Winter's Heart

, #9

Mass Market Paperback, 780 pages

English language

Published Jan. 5, 2002 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-8125-7558-3
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4 stars (98 reviews)

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Rand is on the run with Min, and in Cairhein, Cadsuane is trying to figure out where he is headed. Rand's destination is, in fact, one she has never considered.

Mazrim Taim, leader of the Black Tower, is revealed to be a liar. But what is he up to?

Faile, with the Aiel Maidens, Bain and Chiad, and her companions, Queen Alliandre and Morgase, is prisoner of Savanna's sept.

Perrin is desperately searching for Faile. With Elyas Machera, Berelain, the Prophet and a very mixed …

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reviewed Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #9)

Picking up speed

5 stars

I feel like the series really gets much better again with Winter's Heart. Yes, there's still repetitive stuff, when things get described, that have been described every book since #1. That's probably worse if you read the whole lot in one go as I do now.

But thanks to massive story beats around Mat, Elayne and Rand here, arcs get resolved that have been hanging in mid-air for whole books. And it's good, trust me. At least, when seen in the context of the whole series, of course.

Review of "Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, Book 9)" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Posted Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Actual Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars


As originally posted on Reviews of a Self Proclaimed Bibliophile.

A trap isn’t really a trap if you know it’s there. If you know it’s there, maybe you can see a way to walk in so it isn’t a trap at all.~Rand al’Thor



Upon starting Winter’s Heart I had a pretty set frame of mind regarding the characters and the factions, this is a typical reaction given that at this point I am more than half way through the series. Yet, this book has forced me to reevaluate my preconceived notions – I have had to change my way of thinking about things I thought I knew and I love that. Over the course of the series the Seanchan have been portrayed as a threat towards the Westlands (the continent where our story …

reviewed Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #9)

Review of "Winter's Heart" on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

"You can never know everything," Lan said quietly, "and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway."

It was great to have a return to familiar characters, albeit underused in recent books. A prophecy from an earlier story finally appears and Rand has a plan that may actually work. After nine books my memory of what happened in Book #9 or Book #8 feels a bit like how Mat does with his memories but I found this book to have some thrilling moments but it did drag in others. This book should probably be deserving of a 3.5 rating but I shall leave it as 3 for now.

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