This book didn’t have all that much action directly revealed. There was a lot of plotting and a lot of hinting at action, but not all that much happened. There was plenty of setup for what will be coming in the next few books, but I was disappointing in what actually happened in this one. Much of the long action sequences has been taken out and replaced by small explosions and incessant plotting. I liked the longer travel narratives instead of the short battles mixed with large pieces of politics.
Many things happened in this book, with the final part being the unknown takedown of a forsaken. Rand almost dying was strange, and the instance that brought it about stranger. Some of the parts of this book seemed forced and contrived. Especially now that almost everyone has the ability to travel instantly there are contrived situations to keep them from doing that to fix everything quickly. The limit of information is probably the biggest limitation that is left at this point. I’m wondering how the other books will keep this limitation and the story in line.
I really liked this book as Perrin and Loial got back into the mix. I really like Loial and Perrin. Those two and Matt are my favorite characters in the series. I very much enjoyed the black tower coming up in this book, and much of the action taking place. It still seems to be setting up for bigger things, and I’m still not certain what those bigger things are.
This book was nice, but completely ignored several of my favorite characters. Nothing in the two rivers was mentioned in the least. Perrin and Loial are my favorite two characters and the seem like the most regular guys in the story now. The others have started going off the deep end in power and ability. The setup continues for the later books, but there was some really nice action in this one. I’m not sure all of what happened with the forsaken, but most of it seems to be going well for the good guys.
This book was a little odd, it only sets up all the other stories coming up, but doesn’t wrap up any of them. I am looking forward to the ends of these arcs, but it will be a good number of books before they are done.
This book brings together all the major arcs of the first 3 books in the series. It was nice to have that kind of action come to a head. Rand keeps getting these kill all moments. I really like the story of Matt and his luck. It was really interesting and fun to listen to.
This story is coming along nicely, but there are so many things going on at once, and they are all very interrelated. It reminds me a bit of how Song of Ice and Fire, but the stories are more interconnected and thus a bit harder to follow.
I really liked this book. It had many common themes with other fantasy novels like the LOTR series and Narnia. It takes a bit of a different view of these and brings the characters more down to earth so to speak. The character development in these books is done really well. I also couldn’t see what was coming next, but there was enough foreshadowing to give a hint of it and keep me going. The universe for the Wheel of Time is really well thought out and has a lot of interesting tidbits that fit well together. There seems to be a good bit of forgotten lore, which is full of half truths. The way the author makes these peice of lore talked about early in the story come to life when they actually come upon what was talked about later is phenomenal. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.
This book got back some of the action that had been lacking in the previous ones, although it didn’t even come close to book 1 and 2. I’m so ready to keep going, but I must be patient and wait until the next one is published. The end of John Snow’s story in this book was really disappointing, although it was incredibly vague on what the results were. I’m almost certain that the vagueness was purposeful. There is the red priestess there, and we know what can happen through the powers of the red god. The end with the dragons being ridable was promising, and I’ve been sooo ready for them to start destroying armies. I look forward to starting the next book when it comes out. I actually might read it instead of getting the audible version. They are long enough that I probably won’t.
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