The rest of the Wheel of Time

A Crown of Swords
A Path of Daggers
Winter’s Heart
Crossroads of Twilight
Knife of Dreams

I can’t even bring myself to write separate entries for each of the books. It is very clear that Jordan runs out of steam, especially towards book 9 and beyond. More and more of the secrets in the world are simply revealed, although there seems to be no purpose to doing so. The plot gets really thin in places, and quite unbelievable. Additionally, the forsaken behave in a manner that is totally unbelievable (Someone, please send a Gholam to kill Rand. Or anyone not near Mat.). I’ll admit, I know I didn’t read the prequel, but after this marathon, I can’t quite bring myself to read even one more book. Perhaps in 20 years or so once I’ve forgotten how bad the writing is, I’ll be able to bring myself to finish the series. Or not.

The Lord of Chaos

The Lord of Chaos

Possibly the last good book in the series.

The Fires of Heaven

The Fires of Heaven

Book 5. At the peak of the series.

The Shadow Rising

The Shadow Rising

Easily my favorite book of the series. The action moves rapidly and doesn’t get bogged down like it does later on in the series. Also, most of the main characters are still green enough that their ignorance and blundering about is still believable, perhaps even a bit endearing.

The Dragon Reborn

The Dragon Reborn

Not much to say. The series stays strong through book 6 or so.

The Great Hunt

The Great Hunt

I sat down and read the entire series in one multi-day go. I find that by book 4, the women got to be really, really tedious and annoying. The one thing that really bothered me about this book, though is the cover. I mean, come on! Trollocs are not people in animal shaped helmets. It’s really bad when the same author does the cover of book 5 with the Trollocs depicted properly that time.