toctheyounger 's review for:

Towers of Midnight by Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan

5.0

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Towers of Midnight does something similar to what The Dragon Reborn did, taking the perspective away from Rand in order for us to get a better idea of his change through the eyes of those around him. It was effective then and it's effective now and Rand's chilling out was a long time coming and is fantastic to see. Perrin's (chronologically weird) journey and trial was fantastic as well, finally giving him some kind of closure with the Whitecloaks as well as another showdown with Slayer. Mat's confrontation with the Snakes and Foxes was also everything I hoped it would be. I was actually anxious to get to the Tower, almost looking ahead to see when that task would start. Egwene, once again, proves herself even more badass than our three ta'varen. She took over the entire tower and defeated a Forsaken AND fought off the Seanchan all without that added magical Pattern nonsense. Lan is also growing on me more than I thought he would, his ride to the Blight an absolute joy to read and the confrontation suitably amazing by the time the book ends.