Lord of Chaos is 900+ pages of people posturing for power by standing (or sitting) around talking. Painfully slow pacing with very little tension that ultimately arrives at a limp ending. It's quite possible this book could be removed from the series altogether and none would be the wiser.

This was a slooooow book and took almost 50-55% to actually get started. So you can imagine how frustrated I was while reading this at snail's pace, kept thinking when will things start happening. And even after all my grumbling, this was a necessary book because here we see characters coming out of their shells. I will keep this review short. About the boys - Rand just keep improving his game of politics. getting stronger at making people obey and follow him. He is so much different from the bo...

This book contains much more different point of views than the first five; we even get to see the inner thoughts of some of the Forsaken. Each POV usually contributes to a different plot, subplot, or thread which makes a really complex overall story, so if you thought the one in the first five books was way too simple (I am kidding), this book really makes matters much more complex. This is also the point where the number of named characters became too great for all of them to be in the glossary...

Lord of Chaos (Wheel of Time, #6), Robert JordanLord of Chaos is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the sixth book of his series The Wheel of Time. With many of the seals on his prison broken, the Dark One has grown in power. He causes global warming, revives the Forsaken Aginor and Balthamel as Osan'gar and Aran'gar, and creates Shaidar Haran, his Myrddraal incarnation.In response to Rand al'Thor's amnesty on male channelers, Mazrim Taim swears allegiance to him. Together they fo...

I've completed Book 6 of the epic Wheel of Time buddy read with my amazing friend Branwen! While the awesome parts of this book made it all worth reading (particularly that exciting battle at the end) I must confess this was my least favorite novel in the series so far. Still, the Wheel of Time books just get better from here on out...right? Right?!(Umm...why did all the Wheel of Time fans start snickering at me just now???)FULL REVIEW TO COMEWheel of Time ranking photo from favorite novel to le...

A new month a new Wheel of Time book with the fantasy fanatics of Buddies Books and Baubles. This book is both engaging and infuriating. If I were to write 30 words or less that sum up my feelings about the series so far they would go something like this. Never have I read a series that I like so much based mostly on worldbuilding, plot and cultures while disliking or struggling with most of the characters. The continuing fight against The Dark One or Lord of Chaos and his chosen is re...

*** 5 ***A buddy read with my Fantasy Addicts at BB&B! May the Wheel weave as the Wheel wills!!! Amazing! More than amazing! Have I covered it all?... Yes, I have! I have run out of superlatives for this series and I do not care! The pacing of the story is very deceptively slow, but it builds on itself, fiber by fiber, and by the end of each book you find yourself holding your breath, barely able to take in air, because it is an energy outward transmutation of a million plot lines coming togethe...

To review this book, I have to start by telling a little story about my history with this series, and more specifically with this book.It was in the great year of ought 7 (2007) when I was first reading Lord of Chaos, the sixth book of The Wheel of Time. It was also the same year that Harry Potter was finishing up and sadly when the author himself, Robert Jordan, died of a rare disease. I decided, not only did I want to make sure there was an ending (sorry, I know that was insensitive of me), bu...

What a damn idiot! I accidentally put both audios of book 5 and 6 on hold at the library. This one came through before the 5th book! I was thinking I missed something! Oh well, I loved it anyway. This effing cancer shit has me all messed up!!! And I feel like shit on top of it and apparently don't know what I'm doing 😡

I am done!!!! That's it. I'm out. I will not be reading anymore of this series because it is so annoyingly repetitive. The story has not moved forward for three books and the chapters and monologues all feel the same. The paragraphs feel the same, the sentences feel the same. It's almost like Robert Jordan is more interested in hitting a massive word count rather than writing a good story. I was still curious to see how the series ended so I googled it and read the spoilers. A solid ending, i

All you need to know about this novel is that the Prologue is 54 pages long and it renders Moraine’s sacrifice from the previous book pointless (I swear, I nearly stopped reading). Also, if you expect some Lord of Chaos to make an appearance - don’t. The title has no significance whatsoever aside from signalling that plot-wise chaos has the reign supreme. I have a pretty strong feeling that the title has been given when the book had already been written, and Mr Jordan realised that there is no o...

ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.I could almost copy and paste my review for Fires of Heaven right here and it would be mostly suitable because Lord of Chaos is more of the same. This is another metropolitan-city-phonebook-sized novel with a potentially interesting story that is bogged down by its excruciatingly slow pace, regular insertions of backstory, constant descriptions of the garb of every major and minor character (garb which keeps getting smoothed, straightened, or otherwise adj...

Reviewed by: Rabid ReadsNOTICE: this reread is in preparation for finally biting the bullet and reading book 14. That means I HAVE NOT read book 14 yet. Please be mindful of this in the comments, both for me and for others who may or may not have progressed past this point in the series. Thank you.SO . . . I'm not gonna sugar-coat it, shit goes DOWN in this book.There's the Morgase situation, which is one unfortunate event after another.We've watched the Pattern rearrange itself for Rand, Mat, a...

Took you long enough to stop your main characters from sucking, RJ. Truthfully this was 3.5 stars, but I gave 3 stars to all the other books (and somehow am still reading them), so I gave this one the benefit of the doubt (and 4 stars).But this book was over 900 pages!A few things RJ could have stopped repeating:- The men/women dynamic- How much the maidens think Rand is either their son, or brother- How much Warders look like wolves- How much Aiel look like wolves- How complex names of actual w...

HOLY HELL. Some shit went down in this one!Rand - FINALLY feels like he finished with his whining and getting on with stuff - his stuff being manwhoring. And, I LOVE IT. Egwene - WHAT IN THE HOLY HELL?!Loial - LOVE YOUElayne - I just like you less and less every book. Shut up. You have basically switched places with that other idiot, Egwene. Aviendah - is growing on me. Still kind of a weirdo, but I like it. Mat - I can't remember when I started liking you. Don't ever changePerrin - Your wife su...

Was the whole world really burning up?Thank goodness for the Wheel of Time Wikia page. At this point in the series I can’t really differentiate too clearly between books; everything is just blurring together. I suppose it would help if I read the books back to back, but that is not a realistic option. I honestly need a break between instalments. That said, I do believe I enjoyed this book more than The Fires of Heaven. It felt, to me, like a return to form, but all of this is pretty relative giv...

This was another enjoyable instalment in the Wheel of Time series. It was an improvement on The Fires of Heaven, but did not reach the heights of The Shadow Rising( the best WoT book so far ). It though Jordan did OK when it came to advancing the plot in this instalment. Not a ton happened, but it felt like a lot of stuff got set into motion. This meant a lot of focus on politics and scheming, but I've always been happy enough with such story arcs. The characters proved a mixed bag: Rand: I thou...

Guide: How to Female in Wheel of Time:-Learn something new. Assume you then know everything and make sure everyone who also knows how to do it is aware that you know more. Establish dominance by making something up and insisting on it.-When first seeing another female be sure to judge her neckline first, followed by face, clothing and finally where she comes from.-If a woman flirts with your man, get angry at him for being present while that occurred.-If your man attempts to keep you safe or giv...

"The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule."There is no going back. The Wheel of Time is now officially one of my favourite series of all time. At times while reading I got this weird, amazing feeling that only two other works of fantasy have given me before. There was something this sixth book had that took me over the edge and far down the other side. Or more specifically, something this book...

THIS IS MEANT AS A LIGHT, NOT-TOO-SERIOUS BUT HOPEFULLY FUNNY REVIEW, SO PLEASE TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS. AND NOW, ON TO THE SLAUGHTER!!!Nyneave tugged her braid as hard as she could bear it. Any harder and she would surely rip her scalp off. “How am I supposed to review this book?” she muttered, holding a copy of Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos in her left hand. Her right was busy pulling at her braid. “The author’s first three books were really good––well, if one turns a blind eye on the fact that...