“I won’t shout at you!” Shouted Nynaeve One of my favorite lines.

"Yay Lan is back!" "Boo he has like a dozen lines in this book." My man, it's Lan we're talking about. Lan has had like a dozen lines in his entire life.

"If you say so," Lan said mildly. Nynaeve quivered. "Don't you take that tone with me!" she shouted. "I tell you, I'm not angry! Do you hear me?" "Blood and ashes, Nynaeve," Mat growled. "He doesn't think you're angry. I don't think you're angry." A good thing women had taught him to lie with a straight face. "Now could we go upstairs and fetch this bloody Bowl of the Winds?" Love Mat!

I *loved* the apology stuff. The way Nynaeve and Elayne tell the story to both Birgitte and Aviendha expecting backup, only to get blindsided by "Sorry, you did what?" is brilliant. And I don't think you're right that it didn't mean anything to Mat - he's had a lot of points where he's griped about how he saved them all and got shit for it, but I think drunk Mat talking to Birgitte was completely honest. He doesn't want to be fawned over for what he did - much as it may be worth it - he quite honestly just wanted an apology. So the instant he GETS that apology (or...as close as he knows Nynaeve can physically get to an apology :D ) he's gracious enough to let it go and say its all fine. It didn't really matter to him *what* it was about, but rather the way he'd been treated and the lack of acknowledgement it was wrong. Well. That and to annoy Nynaeve. :P

One of the things I love about this series is that characters, like Elayne and Nynaeve, aren’t always likeable, but in my opinion, they are realistic and well-developed.

I like that in true Nynaeve fashion when it comes to her EF crew, she was the only one that didn’t laugh at Mat’s assault and stood up for him by talking to Tylin (even though it didn’t work).

Just finished the book...as is my ritual when I complete a book in the series - I jump to your channel to watch your discussions. I love this series and I am so glad I found your channel. Great vid!

One of my favorite things about this book is that the death of Nalesean made me realize how much I have come to love some of these more tertiary characters without even knowing it, his death was a real blow to me the first time I read it 20 years ago.

I never noticed the “slog”. The only book that really felt like the story was unnecessarily slowish was crossroads of twilight. Absolutely fantastic series. Loving these reviews it’s really helping me remember the best parts of the series vividly. The last three books in the series are 10/10s for me. A memory of light is my favorite. Such an epic and perfect conclusion. Keep up the amazing work with these videos Mike!

Regarding the two wounds. Rand's wound from Ishamel left him with a nasty scar, a wound which won't properly heal, which is infused with the evil of the Dark One. The dagger with the ruby hilt, which Fain uses, is infused with the evil of Shadar Logoth (which is dark, but opposed to the Dark One). So Cadsuane keeps him alive (she's with him to heal him immediately), but then Dashiva (the Ashaman healer) pulls the evil of the two wounds together and makes them both fight one another, kinda negating both. Regarding the Balefire in Shadar Logoth... there's more going on there. It's actually one of the single most important moments in the whole series.

I've said it on other people's reviews. I always felt that Jordan was going to reveal at the end of the series that he was going to make it that the whole wheel of time series was written by Loial. Just always pictured some scene after the last battle. Just felt like it would have been right.

The slog was definitely a by product of waiting years between the books. Im loving your reviews.

Something to remember is that Robert Jordan had notes upon outlines upon thousands of words describing the last few books, so if you notice any changes in how characters are used it will not be because Brandon "fixed" them, but because that's how Jordan planned it all along. Of course he had to figure out how to write it down in book form, but it was Jordan's ideas and plan. Loved this video. Love to hear about the wheel of time!

I like how the Children of the Light story eventually turned toward The Light.

I just finished the book (I always watch your reviews after I finished a WoT book). The most disturbing scene for me in the whole series, when Aran'gar massaged Egwene's face. It was so creepy.

The slog was only book 10 for me, didn't really mind any of the other ones. I'm on book 13 right now, absolutely love this series!

Hurray! 🎉🥳 My girl Nynaeve breaks her block this book with an assist from Moghedian.

Hi Mike!! Really enjoyed your video and thoughts on the book as well as the entire series. I apologize if my comments tend to turn into a wall of text, but hey, as I've mentioned before, it's my favorite series. If it gets to be too much, let me know and I'll try and cut these down in the future. There are a few things to remember when reading WoT books and one of the more important ones is the unreliable narrator. Matt's view of himself is clearly distorted. Pay attention to how he talks about the bad habits Olver is developing and it's obvious the boy is picking them up from Matt himself. Matt is a womanizer at heart. He may think he treats women with perfect respect, but this clearly isn't how many of them view him. You see this most clearly in how the supergirls, Egwene, Elayne, and Nyneave think of and treat Matt. They do not appreciate him specifically because of his combination of always looking to avoid responsibility and wandering eyes and hands. They are aware he's Ta'veren, but do not know about his memories. They think he's in charge of the army solely because he's the Dragon Reborn's friend. They apologize to him at both Aviendha's and Birgitte's urging, but neither is really convinced they 'should.' Elayne does so only to preserve her relationship with Aviendha and Nyneave is browbeaten into it (which is actually hysterical when you consider Nyneave's personality). Matt actually appreciates the apology, but surprise, he can't resist twitting them a bit by acting as if it's no big deal. This backfires when Nyneave ends up yelling at him AGAIN (while he's suffering a huge hangover 😂) Even with all of that, you are not alone in having a tough time with Matt and Tylin's relationship. She chases him (which he thinks is improper, he's the one supposed to be doing the pursuing), she corners him and ultimately forces him. What isn't obvious but I believe was actually intended by Jordan was that, yes, Matt was attracted to her. Had she not been the queen, he'd have happily looked to bed her. This doesn't excuse the rape which appears to have been written for laughs. The entire "relationship" just has not aged well at all. You have commented and are not alone in your view that Jordan doesn't do relationships very well. Like a lot of things in the WoT, the buildup for many of them is not always obvious. You specifically mention that Nyneave and Lan come out of nowhere in book 1. On reread of the EOTW, they really don't. There are tons of subtle hints that Nyneave is very attracted to Lan. Lan also goes out of his way to compliment her skills (which for a taciturn character says something about his attitude about Nyneave). For Nyneave, who has had to scratch and claw for every bit of recognition in part because she still looks like she's barely twenty, this is like pouring gas on the fire of her attraction. Pay attention to the subtle blushes and the hemming and hawing when thinking of love interest. It's subtle, but there if you are looking for it. With that, let's talk about everyone's least favorite relationship, Faile and Perrin. First caveat, I'm not Faile's biggest fan either, but on some of the podcasts I listen to, they've made a point that we generally see their relationship from Perrin's eyes. Perrin can smell emotion. Faile actually rarely acts out in a jealous manner, but cannot control the way she smells. Perrin then reacts, not to anything she's done, but solely to the emotions he smells. This almost always backfires and just leads to more jealousy (who wants to be told they're being jealous, especially when they haven't actually done anything?) It may not make you like Faile, but I do feel I understand her reactions a bit better. I will try and explain balefire without giving any spoilers. If you remember, Moraine has a talk with Rand about balefire and why it is so dangerous. What makes balefire confusing is it essentially involves time travel. Anything affected by balefire stops existing before it is struck by said balefire. The more balefire used, the longer in time is removed. Rand balefires Rahvin so hard that everything he'd done for the last hour or two was wiped away. That's the only reason Matt, Aviendha, and briefly Asmodean come back. When Moghiedien balefires the boat, the part of the boat struck stopped existing before it was hit. This meant that instead of water flooding in now, it actually had been flooding in for a minute or two. Balefire also has a very bad effect on the pattern itself. It was mutually agreed at the end of the previous war that both sides stop using it, not because they wanted to spare their enemies, but because both sides realized it might unravel reality if they continued to use it unchecked. The Dark One would be fine with this but most of his followers would object. Rand and the stranger crossing the streams will have huge repercussions, but you'll have to wait a bit for those details. Watch the Sanderson theory confirmed video only after finishing the entire series I still had four or five things I wanted to comment on, but this is already a dissertation 😜 Again, I'm really enjoying your reviews and reactions as you read my favorite series for the first time.

I was really suprised with WOT 7 with how much I enjoyed it. I really struggled to get through WOT5+6, but both those books had amazing endings that saved it for me. Am I going to be one of those people who enjoy the "slog" more than the fan fav's. We will see.

Love the reviews man! And I agree, when Tylin assaults Mat it’s absolutely horrible. I hated that part. I just read through the book a second time and this time I read Elayne and Nynaeve laughing off the assault as an analog to victim shaming. They’re both just ways of disempowering the victim... It’s a horrible look for the wonder girls, but probably fairly accurate to the reality of how these situations play out a lot of the time :/

I first started reading this series over 20 years ago, with many re-readings along the way. I've been watching your reviews because I love hearing other perspectives on the series, and the view you have that just has me on the floor is your idea that Nyneave should be Amyrlin. Egwene's development is one of my favourite in the series, so my enthusiasm to see if your viewpoint changes as you get further along is making me almost as impatient as I was when I was waiting for each book to come out. I know I could jump ahead to your reviews of later books, but I'm really enjoying the build up. Still, I'm gonna keep bingeing your videos hoping you eventually come around to admitting what a great leader Egwene is!

Finished this yesterday. Love your intro. Nynaeve is my most favorite character of all.

Entertaining as always! Seems you loved Mat so much in this book, Narg thinks it’s only fair to warn you that Mat’s cliffhanger ending doesn’t get resolved in Path of Daggers. PoD was/is much maligned because people want Mat and feel let down when they don’t find out what happened to him. Other than that Narg thinks you’ll enjoy PoD, as it answers some of your questions and is INO a short quick read with some great moments spread throughout.

Just finished this book. I look forward to getting done with one of these books so I can watch your review. This was my favorite book of the series so far and the one that finally hooked me on the series. Now I want to go back and read he previous books, but I’ll finish the series first.

thank you for the review. great. reliving the book together with you. finish the book and cannot wait to listen to what you have to say about it. thumbs up.

Mike, I love your reviews! There's no one in my friends or family who have read WoT, so I don't have anyone to talk to about the series. Listening to your reviews and going along the journey is cathartic in a way. I'm still a few books behind you, but I'm determined to catch up haha I definitely agree with you about the Power Puff Girls, but I despise Perrin chapters almost as much (controversial, I know ). There's only so much "don't call me a lord" or "mah Faile" that I can stomach! I used to hate Mat, but he shot up to my number two with this book, second only to the Lord Dragon himself. I could type up a lot more, but you need all the time you can spare to finish the series before JordonCon. Keep up the reviews and thank you!

Once again, I’m very late to this party but I’ve enjoyed coming to these as I finish each book. I’m with you when you said you expected Rand to get knocked down. It seemed like attacking Sammael right after waking up was doomed to fail especially with the new wound; I was actually shocked and confused when that whole bit ended. I overall enjoyed this book as much as the others and I read it the fastest. Looking forward to catching up to the next video after Path of Daggers.

Going through these videos after finishing the series for the first time, I'd forgotten how much had happened by the end of book 7! And so much great stuff to come. What a journey. I'm a future re-reader in the making.

I've always thought that Jordan deliberately set up the thing with Mat and Tylin to be super uncomfortable, the way you are responding is exactly what he wanted.

Your WoT reviews are the best. I love how in depth they are, and how organized your thought process is. I've just finished this book and I think that the guy in the end was Dermondred (sp?)- we know the forsaken are competing with each other and it makes sense to me that he'd want to help Rand kill Sammael.

I always viewed Nynaeve as immature, however after the balefire attack on the boat, where she finally overcame her block, I found it outrageous that she didn’t want Mat told about the death of his men. She seemed to become a bridezilla from a reality tv show. Two men guarding her have died in an attack aimed at her & she wants no mention of it. These deaths seem to mean nothing to her, odd for a Healer. Her only concern is being a newlywed & this seems to carry on with her character as the story progresses. I can’t believe Lan would not be utterly ashamed & embarrassed by this attitude of hers towards two soldiers who died protecting her. What do you think of Nyneave not wanting Mat told about his two men?

As far as the way Mat was written in that particular scene is very realistic to the way it happens in the real world. I think that was his way of being a males rights advocate. Notice that the sexes are mirror imaged in the book. I read ot as his way of bringing attention to how males are treated vs female. If a female makes a claim like that people come out of the woodwork to help, if its a male it is something to be joked about. This isn't something new, it has always been that way. The way Mat deals with it is one of the reasons why Mat's character is so loved. He has such bad luck with everything except betting and battle. Plus he is a natural smartass/ rascal. Fun character.

Thank you! Min is the one that I would choose out of the three "love interests"

This was a rough one to get through for me. Onward and forward with the series!

I always thought that cover was Lan pulling Nyneave out of the River Eldar when her ship sank. She had started wearing jewelry like Cadsuane and Lan's hidori is another clue.

I'm honestly glad someone else shares my view of "The Fires of Heaven". I liked the ending of that book, but so far, it has been the slowest book in the series to me. It worried me a bit when I finished it and saw online that everyone else seemed to think it's one of the top three books. I honestly got nervous that I might not like the rest of the series if that was one of everyone else's favorite. But, I found Lord of Chaos and Crown of Swords to be much more to my liking.

Funny that we thought the same thing about the crossing the streams balefire part. I thought it was probably Lews Theron.

Awesome review, didn't find it a slog enjoyed it and makes me want to read the next one :)

Cadswane exclaiming “FAH!” became one of my favorite things in this book.

I have a slightly different take on the Supergirls' reaction to Tylin's power rape festival that is more grounded, I feel--and thus makes them MORE hateful. When you think of what they have always thought of Mat--a man-boy rogue and lazy rascal--they probably thought he was exaggerating the situation. They didn't even want to hear his side of things. Also, Elayne and Nynaeve can be very naive. While readers know better, those two think he is just out for dances and pinching bottoms or stealing kisses. Not exactly welcome behavior, but he also never raped anyone. Anyway, they probably thought Tylin was grabbing a fistful of ta'veren rump roast and that was all--at least at first. I think Mat was the best character to pick for this treatment, too--not because it was some apt punishment, but because of the psychological horror. Mat is the one who possesses the freest spirit in the whole series. He doesn't want to be bound in marriage, bound to the wheel, bound to fate... I think if he could, he'd spit in the face of the Creator as willingly as into the face of Shai'tan. Anyway, yeah... it's gross and wrong, and I hope it isn't left out of the show at all. We see what can happen in a patriarchy, and there's nothing saying it wouldn't happen in a matriarchy, albeit reversed.

YES! My Dude, back at it with more WoT! Huge fan of the series, cannot even say how many rereads I have done. That being said, I love your reviews because your thoughts mirror mine on my first reading. Cannot stress enough how much this series was built for rereads. A couple points: RJ is not good at writing romance.. as you said in the first book Nynaeve kept saying how she can't stand these people, but would have an after thought about Lan is not so bad. As for Mat, I took it not so much as Stockholm syndrome but as an uncomfortable relationship. Hes old fashioned and does not like being not in control. Balefire, is confusing AF! But it is important that it's said several times that it was forbidden. It's a paradox and has made me as a reader say out loud "HUH?" Several times. Cadswane (sp?) Is 100% a crap dollar store Moraine. I dislike her more and more with each reread. Slog? I had no idea that people thought there was NOT a slog.. its coming, be strong. Sanderson is the man, no question, and hes does a great job.. but if you like Mat, I feel like you might feel a bit jarred when he takes over. Keep at it man love your videos👍

This book is where she turns the corner. Her problem is she has to keep up the rage in order to channel. since she breaks her block in this book, she starts to grow up fast.

About the wound from Fain's dagger, the reason it was so slow is because it was exactly over the old wound. And even with Cadsuane's healing he basically dead before (I think it is) Narishma not exactly heals it but he in essense "quarantine" the two wounds. Neither will ever heal, but they cannot spread.

Right from the intro I am hooked

The fight between Rand and Perrin began as a staged fight (Rand sent him to retrieve the "Prophet.) But Perrin chose the wrong thing to argue about and it turned into almost a real fight.

I really liked the LAN/Nyneave reunion because she finally gives in/lets go and breaks her block.

Remember the Dark Ones orders, " Let the Lord of Chaos rule."

10:00 takes 2 to tango my man lol that cracked me up good

Agreed totally about Mat. I wonder if something like this happened to Jordan.

I think characters such as Perrin seem to drop out for periods not because Jordan was "finished" with them but because he conceived of this thing not as a set of fourteen novels but as one very long tale, and threads from an early book can go unmentioned through several before being picked back up again, but they do get picked back up. One slightly confusing factor (but possibly unavoidable in such a large tapestry) for me was the chronological skipping around, the way I could be reading one chapter and suddenly realize from concurrent events, that this is happening at the exact same moment as such and such, hundreds of pages back and in a completely different book.

I really like Elayne she's not perfect, but that's point she can make mistakes and learn from them and she uses the one power in a very smart and fun way and she cares about her friends...that's my unpopular opinion 😎

Just finished the book and this one was so great to me. Top 4 of 7 at least

Pretty good book! Im on A memory of light now! The Last one

Hey finally :) Glad to see you getting back to these! This is one of my favourite of the books I think. Loads of Mat, and for me its where the wonder girls really start to grow up, and become more bearable. I read somewhere that Jordan said he based all the female characters on his wife. Which since she was reading them as his editor, makes me almost suspect the series is in part a multi-million word thesis on "see, this is what you are like!" :) The Mat rape scene is odd, and I think it's probably something that hasn't aged well. I've read people making all sorts of claims about it - that it intentionally uses role reversal to highlight how women who are raped have to deal with their sexual history being used against them as justification. But I'm not convinced. I read the book when it came out, and I know I just thought it was funny. The complete lack of condemnation for Teslyn from anyone, including Mat once he gets used to the idea, doesn't make me feel that it was meant to be more than slightly uncomfortable situation for Mat. Who's now learnt a valuable lesson that women in other cultures can be more forceful than he's used to, and can go forward wiser in the ways of the world.

The Balefire thing explination was actually recently confirmed by Sanderson, but you should wait to read it until after finishing as it has spoilers for the ending of the books

First of all absolutely GREAT video! Second, Min is by far my favorite companion of Rand, and he would not have made it without her. Now, Rand's wound is basically two horrible evils that are polar opposite's...like opposing magnets, so the new wound didn't turn him into an "avocado" because the dark one's wound started fighting Fain's wound immediately, and will continue to do so, but both evils will continue to attack Rand. As far as Balefire...think of Doc's warning to Marty McFly in Back to the Future about doing things in the past that change the future. Balefire completely erases it's victim from the pattern if used too long, as well as erases the things that person has done which can have a huge spider web effect in the pattern. Non Book Example...if someone just blew up a whole town, then someone killed that person with powerful enough Balefire, the town would be alive again, and that person would be erased from the pattern forever. To end, Cadsuane is to Rand what the Wise Ones are to Egwene.

I think i might have liked this one (as a whole) more than 5 and 6. It definitely moved faster for me and does great stuff with Rand, Mat and Min's characters especially.

Salidar and white tower chapters in this section of the tale is basically a game of spot the darkfriend.

What was this app you mentioned in the beginning. It sounds really useful for reading such a huge series

The whole thing about Mat and Tylin is written to cause the reaction of anger and disgust you had. Some of the younger readers almost found the whole thing amusing or trivial, but in general the older readers totally understood this was a rape and power abuse. The initial reaction of Elayne and Nynaeve can be blamed in part on Mat’s tendency to lie or exaggerates and pull off pranks harming seriously his credibility, and in part on their naive denial that a woman in power could really do such a thing, the way Mat described it happened. Mat himself can’t really accept it, thus his Stockholm syndrome. All his life he’s been around strong, bossy women, but this is the first time one of them crosses the line and abuses him. This will leave scars (as you know, I think you’ve finished it all by now).

I'm sure somebody has answered by now, and I'm sure you've also finished the series, but the 2 wounds that "battled each other" are battling because Shadar Logoth is a specific kind of darkness that is even different from the Dark Ones taint. And considering Shadar Logoths power, and the fact that Myrddraals avoid it, it shows that it isn't weak or a laughing matter to the shadow. It's it's own being separate from the light and the dark, and that's why they battle to see who can overtake Rand. I'm on Path of Daggers and I've had minor spoilers and that's my assumption of it.

Awesome review! I cant say the Mat and Tylin scenes bothered me much. It was definitely on my mind as i was reading it, but i kept in mind the setting of Ebu Dar - it was stated women could kill a man and no one would bat an eye. Not only that but once I removed myself from the 'grossness' those were fun reads, the way Jordan does but doesnt say what they do is really good, particularly the last encounter with Tywin where she kisses him then it cuts to Mat walking away on shakey legs and tucking his shirt in. Thats not to say I dont see peoples problem with it and agree with them. Still, if this was written today I'd have different opinions I think

This book has been the most fun for me!

Agreed! I couldn't believe how good this book was- expecting a slog and there wasn't one. In fact it felt faster paced than lord of chaos... It's one of my top 3 so far- with the great hunt and fires of heaven

The original wound has the Dark One's evil contained in it. The Padan Fain wound has Shadar Logoth/mordeth/ Padan Fain evil in it (or something like that). Different evils fighting each other. At least that's what i seem to remember.

Mat in this book is just like: bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom bosom…

Explaining the wound from the dagger. Shadar Logath wasn’t evil to begin with. However, the city took the methods of the Shadow to fight the Shadow. The evil of that city is different than the evil of the shadow. It’s an evil bred to fight the shadow. Since Rands original wound is of the shadow, and his second wound is of Shadar Logath, the second wound fights the first, well... first. Both are evil, but theirs evils aren’t complementary... until Padin Fain unites them. Machin Shin, Shadar Logath, and the Shadow.

Which is the app that you talk about at the beginning? I also took a break and I just finished book 7 so I came to your review. I sometimes have a harder time remembering all the names and things that happen because English is not my native language. Thanks a lot!

I didn't think the Mat/Tylin relationship was supposed to be taken too seriously by the reader, thus why some would call it comic relief. It's odd with Jordan though. Some relationships feel real, some feel like fairy tales. It can be hard to adjust. Another thing occurred to me; that it was not taken seriously by the girls to specifically point out that people don't take it as seriously in the real world when men are the victims. I don't think there's anything in this series that should be dwelt on too much, but it's definitely one of a number of things in WoT that seems to have people split.

What's the app you mentioned at the start?

i loved this one, the ending was confusing but i enjoy cliffhangers and stuff that isnt super clear cut

Fucking SUBSCRIBED!!! Hot damn that intro slapped.

Although Tylin stuff was indeed appauling, she lead him to Tuon. The Wheel turns...

Hey Mr Mike! I was just curious about the app you mentioned - the one that summarises the characters.

Honestly only slog i found was in book 9 and 10. A few chapters in book 9 where egwene walked around the army camp outside tar valon doing nothing but internal dialog that had no impact on anything relevant IMHO. Then book 10 had 2 chapters where I felt the same. But 5 chapters out of the whole series is not bad at all. My favorite series of all time as of now.

Hey, what app were you talking about where you looked up Liah as a character up until Book 7 and got a spoiler-free synopsis up til that point. That seems really handy in general but I can’t find an app like that.

Lan and Moraine were not romantically involved, so Briggite and Matt’s friendship was not the first, but it was absolutely a breath of fresh air.

I don't want to comment too much on the old wounds fighting each other (I feel the reference the other commenter made to future books is already too much), but I can explain a bit why it is they fight each other. The first wound Rand got in his side was from the sword used by Ba'alzamon aka Ishamael. The poison of Pure Evil that has been slowly killing him came from the Dark One. This new wound is from the ruby-hilted dagger. The poisonous Evil is the Evil of Shadar Logoth. This was an evil that was created _in opposition_ to the Dark One. Mordeth taught the people of Aridhol to hate the Dark One and the Forces of the Shadow so much that they became an evil (Mashadar, the Mist of Death) pretty much as big as the Shadow, yet also opposed to it. If it helps, it's kind of like the duality between _saidin_ and _saidar_ (except completely different). _Saidin_ and _saidar_ are diametrically opposed to one another, yet they both drive the Light, as well as the Wheel of Time. Shadar Logoth and Shai'tan are sort of that, but on the evil side.

I enjoyed this one for the most part because it was more balanced. Second best for me so far.

Boy do I wish you had mentioned that app before. It never occurred to me to look for that. Looking up characters online is just impossible.

Hey Mike, are any of the Conan books that you're read ghost written by Robert Jordan?

I think that one of the main reasons for the feeling of the slog (which I experienced live) was just how much shorter these next few books are. I waited for 18 months for this book and it was almost a 100,000 words less than the one before. And that gets worse with the next couple books. So it was extremely disappointing at the time. However I'm doing a reread now and I'm loving all of these books except probably Crossroads of Twilight.

I never took a break. But that's how you do it bro. Stop for a bit, then jump straight back in with a vengeance.

So that guy in Shadar Logoth wasn't Lews Therrin? I was 85% sure that it was😮

What’s the name of that non spoiler app you mentioned???

A Crown of Swords was my least favourite up to now but I still enjoyed it. There was a lot of five star material in this book, largely to do with Matt and the super girls, but there was a lot of two star material too, some of it to do with Rand, a lot with Perrin. I have always loved Min and love her even more in this one. I don’t mind Morgase. She’s not great but I quite enjoy her chapters. Ending was awesome. Moving on now with Path of Daggers

Wish it only took me a week to get through a WOT book.

What is the name of this non spoiler app you talk about in the beginning of the episode?

The only thing that is a bit off putting for me in this book is that the story seemed too go extremely fast.(But it could be the way i read it don't know.) P.S love this reviews after i finish each book.

The dagger wound from Fain would normally have killed someone but as you said in the review, it is fighting the evil of the wound Rand got from Ba'alzamon in TGH. That's why it didn't insta-kill Rand before Damar saved him And this is spoiler-ish but the reaction of the 2 wounds to each other inspire Rand to something really cool in the future

Where is this resource with looking up characters based on how far you've read?

To be honest, I did feel the slog here. This book felt like Jordan had 300 of pages of story (100 in the beginning and 200 packed at the back end), and the rest was pointless meandering in Ebu Dar. The internal monologues really started to wear me down here. I didn’t need 500 pages in the middle to get Nyaneve and Elayne to apologize to Matt.

Just finished this book! Some things that hit me upside the head while reading this one: 1. If Aes Sedai are bound by the oath rod not to use the one power as a weapon, why and how were the sisters who caught Rand in LoC able to do what they did to him? 2. In this book, why would Rand decide to open a large gateway in the middle of Illians busiest areas? We've seen how gateways can slice and dice ppl. And Rand is supposed to be particular about not causing death to innocents, especially women. Him just deciding to create a huge gateway in the middle of the Square of Tammaz didn't make sense.

Yeah at this stage, and specially a couple of books further down the line, I would've appreciated more of Thom, Loial, etc, rather than a massive influx of characters I care little about. Still love the series though

I was really surprised Rand didn't have a sword duel with Sammael since it was built up that he was great with a sword. He fights a lesser opponent and gets beat that's a head scratcher. Very unclear who helped Rand in Shadar Logoth. Seems like Rand recovered way too damn fast from that cursed dagger injury maybe if he had a month in the least to recover you could have bought it more. Kind of a John Wick moment hit by 3 cars and shot 20 times but not a scratch on him can sprint and do Kung Fu moves with no consequence. Seems to be a pattern of Rand going off on his own to do stupid shit when he has an army of body guards who could aid him the Maidens and Asha Men. I didn't see what he wanted to accomplish by going out to that rebel camp outside the city with Min what was he hoping to gain? The ending kind of really brought down the book.

What is the non spoiler app called, where you get the summary of characters until a certain book?

Hows it going Mike!? know it’s been a year and I’m not sure if your mind has been changed but MAT. Jordan makes it clear that Mat is obviously attracted to Tylen but does not want to pursue her because she is Queen and is dealing with all the Aes Sendai in Ebou Dar not to mention Elayne and Nyneave. So I do not think Mat was raped, just uncomfortable in the fact that Tylen was doing the chasing not Mat.

Lol love a good origins story 👍🏼

What's the name of that app?

What's the name of the non-spoiler app?