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The Gathering Storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
5.0
The transition between authors I feel is pretty seamless for the most part, likely helped by how influential Jordan’s work was for Sanderson. At the same time, there are a few small details that make it clear that this book is being written by a new author.
Some of the revelations in this book completely shocked me. I didn’t see them coming at all, and I loved how it made me rethink certain things in hindsight. Egwene was amazing in this book and the story really gave the reader a chance to see how great of a character that she is. There were a few books where I’d forgotten why I liked her character, but watching her arc in this book, and the way some things were paid off reminded me why I enjoyed her story so much. While Mat didn’t have a lot of page-time in this book, his chapters in the middle were very entertaining. I love the chapters that display how the world is being affected by the problems caused by the Dark One and changes to the Pattern overall and Mat’s chapters were a great example of that. I can’t really say much about Perrin in this novel, since he didn’t have much to do. I’m hoping to see more of him in the last two books in the series, because I miss his character. Rand went on a journey in this book. It wasn’t a fun journey, but there were definitely huge changes in his character in this book. The narrative really displays how terrifying Rand can be and why some people are so scared of him being the Dragon Reborn. I feel like this book was Rand’s rock bottom, his lowest point. He just wanted to be numb. At the same time, the same events that make him numb also cause him to have to think about why he’s fighting the Dark One, other than the fact that he was told to.
Some of the revelations in this book completely shocked me. I didn’t see them coming at all, and I loved how it made me rethink certain things in hindsight. Egwene was amazing in this book and the story really gave the reader a chance to see how great of a character that she is. There were a few books where I’d forgotten why I liked her character, but watching her arc in this book, and the way some things were paid off reminded me why I enjoyed her story so much. While Mat didn’t have a lot of page-time in this book, his chapters in the middle were very entertaining. I love the chapters that display how the world is being affected by the problems caused by the Dark One and changes to the Pattern overall and Mat’s chapters were a great example of that. I can’t really say much about Perrin in this novel, since he didn’t have much to do. I’m hoping to see more of him in the last two books in the series, because I miss his character. Rand went on a journey in this book. It wasn’t a fun journey, but there were definitely huge changes in his character in this book. The narrative really displays how terrifying Rand can be and why some people are so scared of him being the Dragon Reborn. I feel like this book was Rand’s rock bottom, his lowest point. He just wanted to be numb. At the same time, the same events that make him numb also cause him to have to think about why he’s fighting the Dark One, other than the fact that he was told to.