New Spring by Robert Jordan (Author)

It's Jordan, you either like his style or ya don't.

A New Spring is just like every other Wheel of Time book. A great read! The short story version imo is a better starting point for new readers as the first 200 pages of this new version really caters to current fans more than new ones.

A previous reader mentioned that there were inconsitances with characterization from the main books. What he has failed to realise is that the characters in A New Spring are twenty years younger and have not yet matured into the people we now know them as. To potray them as they are in the main series would be bad charterization.

Also to all you people who gave this book a one star rating without actually having read the book...GET A LIFE! RJ is the author not you, and he will write the books when and how ever he wants. How about judging a book on its merits and not what you think of the author! A reader from Brisbane, Queensland Australia

This book is excellent!

Having never read the original New Spring, I must say I really enjoyed this book. Contrary to the beliefs of others, this book reminded me a lot more of the earlier books in the series than the latter.

I don't know how people can claim this book is worthless and that there is nothing new in it. The fact we get to see the test to become an Aes Sedai is more than worth it for me - let alone the detail about the White Tower and its inner politics.

I would not be surprised if the people who nay-say this book actually only read a small part and decided it wasn't worth it before they trashed it. Yes, it is a lot better than the later novels in the series. No, it is not trash. Perhaps people just want the series to end so badly that they cannot sit there and think about the value of the very details Jordan is providing.

I for one am glad I purchased this book, having read it completely in two days.  A reader from SC, USA