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I skipped those chapters during my re-read The Doctor Send a noteboard - 14/01/2013 10:36:11 PM
She is also more responsible than any other one thing for how the pacing completely DIES in books 8-11. We spent a third of the freaking series listening to Perrin channel an angst-ridden teen while she played at being a captive Machiavelli. I am sure it was all very touching for Harriet (who does not love knowing they are the model for the most universally despised character in their spouses two decade epic? ;)) Yet those 2000 pages of unceasing drudgery did more to turn off a once large and rabid fanbase than all the baths and embroidery in the Westlands.


I had enough the first times I read it. It really added nothing to the story and reading the chapter summaries online as sufficient. It took hours off my time (I used audiobooks).

I want to imagine that almost being killed in the Last Battle and spending a large chunk of time under a dead horse AND a dead Trolloc might calm her down a bit, but this is Faile, so she'll probably take it as evidence that she can't be killed. :-)
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Somehow, I Actually Hate Faile MORE Now - 14/01/2013 12:16:05 PM 2863 Views
Faile made Perrin less interesting - 14/01/2013 01:15:22 PM 943 Views
She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. - 14/01/2013 02:38:29 PM 1030 Views
I skipped those chapters during my re-read - 14/01/2013 10:36:11 PM 1151 Views
Re: She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. - 15/01/2013 12:39:23 AM 909 Views
You just hit on probably the major structural weakness of the series with respect to characters. - 15/01/2013 02:54:59 AM 891 Views
I think this is why I still enjoy Rand as a character so much - 15/01/2013 03:37:52 AM 851 Views
I'm glad you have seen the Truth. - 14/01/2013 01:35:36 PM 848 Views
It was neck and neck with her and Min for a long while, but Min finally saw past her own nose. - 14/01/2013 02:09:13 PM 831 Views
I just added a sentence at the end to make the series end properly. - 14/01/2013 10:47:18 PM 921 Views
Works for me. - 15/01/2013 06:13:16 AM 1866 Views
In all fairness Egwene did in fact pay homage to Bela - 14/01/2013 08:36:40 PM 805 Views
Bela has been there for Egwene all the time. - 14/01/2013 10:16:22 PM 1014 Views
Egwene and Bela - 15/01/2013 08:13:17 AM 781 Views
I thought Noal was riding Bela... *NM* - 14/01/2013 10:47:56 PM 429 Views
I did, too, at first, but "horse"=/="pony." - 15/01/2013 06:08:03 AM 740 Views
The real problem - 15/01/2013 11:30:37 AM 799 Views
The women in WoT are monsters - 15/01/2013 11:59:39 AM 1185 Views
I do not consider most of the others all that bad, just idiosyncratic. - 15/01/2013 03:05:51 PM 1047 Views
Oh...I think we know :-) *NM* - 16/01/2013 04:31:18 PM 518 Views
I try to give them, or rather her, the benefit of a doubt. - 16/01/2013 04:48:22 PM 743 Views
Re: Tuon - 15/01/2013 03:33:34 PM 969 Views
I had not noticed that before, but you are right. - 15/01/2013 07:45:53 PM 784 Views
I agree completely... - 15/01/2013 05:19:40 PM 1010 Views
Not to argue, but I think RJ created a world where women had the power - 20/01/2013 01:17:11 AM 866 Views
Agreed ... Nynaeve and Lan are the closest thing to "Healthy" in the series - 20/01/2013 01:09:29 AM 729 Views
Tell me then... - 18/01/2013 09:08:08 AM 791 Views
That's a fallacious question - 18/01/2013 03:21:56 PM 874 Views
Are you saying... - 18/01/2013 09:21:34 PM 791 Views
That is a pathetic answer. - 19/01/2013 04:56:13 AM 722 Views
You're a pathetic ass - 19/01/2013 06:48:47 AM 770 Views
LOL - that's funny, coming from you, one of the most pathetic fanboys around here. *NM* - 19/01/2013 02:32:18 PM 387 Views
Sad for you. *NM* - 19/01/2013 09:24:59 PM 419 Views
Oh, gosh, this could take a while. - 18/01/2013 05:58:15 PM 818 Views
How exactly was Faile the cause for Hopper's death? - 19/01/2013 12:31:55 AM 742 Views
Because her kidnapping was the reason Perrin led his hodge podge army to rescue her, and got trapped - 19/01/2013 01:00:26 AM 655 Views
Her kidnapping... - 19/01/2013 01:32:40 AM 690 Views
I said outright I do not fault her as a character for that (only Jordan for writing it that way. ) - 19/01/2013 07:35:57 PM 751 Views
No it wasn't ... The dreamspike plot would have happened even had she not been kidnapped - 20/01/2013 01:24:25 AM 689 Views
Exactly - 20/01/2013 06:59:33 PM 975 Views
Wow... - 19/01/2013 01:49:56 AM 789 Views
Culture is sometimes a reason, but never an excuse. - 19/01/2013 08:04:52 PM 800 Views
Just off color - 19/01/2013 10:03:58 PM 906 Views
? - 19/01/2013 10:44:28 PM 792 Views

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