3.04k reviews for:

The Fires of Heaven

Robert Jordan

4.06 AVERAGE


This sure puts the EPIC in Epic Fantasy. On first read I missed Perrin quite a bit but in hindsight, I miss it when doorstopper WoT novels had relatively few plots
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I remember now why this wasn't among my favorites when I first read through this series all those years ago. Perrin. Why did he cut out Perrin? Makes me sad, but it happens.
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Good continuation of the series with some pretty epic moments. I liked the fact that Nynaeve and Mat got some development. Missed Perrin though.
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

It’s crazy how long these books are and how much of it is just characters thinking to themselves. So little happens. 😭