![]() ![]() ![]() The Fires of Heaven was at times a terrible mess of a novel to wade through. ![]() Although I recall enjoying this volume almost the same as the previous one when I first read it in 1997, a decade away from reading it has reminded me that time might have the ability to remove bad memories and to enhance the few positive ones that remained. Here in The Fires of Heaven, my complaints about the previous volume probably can be multiplied by at least a factor of ten. ![]() I noted in my previous commentary that I believed Jordan tried to cover too much, to explain more than what was vitally essential to the main plot of the series, that of the Dragon Reborn being readied for the upcoming Last Battle. However, by the fourth volume, The Shadow Rising, my interest began to waver. The narrative was relatively straight-forward and although the prose never was anything to write home about, enough interest was generated in the characters to make the first few novels at least bearable to read and on quite a few occasions, enjoyable. The earlier novels were easier in that the number of subplots were very few and generally no more than a few chapters separated any bunching of each subplot. Five volumes into the Wheel of Time series, I find myself struggling more and more to pay close attention to all the details. ![]()
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