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Mar 08, 2017ZE1TGE15T rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This was my least favorite yet. I made it through however. I still look forward to reading more WoT books yet. The beginning was 200 straight pages of nothing happening. What's worse than the lack of events or anything for that matter, is that the author is literally writing that nothing seems to be happening. This book dragged BAD. I tend to like slower pace and detail on the mundane sometimes, but even I'll admit this was not a great novel in any sense. Jordan breaks away from this bore fest of bad writing by throwing Trolloc raids where the story's at it's worst. It seemed like the author got so caught up in his main character's story line that he forgot what was supposed to unfold in Min's and Siuan's part of the world. I actually think he forgot, but then just added it where he was randomly in the story anyway. This story point of view seemed very un-concluded as well. Which was such a let down because I think this was the most gripping part of this novel. I also didn't like when and where the author focused on each character's part. For example: it'd be four straight chapters of Rand and company, a chapter of Elayne, Nynaeve and company, and then a bunch of stacked chapters of Perrin and company's story. The timing was bad. I don't know if the author lacked and editor, or a suggestive audience, or was rushed, or whatnot, but he seemed to make it out still writing after this. I liked the time spent on the love plot. I always seem to think a bit more romance is needed in Fantasy, but this I think the author did well on. I only hope the remnants of what was good in this story will further unravel in future WoT books.