its release, it immediately rose to the #1 position on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list, making it the second Wheel of Time book to reach the #1 position on that list. It remained on the list for the next two months. Winter's Heart consists of a prologue and 35 chapters. The book's title is a reference to the increasing coldness of Rand al'Thor's personality and to the return of winter following the reversal in the previous book, The Path of Daggers, of the unnatural heat caused by the Dark One's manipulation of the climate. Winter's Heart was the first Wheel of Time book for which the prologue, entitled "Snow", was first sold as an …

Winter's Heart is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the ninth book of his series Wheel of Time. It was published by Tor Books and released on November 7, 2000. Upon its release, it immediately rose to the #1 position on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list, making it the second Wheel of Time book to reach the #1 position on that list. It remained on the list for the next two months. Winter's Heart consists of a prologue and 35 chapters. The book's title is a reference to the increasing coldness of Rand al'Thor's personality and to the return of winter following the reversal in the previous book, The Path of Daggers, of the unnatural heat caused by the Dark One's manipulation of the climate. Winter's Heart was the first Wheel of Time book for which the prologue, entitled "Snow", was first sold as an ebook in advance of the physical release of the book. "Snow" was released by the Scribner imprint of Simon & Schuster in September 2000, two months before the publication of Winter's Heart.

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Kadomi@buecher.pnpde.social reviewed Winter's Heart (Wheel of Time, #9) by Robert Jordan

Knee-deep in the doldrums

3 stars

I'm knee-deep in the doldrums of the Wheel of Time. Inspired to plod on by a stellar season 2 of the show, I was immediately confronted with the dilemma that I like every single character of the show better than the book equivalent.

All in all, very little happens here. Elayne tries to consolidate power in Andor, and I cannot stress how much I was bored out of my mind by that plot thread. Rand flees to Far Madding, and that was moderately interesting. Once again, Mat saved the day and a star for being the only likeable character, and for actually trying things, preparing to flee Ebou Dar. Also, the Daughter of the Nine Moons has arrived, and that's really the most fascinating bit about the whole book for me.

The finale was grand, and interesting enough, but all in all, I am just glad that it's over, hundo …

I'm knee-deep in the doldrums of the Wheel of Time. Inspired to plod on by a stellar season 2 of the show, I was immediately confronted with the dilemma that I like every single character of the show better than the book equivalent.

All in all, very little happens here. Elayne tries to consolidate power in Andor, and I cannot stress how much I was bored out of my mind by that plot thread. Rand flees to Far Madding, and that was moderately interesting. Once again, Mat saved the day and a star for being the only likeable character, and for actually trying things, preparing to flee Ebou Dar. Also, the Daughter of the Nine Moons has arrived, and that's really the most fascinating bit about the whole book for me.

The finale was grand, and interesting enough, but all in all, I am just glad that it's over, hundo p. Can it get any worse? This is generally considered one of the better books of the doldrums, so I really fear the worst.