A Crown of Swords (The Wheel Of Time #7) - (The Wheel of Time #7)

Robert Jordan

Tor Books

2010

902 páginas

1d 6h 4m

ISBN-10: 0812550285

The seventh volume of Jordan's bestselling high fantasy series carries on the tradition of colossal, dauntingly complex storytelling established by the previous entries (Lord of Chaos, 1994, etc.). In a richly woven post-holocaust world where magic is normally a woman's monopoly and a man who can use it is a menace, Rand al'Thor, a sheepherder, discovered that he could "channel"; he and his companions have gone on to set their world aflame. Here, Rand is engaged in a fight for control of the weather and of the growing number of men and women who have turned out to be magic-wielders. The narrative employs elements of realism rare in high fantasy, including the sense that innocent bystanders are being mauled in an epic joust of magical giants. There's wit at work here, too, in Jordan's exploration of the possibilities created by women being the magic workers. All this comes at the price of enough characters, institutions, spells, countries and so on to intimidate any reader who hasn't followed Rand's adventures from the beginning?and the author is still adding complications. A glossary helps, though, and fans of the series will gobble down this generous addition.

Resenhas (26)

5 (Perfeito)

"Maybe he had earned some right to this crown"

O começo do livro foi bem promissor, com pov do meu personagem favorito, Perrin, até cerca de 20%, mas a partir daí as personagens femininas tiveram mais participação e, consequentemente, a história decaiu. Mat e Rand, no entanto, deixaram tudo mais interessante à medida que o final se aproximava. E que final viu, vou nem comentar (até porque não há palavras que descrevam o que eu senti, apenas "AAAAAAAAAA"). Que venha o oitavo!

"He floated in the Void, surrounded by emptiness beyond knowing, and saidin filled him, trying to grind him to dust beneath steel-shattering cold and heat where stone would flash to flame, carrying the Dark One’s taint on its flow, forcing corruption into his bones. Into his soul, he feared sometimes"

"Master of the lightnings, rider on the storm,
wearer of a crown of swords, spinner-out of fate.
Who thinks he turns the Wheel of Time,
may learn the truth too late."