Joshua Crawford
2013-05-30 07:26:29 UTC
Hi all,
Sorry I've been a way for a couple of weeks. Zowie left me, and I was a bit of a mess for a little while. We'd been together for 9 1/2 years. I had finished reading tGS that morning before the breakup, but obviously didn't feel like posting at the time.
It's a good book. But that's not surprising since these last few books have to finish up the series, and plot resolution is far better than books full of dress descriptions and sniffing.
Sanderson's style is different to RJ, as he mentioned in the preface, but that mostly didn't bother me. Except for Mat. I think Sanderson made him too much of a fool, particularly with that plan with the elaborate backstories. But hey, he's in love, so I suppose a little foolishness is in order.
Verin's revelation was not too surprising. We've known since tGH something was up with her. Though I'm a little disappointed it's *not* the purple ajah after all, an unwilling black is close enough. That was a convenient loophole in the black oath, though.
Egwene's in control of the whole Tower. Took long enough. So the Seanchan now have a bunch of damane who can't fight unless threatened, but some of them can Travel. It'll be interesting to see how they use them.
Rand used the True Power. WTF? He isn't in Moridin's body yet..
Looking forward to reading the last couple of books. I'm going up to Sydney next week, so I'll leave them until then.
--bruce
Sorry I've been a way for a couple of weeks. Zowie left me, and I was a bit of a mess for a little while. We'd been together for 9 1/2 years. I had finished reading tGS that morning before the breakup, but obviously didn't feel like posting at the time.
It's a good book. But that's not surprising since these last few books have to finish up the series, and plot resolution is far better than books full of dress descriptions and sniffing.
Sanderson's style is different to RJ, as he mentioned in the preface, but that mostly didn't bother me. Except for Mat. I think Sanderson made him too much of a fool, particularly with that plan with the elaborate backstories. But hey, he's in love, so I suppose a little foolishness is in order.
Verin's revelation was not too surprising. We've known since tGH something was up with her. Though I'm a little disappointed it's *not* the purple ajah after all, an unwilling black is close enough. That was a convenient loophole in the black oath, though.
Egwene's in control of the whole Tower. Took long enough. So the Seanchan now have a bunch of damane who can't fight unless threatened, but some of them can Travel. It'll be interesting to see how they use them.
Rand used the True Power. WTF? He isn't in Moridin's body yet..
Looking forward to reading the last couple of books. I'm going up to Sydney next week, so I'll leave them until then.
--bruce