I think he is doing very well too, however like you said there are some moments that jolted me back to reality and sometimes it made me put the book down. I disagree about BS getting Matt right though. Matt was never a guy to zing people, he was always funny but he always thought funny and didn't really say too many funny things, some but not alot. Granted I thought it was better in the second book. But I like what he did with Perrin and Faile, even though I think Perrins part in ToM could have used a montage.Really though I am just glad the story is being finished