The path of daggers

English language

ISBN:: 978-1-85723-569-2

(1 review)

The Path of Daggers is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the eighth book of his series The Wheel of Time. It was published by Tor Books and released on October 20, 1998. Upon its release, it immediately rose to the #1 position on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list, making it the first Wheel of Time book to reach the #1 position on that list. It remained on the list for the next two months. This book is the shortest book in the main The Wheel of Time series, consisting of a prologue and 31 chapters. The title of the book is a reference to a Seanchan saying: "On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers."

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Kadomi@buecher.pnpde.social reviewed The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan

In the middle of the slog

2 stars

This was the first full WoT book I hadn't read before and as predicted, it was a slog. Nothing much happened. Perrin and Faile are always a huge miss for me. The only bits I was interested in were Egwene trying to control her rebel Aes Sedai, and the Seanchan. But seriously, you read hundreds of pages, for not much going on.

I have complained before that I feel Jordan did not understand the way female relationships work. This time, his focus on corporeal punishment for and from women, turned out to be unsettling for me. Women get spanked, hit with a switch, and so on and so forth. The book is from 1998, why was this considered okay then? I don't know. But I will see this series to its end.