Review: The Path of Daggers

The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Path of Daggers feels like a bit of an interlude to the larger Wheel of Time series. There is some exploration of the characters and conflicts, but most of the book sets up a larger conflict in the future as opposed to delivering anything too concrete or too definitive. It follows a number of journeys coming to an end, but the destinations remain undiscussed in this book.

Now, usually this would be a bad thing because that means nothing interesting or grand happens across most of the book. Yet, in this case, I actually did not mind it so much. It's a lot of anticipation being built for a lot of really cool things that I am sure the next book is bringing. As it currently stands, the book is basically a build-up that connects the threads between the previous one and the next one.

I think the length and scale of the Wheel of Time series as a whole helps drive the idea that there is a lot more to come, allowing me to be more forgiving. Plus, the prose is well-written and the characters are interesting. All in all, a slightly average but still enjoyable part of an epic series.

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