It seemed to build slowly, and I kept wondering to myself every few chapters "so what has happened so far... nothing" (not including the prologue, which was IMO the most interesting part of the book).
It felt to me that much more happened in this book than in the previous two combined -- between the entire Semhirage arc, Aviendha becoming a Wise One, Tuon becoming Empress, Rand reuniting with Tam and almost losing himself to his inner rage and finally breaking free of it, Egwene's conflict with Elaida, the Seanchan attack on the White Tower, Egwene reuniting the Tower and becoming the real Amyrlin, Verin revealing her secret and giving up the names of the Black Ajah, two Forsaken being killed by Rand ... and those are just the major plot highlights. Everything between the major highlights felt more infused with meaning as well.
As the first of three final-book parts, I was very pleased. Though, my opinion may be biased by the fact that there was no Elayne storyline in this book, thank Jiminy. Her arc in CoT and KoD was some of the most mind-numbing, pointless stuff in the entire series.
but for the first 1/3 or so of this book, it seemed a drag.
Finally done!
- 29/11/2009 05:44:21 PM
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I thought Nyn defending Mat was in character.
- 29/11/2009 07:15:19 PM
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Nynaeve is my favorite female character in WoT. She's so much like a man it's scary.
- 29/11/2009 07:41:35 PM
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Re: Nynaeve is my favorite female character in WoT. She's so much like a man it's scary.
- 29/11/2009 07:49:23 PM
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It took me a number of attempts to finish, too.
- 29/11/2009 07:41:11 PM
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I can't understand that at all.
- 29/11/2009 09:47:34 PM
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I definitely agree wrt last two books
- 30/11/2009 05:35:33 AM
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Egwene did this, too. Just like Aes Sedai, though, it's not always in the same manner
- 01/12/2009 05:38:17 PM
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