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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
I actually liked this book! Most Wheel of Time books I end up feeling like everything is a drag but this one I enjoyed pretty much the whole way. I am not sure if this is just a mentality shift or if it was actually better than the others but I really liked the progression of the story and such. All in all good book and I really do look forward to the next one.
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Enjoyed this book a lot. Still very over the depictions of women though.
The sexual assaults of Mat are also so poorly handled. He is clearly suffering from PTSD but the others all laugh and titter at him. It was rough to read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The seventh book in The Wheel of Time, the gang's up to some stuff, shockingly.
I'm probably going to stop reading this series. The only thing stopping me from stopping is that I can get the audios for free from my library. Plus I also have people in my life who love this series... but I don't get it. Most of what I'll be saying in this review is retreading ground from the previous ones - it's almost as if these books get redundant! And to be fair to the slog books, I also haven't liked the last 3 books.
As always, the plot I liked most is about the White Tower and Egwene. Those politics are some of the only times I felt interested in the book. I thought that the grim-ness of the battles we saw were good. And Rand's relationship with the previous Dragon was interesting.
Let's talk about my complaints unique to this installment. First and most egregiously, one of the most sexist things I've ever read occurs in this one. It has to do with Nynaeve, and I was blinded with fury for her. Matt's relationship in this book is supposed to be questioning his own sexist beliefs about courting, but the lack of consent was gross. Also, the fact that the Perrin/Faile jealousy argument continued on into this book is ridiculous and I wanted to commit an act of violence.
Now my complaints that are repeating from previous books: the gender essentialism, the men-are-from-Mars-women-are-from-Venus, the "all men are stupid" and "all women are unfathomable and jealous and have breasts I need to comment on" is too much. It's clear at this point that it is the opinion of the author and not a fantasy culture thing. It's also crazy to me that these characters, who have gone through seven books of adventures, still hold all these close-minded beliefs (and even characters who aren't from the Two Rivers have them). They haven't changed an ounce since they left, except they all have powers. Yippee. I also thought that in the last several books, not a lot of plot has gone on for the amount of pages we get through. I think doing a GRRM and splitting books between characters would've helped. Finally, when I'm not mad about stuff happening in this series, I'm bored because I'm no longer invested. I don't care about most of the characters because they're stock and feel like every other character. I don't care enough to follow all the plot nuances. I can't even remember what's happened once it's done. Cool other stuff can't save infuriating characters. To be very clear - I'm a huge fantasy fan. I love books that are a million pages long; I just can't stand these ones.
Overall, I hate that I put myself through another one of these books. Save yourself the time, read anything else.
I'm probably going to stop reading this series. The only thing stopping me from stopping is that I can get the audios for free from my library. Plus I also have people in my life who love this series... but I don't get it. Most of what I'll be saying in this review is retreading ground from the previous ones - it's almost as if these books get redundant! And to be fair to the slog books, I also haven't liked the last 3 books.
As always, the plot I liked most is about the White Tower and Egwene. Those politics are some of the only times I felt interested in the book. I thought that the grim-ness of the battles we saw were good. And Rand's relationship with the previous Dragon was interesting.
Let's talk about my complaints unique to this installment. First and most egregiously, one of the most sexist things I've ever read occurs in this one. It has to do with Nynaeve, and I was blinded with fury for her.
Spoiler
So the only way for a woman to have power in this world is to "submit"?? And men have nothing of the sort? Absolute bull that this is the "one" power. It's the double standard, patriarchal power.Now my complaints that are repeating from previous books: the gender essentialism, the men-are-from-Mars-women-are-from-Venus, the "all men are stupid" and "all women are unfathomable and jealous and have breasts I need to comment on" is too much. It's clear at this point that it is the opinion of the author and not a fantasy culture thing. It's also crazy to me that these characters, who have gone through seven books of adventures, still hold all these close-minded beliefs (and even characters who aren't from the Two Rivers have them). They haven't changed an ounce since they left, except they all have powers. Yippee. I also thought that in the last several books, not a lot of plot has gone on for the amount of pages we get through. I think doing a GRRM and splitting books between characters would've helped. Finally, when I'm not mad about stuff happening in this series, I'm bored because I'm no longer invested. I don't care about most of the characters because they're stock and feel like every other character. I don't care enough to follow all the plot nuances. I can't even remember what's happened once it's done. Cool other stuff can't save infuriating characters. To be very clear - I'm a huge fantasy fan. I love books that are a million pages long; I just can't stand these ones.
Overall, I hate that I put myself through another one of these books. Save yourself the time, read anything else.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated