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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 5060783" data-attributes="member: 8863">I finally got around to reading it recently.Holy crap.Yeah, this book is mostly Rand and Egwene, with a side of Tuon character development.  Which is fine by me, since the last two books mostly were development with Mat, Perrin, and Elayne (especially happy that Elayne didn't show up, I was getting sick of her storyline).  This was definitely THE Egwene book of the series, even after the last one.  Normally, I don't listen to music when I'm reading, but when the [spoiler]Seanchan attack on the WT occured, I simply had to listen to O Fortuna while I was reading it.[/spoiler]  It just felt right.  The [spoiler]Black Ajah purge was damn good too; and Verin's role in it was quite surprising.  So that's what she's been up to.  I wonder what was in that letter she left with Mat (next book?), and I'm definitely going to miss having her in the books, she's been around since nearly the beginning.[/spoiler]  Rand very nearly went off the deep end here.  I've read some things Jordan had said in his past about his experiences with Vietnam, particularly mentioning how he realized at one point that he was getting too cold and hard to be able to readjust to civilian life.  I think a lot of what we're seeing with Rand's storyline is reflecting that.  Some of it is probably reflected in Perrin too, but Rand especially in this book I think is a reflection of some of Jordan's experiences.I'm not sure how much of this book was Jordan and how much was Sanderson, but it still felt like WoT.  There were a few places which I think were Sanderson, Mat's complaint about women in his first scene didn't feel a lot like Jordan, and there were a few things here and there that moved faster that usual for the series.  For the most part though, I think the book doesn't have a style that feels jarringly out of place compared to the rest of the series, and that's to Sanderson's credit.  And while a lot of people like to poke fun at Jordan's rather wordy prose, he's probably one of the best world-builders the genre has ever seen.  The level of detail he put into the world is absolutely astounding and really does bring it to life.</blockquote>

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