Is there a copy of the review somewhere? *NM*
Great Lord of Chaos Send a noteboard - 27/09/2010 01:40:22 AM
EDIT: Apparently Jason posted an early draft of the review by mistake. Or that happened due to some glitch with the new forum. Either way, he's said he'll repost the final one with many juicy spoilers soon. We're to ignore all that was said in the old one, it seems.
Jason's very confused review, which meanders back and forth, and definitely has some sentences incomplete, is linked below.
Important things I got out of it (SPOILERS):
1) Perrin has a slow start, but has an awesome finale. Taken with a grain of salt, of course, this being Jason. But it seems something out of the blue happens, which may be fun. "She" is not involved apparently. Does he mean Faile? OR Berelain? Perrin also has a lot of action, which if true, will be good.
2) Ituralde cannot catch a break. Is he going to lead a major defense against the Trollocs? Or is Graendal going to put a wrench in his plans?
3) Olver does something heart wrenching which shows the price the characters have to pay for victory. No clues about this.
4) Mat is awesome. And that's about all there is about him in the review.
5) A last throwaway line says that the story begins with Rand walking down the mountain to have a long overdue chat with somebody. Obviously, this is Egwene, and I'm deeply peeved this is the first chapter. Like DomA said in an other thread, this messes up timelines heavily. And also takes away from the final moments of tGS. Egwene saying that someday they will find out the significance of the break in the clouds sounded like Foreshadowing for a later meeting with Rand. Apparently, she's going to meet him in a few hours. Not cool at all.
6) Interesting that three apparently distinct climaxes happen one after the other. We've seen such stuff before, so I hope it gets handled well.
7) Elayne is barely mentioned. I won't be happy if she is sidelined.
Apparently, a lot of chapters end up resolving a load of foreshadowing and prophesies. I don't know how well this will work out, but I'm optimistic for now.
Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
Jason's review... Looks like DomA was right
(Review is now removed)
- 25/09/2010 05:40:18 AM
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- 25/09/2010 05:40:18 AM
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Re: Jason's review (spoilerish thoughts from me, so BEWARE!). Looks like DomA was right
- 25/09/2010 06:00:46 AM
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- 25/09/2010 06:00:46 AM
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Everyone seems to think Rand will talk to Egwene, but a male channeler also makes sense
- 25/09/2010 10:44:18 PM
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No Elayne hopefully, but again it looks like Egwene has everything fall in her lap
- 25/09/2010 08:10:54 AM
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- 25/09/2010 08:10:54 AM
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No Elayne hopefully, but again it looks like Egwene has everything fall in her lap
- 25/09/2010 08:11:37 AM
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- 25/09/2010 08:11:37 AM
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Perrin will probably gather the wolves...
- 25/09/2010 09:57:06 AM
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this "we like it because it's family" stuff is worrisome
- 25/09/2010 10:18:22 AM
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After his COT review, a less then gushing review isn't great
- 25/09/2010 11:42:39 AM
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But he is specifically trying to avoid being overly fanboyish BECAUSE of that CoT review. *NM*
- 27/09/2010 04:19:21 PM
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Damn, his COT review was infinitely more enthusiastic. What could it all mean? *NM*
- 25/09/2010 01:06:00 PM
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But his CoT review was also more enthusiastic than his KoD and TGS reviews *NM*
- 25/09/2010 01:07:15 PM
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Hmm, interesting point. Could a guilty conscience be setting in? *NM*
- 25/09/2010 01:26:30 PM
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I'm guessing Olver will sacrifice his Snakes and Foxes game his father made for him *NM*
- 25/09/2010 06:09:10 PM
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I haven't read the review but...
- 25/09/2010 07:22:48 PM
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That's not what I meant...
- 25/09/2010 08:25:42 PM
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It's odd, I didn't see any reference to Rand descending from DM in his review.
- 25/09/2010 08:39:33 PM
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It was the very last line...
- 25/09/2010 08:55:49 PM
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Re: It was the very last line...
- 25/09/2010 09:03:14 PM
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Re: It was the very last line...
- 25/09/2010 10:09:58 PM
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I blame JordanCon too.
- 26/09/2010 02:17:50 AM
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Regarding the WOTFAQ, Tam,
- 26/09/2010 10:04:40 PM
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Regarding Brandon's messing up of the timelines...
- 25/09/2010 11:34:06 PM
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To me it's two different things
- 26/09/2010 01:48:13 AM
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I remember the timeline was discussed much at TL prior to TGS release.
- 26/09/2010 03:04:24 AM
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Re: I remember the timeline was discussed much at TL prior to TGS release.
- 26/09/2010 08:31:00 PM
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KOD and TOM show where TGS could have been 'fixed'
- 26/09/2010 10:27:04 AM
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Is there a copy of the review somewhere? *NM*
- 27/09/2010 01:40:22 AM
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The review is back up...
- 27/09/2010 01:59:50 AM
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It wasn't quite identical... It was missing the line about Rand walking down from DM
- 27/09/2010 06:42:47 AM
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The line about Rand wasn't there when I read the review Saturday morning either. *NM*
- 27/09/2010 01:57:00 PM
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It was...
- 27/09/2010 04:22:24 PM
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I must have missed it then. It does fit with Tor's not releasing Chapter 1 early. *NM*
- 27/09/2010 05:06:36 PM
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What do you mean?
- 27/09/2010 11:33:15 PM
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I read somewhere that they'd release two different chapters this time. Could well be wrong though. *NM*
- 28/09/2010 02:15:28 AM
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Olver
- 27/09/2010 11:34:40 AM
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doubt he'll die. Jason's review is too much of a spoiler if he actually dies *NM*
- 27/09/2010 11:46:16 AM
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One problem with the idea of a Rand-Egwene meeting in Chapter 1 beyond timeline issues
- 27/09/2010 10:29:15 PM
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Not true...
- 28/09/2010 01:00:40 AM
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Good call. I assumed, and still do, that the two events are one in the same.
- 28/09/2010 01:10:13 AM
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Not true indeed... and....
- 28/09/2010 02:24:00 AM
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