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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retros_x" data-source="post: 9808461" data-attributes="member: 7033171">[SPOILER="Regarding your spoiler"]But that was actually not on screen, it basically fades to black to keep the TV terms and then when he was up captured, it was told to him that he killed two whitecloaks, he seemed to not be able to remember it. I think that is why it kinda flew over my head, we never read about the deed and in the chapters after we switch back to Rand. We see from his POV that Perrin is changed and moody and gloomy, but never get told why. I assumed it was a general feeling about his experience with the children of the light and his new found connection.But now one later scene makes more sense where he kinda talks in a bad mood that he is now protected from the influence of the dark one. I wondered why he is so mad about it, being a "wolf man" sounds not too bad if it protects you from the dark one. But probably he blames this "power" that made him kill those two men. [/SPOILER]I finished it yesterday evening. I enjoyed the last third a bit less than the rest. I thought the ending was a bit underwhelming, lot of handwaving and in the end I was left with ... a shrug? Rand think its finished, but clearly its not really, but we as a reader are left out of how much danger and dread is left. So I am not really dying to start the next book - which is fine because I wasn't planning to read this series back to back anyway, but I was surprised to be left like that.There were also some chapters that felt unnecessary even with the focus of "the journey" that justifies the length of the book in general. The whole chapter (or were it even multiple chapters?) where Rand stumbles into the royal court was... clumsy. Hard to believe that a trespasser gets free like that. He also was just a bystander and it was weird to just passively see these characters act that as a reader we don't care at all about, because we just met them. And afterwards Rand was even so impressed by them as if he made some royal friends. But he barely really interacted with them. Its clear that they get relevant later in the series, but that was a clumsy introduction of these characters. Its the same kind of plotting I loathe in Sanderson's books: The author needs something to happen for later planned events, so he forces it instead of finding a natural story. Its being a slave to their own plot, not being able to kill - or at least change - their darlings. For me it would've been better to completely remove this chapter OR expand it so it actually is relevant to the plot of the first novel and not just later on in the unknown future. I think it stands out so much, because up until now Jordan was quite good with introducing characters and concepts in a more natural way that was connected with the actual plot of volume 1.But overall I am very pleasantly surprised by WoT 1 it was a cozy adventurous read with immersive storytelling. I will definitely continue the series. I think volume 2 will be perfect for christmas/new years holidays.</blockquote>

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