Reviewed by cornerfolds on
I'm going to be really blunt here: I've been putting off this review because I did not like this book and now I don't remember much about it. Looking back at the synopsis, I can recall why I don't remember what happened. Nothing happened. Really.
Okay, well now I'm not being completely truthful. A few things happened. Egwene puts her foot down in her new role among the Aes Sedai, Rand hangs out with some baddies, and Mat gets raped by a queen. Repeatedly. And everyone laughs it off.
I feel like this chapter in the series had potential to be amazing! Unfortunately, it seems as if Robert Jordan really just wanted to milk this cow as long as he possibly could, to the point where we get this seventh book of pure filler. The women argue, even MORE characters are introduced, and other characters are completely absent.
I could complain about a lot in this book, but my biggest complaint is the big battle at the end. There's one in every book and the battle at the end of book six blew my socks off! In my review of Lord of Chaos I said, "I had to literally restrain myself from jumping up and down in excitement!" and, "This book was truly the best of the six I've read so far!" My, how the mighty have fallen.
I'll continue the series just because I am already seven books in and have invested hundreds of hours of listening. I just really hope it pays off in the end.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 13 July, 2015: Finished reading
- 13 July, 2015: Reviewed