I thought it was interesting seeing potential interactions between male and female channelers in the next Age.
I liked that they were both kind of light-hearted. I liked that there was some budding romance that found a middle ground between "sheltered sheep-herder" and "Maiden of the Spear"
I also liked all the Gateway stuff with Androl. I'm actually a bit curious about that- Androl feels very much like a Brandon Sanderson character. He has a focused ability, and he does as much as he can with it. Honestly, if you put Androl in the Mistborn universe, he would fit right in.
(Although it was a BIT of a copout to say "Oh, I guess part of my Talent is that I can totally ignore the rules about 'knowing' a place"... and was there any justification as to how he happened to know where the lava in Dragonmount was?)
Anyway. I found their plotline a nice change of pace.
I liked that they were both kind of light-hearted. I liked that there was some budding romance that found a middle ground between "sheltered sheep-herder" and "Maiden of the Spear"
I also liked all the Gateway stuff with Androl. I'm actually a bit curious about that- Androl feels very much like a Brandon Sanderson character. He has a focused ability, and he does as much as he can with it. Honestly, if you put Androl in the Mistborn universe, he would fit right in.
(Although it was a BIT of a copout to say "Oh, I guess part of my Talent is that I can totally ignore the rules about 'knowing' a place"... and was there any justification as to how he happened to know where the lava in Dragonmount was?)
Anyway. I found their plotline a nice change of pace.
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So, am I the only one who kind of liked the whole Androl/Pevara plot?
31/01/2013 02:30:15 PM
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It was extremely irritating...
31/01/2013 02:34:32 PM
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It felt like a plot tacked on as a vanity by Sanderson
31/01/2013 02:49:09 PM
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Indeed...
31/01/2013 02:58:50 PM
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Re: Indeed...
31/01/2013 03:05:44 PM
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I kind of always thought RJ intended the minor characters to be bland
03/02/2013 12:00:33 AM
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I feel the same about Mat's luck powers. You talk about plot armor, his is a plot bulldozer.
01/02/2013 12:53:58 AM
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You're not the only one who liked it. I thought the mind meld was cool. *NM*
31/01/2013 02:39:48 PM
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I liked it. Most of the whining about is hilarious.
31/01/2013 03:01:10 PM
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I hated it because it reeked of sanderson pandering to "internet humour" for lack of a better term.
31/01/2013 04:47:54 PM
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It wasn't bad. However, it took away time from characters that readers were more invested in. *NM*
31/01/2013 04:52:25 PM
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It was a fairly bad execution of some good ideas
31/01/2013 05:01:59 PM
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That one line characterizes the last two books of WoT generally. *NM*
31/01/2013 08:52:06 PM
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He probably didn't have enough time to learn the characters completely
01/02/2013 01:45:11 PM
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Re: He probably didn't have enough time to learn the characters completely
02/02/2013 04:48:45 PM
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Pretty much. But I think significant blame should be laid at Jordan's feet for his abysmal pacing.
02/02/2013 10:48:06 AM
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Yeah, yeah.. it's the f*cking silk washing's scene's fault
02/02/2013 05:59:30 PM
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Damn you are on a roll ... Nicely said. *NM*
03/02/2013 12:46:57 AM
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Its true, but RJ should get some blame
05/02/2013 03:56:20 PM
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Certainly RJ deserves some of the blame. But pacing issues were not the only issue with AMOL
10/02/2013 02:45:02 PM
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It was my favourite subplot *NM*
01/02/2013 02:17:26 PM
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I liked it more than reading about Perrin. And seeing Mat butchered even further. *NM*
03/02/2013 02:28:42 AM
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