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Jason's review... Looks like DomA was right (Review is now removed) fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 25/09/2010 05:40:18 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.
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Jason's review... Looks like DomA was right (Review is now removed) - 25/09/2010 05:40:18 AM 3513 Views
Re: Jason's review (spoilerish thoughts from me, so BEWARE!). Looks like DomA was right - 25/09/2010 06:00:46 AM 1327 Views
Pretty sure it's not Egwene... - 25/09/2010 07:07:00 AM 1271 Views
Oh well - I was wrong - 27/09/2010 03:56:59 PM 974 Views
Ituralde - 25/09/2010 06:29:26 AM 1107 Views
Read the ToM rules - 25/09/2010 07:44:22 AM 1020 Views
I officially hate reviews of WoT (in general) - 25/09/2010 08:10:43 AM 1099 Views
I take Jason's reviews with a pinch of salt - 25/09/2010 09:45:10 AM 1165 Views
Re: I take Jason's reviews with a pinch of salt - 25/09/2010 03:50:40 PM 1011 Views
Perrin will probably gather the wolves... - 25/09/2010 09:57:06 AM 1153 Views
I suppose Olver could be the one who takes off Mat's eye *NM* - 25/09/2010 10:01:17 AM 533 Views
The review is now gone. *NM* - 25/09/2010 04:10:59 PM 537 Views
Unfortunately, there's not much left for Elayne to do. - 25/09/2010 07:14:09 PM 1203 Views
I haven't read the review but... - 25/09/2010 07:22:48 PM 1593 Views
That's not what I meant... - 25/09/2010 08:25:42 PM 1187 Views
It's odd, I didn't see any reference to Rand descending from DM in his review. - 25/09/2010 08:39:33 PM 1018 Views
It was the very last line... - 25/09/2010 08:55:49 PM 1116 Views
Re: It was the very last line... - 25/09/2010 09:03:14 PM 1012 Views
Re: It was the very last line... - 25/09/2010 09:54:28 PM 996 Views
Re: It was the very last line... - 25/09/2010 10:09:58 PM 1251 Views
Mike quit being obsessed about 6 years ago (maybe longer?) - 25/09/2010 10:46:23 PM 1090 Views
Re: Mike quit being obsessed about 6 years ago (maybe longer?) - 26/09/2010 01:11:52 AM 1091 Views
I blame JordanCon too. - 26/09/2010 02:17:50 AM 1146 Views
Regarding the WOTFAQ, Tam, - 26/09/2010 10:04:40 PM 1063 Views
Re: Regarding the WOTFAQ, Tam, - 27/09/2010 07:20:11 AM 1046 Views
Re: Regarding the WOTFAQ, Tam, - 27/09/2010 11:03:35 AM 1056 Views
Re: I blame JordanCon too. - 27/09/2010 01:07:59 AM 1147 Views
Re: I blame JordanCon too. - 27/09/2010 07:35:04 AM 1090 Views
Re: That's not what I meant... - 25/09/2010 09:49:17 PM 1293 Views
Some thoughts on a potential meeting... - 26/09/2010 05:11:06 AM 1197 Views
Regarding Brandon's messing up of the timelines... - 25/09/2010 11:34:06 PM 1129 Views
To me it's two different things - 26/09/2010 01:48:13 AM 1239 Views
I agree - 26/09/2010 03:09:04 AM 1054 Views
My thought was not that they "dumbed it down" - 26/09/2010 03:50:36 AM 1115 Views
Re: My thought was not that they "dumbed it down" - 26/09/2010 11:42:12 PM 1334 Views
KOD and TOM show where TGS could have been 'fixed' - 26/09/2010 10:27:04 AM 1049 Views
Re: KOD and TOM show where TGS could have been 'fixed' - 26/09/2010 09:35:41 PM 1194 Views
Whose really to blame though? - 27/09/2010 03:43:30 AM 1034 Views
A suggestion? - 26/09/2010 11:39:08 AM 1172 Views
Is there a copy of the review somewhere? *NM* - 27/09/2010 01:40:22 AM 620 Views
The review is back up... - 27/09/2010 01:59:50 AM 1030 Views
It wasn't quite identical... It was missing the line about Rand walking down from DM - 27/09/2010 06:42:47 AM 1031 Views
The line about Rand wasn't there when I read the review Saturday morning either. *NM* - 27/09/2010 01:57:00 PM 472 Views
It was... - 27/09/2010 04:22:24 PM 886 Views
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 473 Views
What do you mean? - 27/09/2010 11:33:15 PM 942 Views
It was at the very bottom of the post and hard to find - 28/09/2010 12:44:56 AM 827 Views
Olver - 27/09/2010 11:34:40 AM 1184 Views
He's Demandred, natch. - 27/09/2010 03:54:09 PM 915 Views
Re: Olver - 27/09/2010 05:42:25 PM 971 Views
Re: Olver darkfriend? - 28/09/2010 12:02:11 AM 1044 Views
'Tis a shame. I love spoilers. - 27/09/2010 03:16:02 PM 1046 Views
One problem with the idea of a Rand-Egwene meeting in Chapter 1 beyond timeline issues - 27/09/2010 10:29:15 PM 962 Views
Not true... - 28/09/2010 01:00:40 AM 945 Views
Good call. I assumed, and still do, that the two events are one in the same. - 28/09/2010 01:10:13 AM 1027 Views
I don't think so... - 28/09/2010 01:47:40 AM 874 Views
Re: I don't think so... - 28/09/2010 02:00:59 AM 922 Views
Re: I don't think so... - 28/09/2010 03:07:08 AM 1769 Views
Not true indeed... and.... - 28/09/2010 02:24:00 AM 1176 Views
Mesaana and the Foretelling... - 28/09/2010 03:31:24 AM 903 Views
Re: Mesaana and the Foretelling... - 13/10/2010 01:32:12 AM 1248 Views

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