The Shadow Rising

(Wheel of Time (4))

Mass Market Paperback, 1008 pages

English language

Published Oct. 15, 1993 by Tor Fantasy.

ISBN:
9780812513738

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4 stars (55 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. The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind. In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself be broken? In the Two Rivers, the Whitecloaks ride in pursuit of a man with golden eyes, and in pursuit of the Dragon Reborn. In Cantorin, among the Sea Folk, High Lady Suroth plans the return of the Seanchan armies to the mainland. In the Stone of Tear, the Lord …

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Review of 'The Shadow Rising' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This is a great book in The Wheel of Time series. It picks up where The Dragon Reborn left off and sets the stage for a lot of cool things to happen with the various characters. It has a little bit of everything without focusing too much on a single group of characters, which will become increasingly hard as the cast of characters continues to grow.

Check out my full review at my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2022/01/book-review-shadow-rising-by-robert.html

Review of 'The Shadow Rising' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This is a great book in The Wheel of Time series. It picks up where The Dragon Reborn left off and sets the stage for a lot of cool things to happen with the various characters. It has a little bit of everything without focusing too much on a single group of characters, which will become increasingly hard as the cast of characters continues to grow.



Check out my full review at my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2022/01/book-review-shadow-rising-by-robert.html

Review of 'The Shadow Rising' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This book started out rough. I came very, very close to giving up on this series when I had to endure 50-some odd pages of the female characters sitting around talking about boys.

Luckily, after that section of the book, it was actually halfway decent. Not great. Just tolerable. A battle here and there. Female characters still being awful nags, but at least that wasn't the majority of the book.

It's still going to be a chore to make it through all 14+ Wheel of Time books, I suspect. But, since I'm a masochist, bring on book 5.

Review of 'The Shadow Rising' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Book 4 of the wheel of time is pretty epic. there are a lot of things happening all over the place, i remember struggling to keep up with who was who and who was doing what, the scale of the story feels like is is almost out of the authors control. Luckily he does a grand job asserting his authority. I remember when I read this that i started writing notes, either cos I am dim or just OCD, who knows, but it helped.

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