- Rand's storyline was incredibly depressing. Sure, it was supposed to be miserable for that ending but darnit, it still was terribly not fun to read. The Rand-Tam reunion was super, but I do hope we get to see them properly reuniting when Rand next appears. As well as reconciliation with his other nearest and dearest. Especially Nynaeve. I thought the Rand-Nynaeve relationship was really well handled.
- And I really liked that the ending was all about internal conflict, rather than another fight with a Forsaken. That bit was great, although I still think it would have been better for Moiraine's return to be the spark that brings Rand back to laughter and tears.
The storyline was brilliant and realistic, after everything what happened to Rand.
- Oh, and no way is Graendal dead.
She is toast.
- Egwene's plot line was solid on the whole. The highlight of it being the dinner with Elaida and the Sitters. That bit was badass. It kinda unravelled a bit towards the end, and I think she started getting a bit ooc as the Tower united.
The highlight was Saerin realizing, there is another location of resistance in the WT: the novices' quarters!! And of course, Verin's visit.
- Gawyn! It's about time we had lots and lots of Gawyn. More!
Gawyn was ok, yes.
- Siuan and Gareth hooking up was also of the awesome, except the outcome of Min's viewing was somewhat awkwardly written.
I also thought that both would die. But of course RJ is reluctant to kill to many good characters.
- I cried at Verin's death. Stunning. She truly kicked ass.
Yeah.
- Mat... Written differently but not necessarily badly. The only misstep to me was the repeated anxiety about Tuon. The rest of it was fine, especially the banter with Talmanes. I'll happily ignore Talmanes's complete character shift when it produces so many giggles.
Although I never was a big Mat fan, I liked him better than in previous book and thought he was more funny.
- Hinterstrap. Kind of a waste of pages. Yawn.
It showed that the DO is also influencing people.
- I wanna see Perrin and those Whitecloaks. Especially a long needed resolvement to the Bornhald-Byar subplot.
You will see it in ToM.
- Best book in ages. No Elayne. Coninkydinky? I thinks not.
Agreed.
- Although I did wanna see something between Taim and Logain. Hurry up with that plot line, dammit!
Yeah, where was Logain anyway?
- My main criticism with the book is the chronology. The difference in time between Rand's plot and Mat's plot just felt awkward. Yeah, it's not the first time WoT's jumped around the timeline (CoT comes to mind), but it's the first time it was quite so conspicuously obvious. Especially when they kept jumping back and forth between the two.
I read someone suggested that it's intentionally to stress the chaotic Unravelling of the Pattern also by the writing style. Dunno if this is right, though.
Ok, time for my tri-annual WoT board visit
- 01/11/2009 06:44:48 PM
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*NM*
Gawyn!?! Gawyn?!? Really?!?!
- 01/11/2009 08:52:00 PM
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I disagree
- 02/11/2009 12:14:51 AM
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Really? Not like a hero in a fantasy series?
- 02/11/2009 02:32:34 AM
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I really liked Nynaeve's writing in tGS. I think she's the most well-balanced character in WoT.
- 02/11/2009 02:26:38 AM
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If the world ends in 2012 BEFORE WoT is finished, I'm gonna be seriously PO'd. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 02:47:45 AM
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Re: Ok, time for my tri-annual WoT board visit
- 02/11/2009 11:01:42 AM
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