It's actually book 4, The Shadow Rising, where the Wheel Of Time comes into its own. Books 4 to 6 are fantastic.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Hugely looking forward to book 4!
@VinnyCThatWhoIBe5 ай бұрын
Love hearing your thoughts as you read the series, and also your thoughts on the TV show as you see it stray further and further from the source material lol
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Thanks Vinny! The tv show is definitely a different beast.
@philc27295 ай бұрын
Terrific review of book 3 and comparison to S2. You have some great questions and some will most certainly be answered in future books. Book 4 is top 1-2 of all WOT books so I'm sure you'll enjoy it. S2 locks up the outcome of Ishy and it was supposed to be in book 3. As far as S3 of the TV is concerned. Zarine has been cast already. The rest you'll have to continue reading to hear about their future stories.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Thanks Phil! As I build up more questions I may have to limit myself to just going through the answered ones in each video.
@user-bn4zf2ek9u5 ай бұрын
At the beginning of book 2 Moiraine talks to Perrin about how the dreams of very powerful channellers can often be spread around to people near them. The more powerful the further the reach of the dreams. She spends her "on screen" time in both cities talking to her spies and asking everyone about their dreams. Thats how she finds out the forsaken are in the city. She explains it briefly and in pieces to Perrin as she explains about the wolf dream and how she is using Ta'veren effects to track Rand. Also there is a specific scene in book 2 with Moiraine and Lan where she starts trying to anger him and tells him his bond will get passed to another. They expanded her half chapter in the book to create a plot line for their biggest name actor
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Yeah, I remember that scene in the book. I still didn’t like how dismissive she was and not just to Lan but to almost everyone!
@user-bn4zf2ek9u5 ай бұрын
@NevsBookChannel lol. Definitely it was infuriating to watch. It's one of the things I like best about the books though. Morally grey characters. Ones who serve the light but commit awful acts, ones who serve the dark one but accidentally or on purpose do good things for others. Moiraine is pretty awful and short with Perrin, Zarine and even Loial while they are heading to Illian chasing Rand. It's not great but I think her being that way in the show is fairly accurate to her character.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
@@user-bn4zf2ek9u yeah, I guess that’s true
@mcina0015 ай бұрын
Really enjoy experiencing the story again through your fresh eyes. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the next few books.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
I hope so too!
@williamlancaster48815 ай бұрын
As an avid reader and a fan of this book series, I can't help but share my excitement with you! It's always fascinating to see how different people interpret and analyze the same plotline. Your thoughts and questions are particularly intriguing to me, and I can't wait to see how they develop as you read further. As I have noticed, there are still a lot of unanswered questions in the series, even as you reach book 7. But rest assured that I am also on the same journey as you, and I am eager to find out how the story unfolds in the next book. Perhaps some of your lingering questions from the previous books will also be answered by book 8! I understand that it can be challenging to express oneself without spoiling anything or giving away too much information. I'm trying my best not to hint at anything that could potentially alter your reading experience or ruin any surprises. I hope that my messages have been helpful to you in some way, and that you are enjoying this book series as much as I am. Between books 4 and 7, the series takes some unexpected twists and turns, and the characters undergo significant growth and transformation. Although I enjoyed the first two books, I found the later ones equally intriguing, if not more so. The complexity of the story and the depth of the characters make for an engaging and thought-provoking read.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Thanks William! I can see my list of unanswered questions growing rather large. Hey did you ever get around to reading The Road?
@williamlancaster48815 ай бұрын
@@NevsBookChannel yes I did and wow that book. I can’t remember if you read it or not so I’m not gonna get into specifics but bleak is the only word I can use. I can't decide which of the characters have it worst.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
@@williamlancaster4881 you’ve got that right. You can watch my review in the video called 9 books ranked, my jul-sep wrap up
@osnatashtaralevin89445 ай бұрын
Keep that list of questions handy.. The Whool of Time books move at a pace of their own..
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
I think my list may get very long. Thanks for commenting Osnat!
@thesci-fished5 ай бұрын
Nice one Nev, I read these when they were first released and I've been watching the series on TV. As I was watching I kept saying to myself, I can't remember this happening, they didn't mention that other thing. So nice to get a nice detailed plot review to refresh my memory
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Ha! I didn't mean to provide a synopsis but it just kind of happened. I guess as long as I can keep it interesting, it's a format that works. You've read so much!
@Gandharva4565 ай бұрын
In answer to your question at 6:40 - Yes, the woman and her guards whom Rand kills were darkfriends. They had a gray man with them. After Rand lines up the bodies he notices eleven men when he had been sure there had only been ten. The eleventh man is not wearing any armor but has a dagger in his hand. Robert Jordan confirmed that this was a gray man. As to how Rand knew they were darkfriends there are a couple of theories - 1) He was constantly hunted by shadowspawn and darkfriends since going off on his own, so maybe he could sense some kind of 'wrongness' or ''darkness' in them. Even in Chapter 1 of Book 1, Rand senses the hatred in the Myrddraal that is following Tam and him. Here he says that the woman was the most dangerous so he kills her first. 2) A little earlier Perrin appears in his dream and sees Myrddraal and darkfriends coming towards Rand and warns him that 'there are more coming". Robert Jordan was a master at foreshadowing and often slipped in lines like these which are hard to notice on a first read.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Ah, that's interesting. Thanks for the explanation Sharon!
@bigdonrob95915 ай бұрын
@@NevsBookChannel I'm not certain the woman and the guards were darkfriends. It is possible that Rand sensed the gray man and killed them all because he was in a manic state while being hunted and pushed to his limits. It's nice to think they had it coming, but he is not infallible.
@tricky485 ай бұрын
@@bigdonrob9591Personally, while I tend to subscribe to them all being bad theory, I actually appreciate the vagueness of the scene. Rand was going mad, or on the verge, and while he was sure of their allegiance, mad people tend to believe what is not true (part of what being mad is) and the reader is left with that sense of... well, madness, about the whole thing.
@El-Melloi5 ай бұрын
Just as a point on your criticism about Selene conveniently appearing and vanishing. It's not explained explicitly, but it's implied fairly clearly such that you can notice that (arguably spoilers, although this isn't something that directly gets brought up in later books) In most of those cases, she isn't vanishing, she's just disguising herself. E.g. when Egwene chases after Else Grinwell and runs into an Aes Sedai in white after she turns a corner - both Else and that Aes Sedai were Lanfear herself.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Oh wow. That went way over my head! But reading that part again I can see what you’re saying. Thanks!
@DutchGreyBeard5 ай бұрын
Thanks Nev for your entertaining ramble. You should probably hold your breath on some of your questions, but I haven’t found Robert Jordan plotting conveniently. So, all will be answered, although some of the worldbuilding issues will remain in the background. It is fun to follow you on your WoT journey! On to the next!
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Thanks Ed. I have a feeling my list of questions may get very long indeed. You're so close to the end!
@DutchGreyBeard5 ай бұрын
@@NevsBookChannel Finished reading Towers of Midnight yesterday. A small WoT break and then finally A Memory of Light. You may have to skip more questions moving along…
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Ooh exciting. I think at my rate it will be 5 years away
@briankinsey3339Ай бұрын
Good news is that almost all of your questions will be answered in future books, although some of them not for a very long time. One of the best things about the book series is how many threads you find in the early books that tie in later. Oh, and yes, pay attention to Perrin's dreams. And you'll find out why on that, too. 😀
@NevsBookChannelАй бұрын
Thanks for the feedback!
@adamtideman49535 ай бұрын
3:09 Perhaps my memory is wrong but I believe it was actually revealed at the end of book 2 that Selene was in fact Lanfear. It's the scene where Selene finds Min with Rand who is unconscious after the battle at Falme.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
I had a look and it's not explicitly stated. Perhaps if your visualisation of characters is good, you may notice the description sounds the same as Selene?
@johanjarvinen5 ай бұрын
Jordan's original book deal was for six WoT books, and what in the process of writing became books 1-3 was supposed to be the first book of those six, making this "trilogy" the introductory passage of the series. It's the story of Rand becoming the Dragon Reborn, while the rest of the series is the story of him dealing with being the Dragon Reborn.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Oh, interesting. I hadn’t heard about that 6 book number
@johanjarvinen5 ай бұрын
@@NevsBookChannelJordan was an established author for Tor Books having written the Fallon Blood series and several Conan books before he was approached by Tor to write a fantasy series. There's a fair few people who assume to this day that he wrote Eye of the World and then pitched it to publishers, but that's far from the truth and we have both RJ's and Tom Doherty's account of this.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
@@johanjarvinen cool. I have some of his Conan on my shelves but haven’t read it yet
@user-bn4zf2ek9u5 ай бұрын
😅 love calling the Grayman a zombie.
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Probably showing my ignorance! Thanks for watching Kelly!
@anaritamarcal16264 ай бұрын
Hey Nev! I hope you keep reading and enjoying the series 😊 Some of your questions will be explicitly answered while others you're welcome to come up with your personal theories! RAFO
@NevsBookChannel4 ай бұрын
No fear of that. I’m in it till the end. Thanks for watching Ana!
@thomaspolster28075 ай бұрын
Hello Nev, my 5 stages of Wheel of Time right now: 1. German Audiobook - near the end of book four; 2. the original english audiobooks - finished book three; 3. german book - near the end of book three; 4. english book - finished book three and finally the Tv-series: turned it off about 15 min in. Just remembering that Perrin was grabing a woman with "romantic" intentions. The same teenager who got blushed watching some hot dancing in the books....nice try. It's that typical american bullshit that i personally despise very much. My first reading took place back in 1997 when 23 year old me was a soldier in training and had two 5 hour train-rides every weekend. It was the perfect lecture back than but only the first 5 books were translated as far as i remember. I better stop to babble, hope my grammar and stuff is okay...have a nice day and may the light be with you
@NevsBookChannel5 ай бұрын
Your grammar is great! Yes, the show definitely felt the need to unnecessarily sex it up. Thanks for watching and commenting!