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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Characters: 3⭐️ Setting: 4⭐️ Plot: 4⭐️ Themes: 3⭐️ Emotional Impact: 4⭐️ Personal Enjoyment: 4⭐️
adventurous
dark
hopeful
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:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I felt Rand's relative absence more than expected, for all that I've pronounced myself as tired of the whole "chosen one denies they're the chosen one" thing. Perhaps because, having proclaimed himself the Dragon at the end of book two, he has instead decided to speedrun destiny and beeline for an any% completion on killing the Dark One.
The best parts of this book, the trio of Egwene + Elayne + Nynaeve at the White Tower, are best because that's the only piece of the story where characters are doing something in one place for an appreciable amount of time. Travel is the bulk of what folks are here to do, and it's fine travel with no shortage of plot points of interest, but it does mean that wider consequences of the characters' actions are typically only heard about at a distance. Our rurally-inclined protagonists tend to rush on before they witness the impact of anything they're doing. It does feel at least feel as if we're moving past the time when the main characters both know too little and are never in a position to exert real agency, over where they go or what they do. This was another book where the resolution largely felt like it all fell together just because everyone showed up at the place they were destined to, and while I am continuing my leisurely journey though the Westlands, I am glad to have reason to hope that this is another pattern which will soon be disrupted.
The best parts of this book, the trio of Egwene + Elayne + Nynaeve at the White Tower, are best because that's the only piece of the story where characters are doing something in one place for an appreciable amount of time. Travel is the bulk of what folks are here to do, and it's fine travel with no shortage of plot points of interest, but it does mean that wider consequences of the characters' actions are typically only heard about at a distance. Our rurally-inclined protagonists tend to rush on before they witness the impact of anything they're doing. It does feel at least feel as if we're moving past the time when the main characters both know too little and are never in a position to exert real agency, over where they go or what they do. This was another book where the resolution largely felt like it all fell together just because everyone showed up at the place they were destined to, and while I am continuing my leisurely journey though the Westlands, I am glad to have reason to hope that this is another pattern which will soon be disrupted.
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-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:
No
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book I did not find as interesting as the previous 2 because not a lot of action happened until the very end. But the end was very good.
adventurous
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No