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4.59 AVERAGE
4.59 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
medium-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
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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 can’t believe I’ve spent almost a year with this series; been a long time since I’ve done that. A fitting and satisfying denouement, although I never did get the hang of every last A name nor all the supporting characters. The Last Battle is described in a level of detail fitting for something with a 14 book buildup, although I do have a few lingering questions. All in all a very good ride, cohesive, interesting, thorough, a solid epic.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
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:
Complicated
I have spent a long time with this series. I remember, over the past 3 years, several times where I would pick up a new entry in the series and begin my adventure again. It was very bittersweet to finish the series. It felt like a new friend I had just began to comfortable with just vanished. I love what this series did for me, as a reader. I am forever grateful for Jordan, as well as Sanderson, for preparing this journey for me. Absolutely epic conclusion to a wonderful series. Laughs, cries, twists, and turns. What more could you want from a story?
In 2018 stapte ik de plaatselijke boekhandel binnen en daar lag het eerste deel: het Oog van de Wereld. Deze lag helemaal onderin in de boekenkast weggestopt met de kaft naar boven. Sindsdien heb ik alle delen overal mee naar toe genomen en gelezen op plekken waar herinneringen en verhalen een gezamenlijke plek in mijn gedachten hebben gevonden. Een hele reis, waarbij je de figuren uit het verhaal als kameraden gaat beschouwen. Kameraden waar mee je kan gokken, grappen en lachen. Maar al lezend kom je steeds dichter bij de laatste bladzijden. Daar waar de reis eindigt…
…het einde van het laatste deel van HET RAD DES TIJDS…
Voortreffelijk. Alle losse eindjes zijn waardig afgesloten. Alle achtergebleven elementen uit eerdere delen, vielen als puzzelstukjes op hun plek. En iedereen die deel uitmaakte van het verhaal speelde zijn laatste zet. Maar in het bijzonder zijn de laatste passages van zowel Mart, Perijn als Rand gedenkwaardig en mooi. Met een voldane zucht is de reis dan ten einde gekomen! Een moment waar ik naartoe heb geleefd, maar die nu een leegte achterlaat. Al zal er bij het Rad des Tijds geen echt einde zijn, want wat komt dat gaat en wat gaat dat komt. Meereizend op de wind!
…het einde van het laatste deel van HET RAD DES TIJDS…
Voortreffelijk. Alle losse eindjes zijn waardig afgesloten. Alle achtergebleven elementen uit eerdere delen, vielen als puzzelstukjes op hun plek. En iedereen die deel uitmaakte van het verhaal speelde zijn laatste zet. Maar in het bijzonder zijn de laatste passages van zowel Mart, Perijn als Rand gedenkwaardig en mooi. Met een voldane zucht is de reis dan ten einde gekomen! Een moment waar ik naartoe heb geleefd, maar die nu een leegte achterlaat. Al zal er bij het Rad des Tijds geen echt einde zijn, want wat komt dat gaat en wat gaat dat komt. Meereizend op de wind!
I purposefully skipped my contacts and mascara today because I kneeeeeew I'd be weepy at some point.
*sigh*
I'm so sad it's over! This was... one of the BEST series endings I've had the pleasure to experience. It... was perfect. So perfectly done. Open ended, but still tied up all the storylines. Ugh. My heart. I finished this around 430 this afternoon... still had an hour or so of deliveries left so I drove around in silence for a bit... ruminating on everything. Then listened to the hour long epilogue a second time, finishing up right before arriving back to the building to end my day.
Wow. Dude, when I said chapter 37 "The Last Battle" was 9.5 hours long... the action didn't end there. I was on edge until the last hour of the damn book. Right up to the epilogue basically.
When i started the series with the prequel, I wasnt sold on the story or writing. It was good, but I was dubious I'd get this facking attached... But, mannnnnn, Jordan knows how to weave a tale. He was a master and this series was glorious. I kind of want to start it all over again.
There were soooooo many deaths. Ugh. There were two characters in particular that really messed me up.
If you haven't read this, you HAVE TO. I want the box set to read through and annotate. Lol. Just like I want to with Throne if Glass & ACOTAR. All the feels. So many good and so many AWFUL.
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Fave quotes: (I saved 20 on Libby, but will spare you some of them lol Also listening to them again now, I see most involve Mat 😂)
"'I found the secret to defeating them... You just have to be dead already.' He chuckled to himself. ... 'what about my face? Oh, just a cut.'
'And the veins?"
'Veins? Oh that. I'm dying, unfortunately. Terribly tragic. You wouldn't happen to have any brandy, would you?'"
'And the veins?"
'Veins? Oh that. I'm dying, unfortunately. Terribly tragic. You wouldn't happen to have any brandy, would you?'"
"The soldier waved him on. The fellow did not look as though he'd been listening. Mat considered staying put out of principal. Why would the soldiers force people to wait in such a long line and give them time to think of a cover story only not to hear it out. That could offend a man. Not Matrim Cauthon, who was always lighthearted and never offended, but someone ELSE surely."
"Elayne taught me to rule, but you... you taught me how to stand."
"Loial did not intend to die here on this hillside. By Light, he had a book to finish before he went!"
"Mat figured she must have eaten something very sour once and, upon finding the resulting grimace useful for frightening away birds, had decided to adopt it permanently."
"I have never known anyone else who will work SO hard to avoid hard work, Matrim Cauthon."
"I'm trying to read that thought. Did you just compare me to an old strap of leather?"
"You are darkness! Darkness cannot push back light. Darkness exists only when light fails. When it flees. I will NOT fail! I will not flee!" 🫶✨️
"________ couldn't be mad if he looked a LITTLE at a hero, right? People were supposed to stare at them." Oh, Matrim. You're such a lecher. Lol.
"You stubborn fool."
"I'm not the one who just refused to stay dead." ❤️🩹😅
"I'm not the one who just refused to stay dead." ❤️🩹😅
"Are you smiling??"
"Yes." ☺️
"Blood and bloody ashes, Lord Talmanes. That expression is horrifying on you. You should probably do that more often."
"Yes." ☺️
"Blood and bloody ashes, Lord Talmanes. That expression is horrifying on you. You should probably do that more often."
"We will stand."
"And if we do not and we wake instead, then we will at least water the earth with our blood and let our bodies nourish the plants that will now grow here." A man after my own heart. 🌱
"And if we do not and we wake instead, then we will at least water the earth with our blood and let our bodies nourish the plants that will now grow here." A man after my own heart. 🌱
"He came like the wind. Like the wind, touched everything. And like the wind, was gone." 🥹
Oh, lol, there was one part where someone said "... every breath you breathe, every step you take ..." and i laughed and started singing The Police and had to rewind a while later to catch what I missed. 🤣
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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:
Yes