Thank you! Gotta disagree on CoT though 😂 Just finished Perrin’s chapters (ch.27 I think) and it’s definitely been a slog for me. Elayne and Egwene’s parts made it feel like one then the conclusion to Perrin’s axe to hammer was the nail in the coffin. Looking forward to book 11 though! 😆

@@Smycoo I totally understand! Elayne's chapters honestly made me want to burn the book... I personally loved the Perrin moment near the end, one of my favorites of his (behind one yet to come).

Haha I actually really like Cadsuane after book 9… but what I’ve seen from some people replying to my videos makes me think she does something readers aren’t a fan of to say the least 🤣

@@Smycoo She demands everyone treat her with the utmost respect and yet she slaps anyone who annoys her.

@@philipgriessel5315 Yep, very annoying. Can’t say I’m surprised considering how women are in wheel of time though haha

Haha if you couldn’t follow it with WH then good luck with CoT… might struggle a bit with that one 😂 At this point you just gotta push through to book 11. Hope you enjoy the later chapters of WH though, they’re pretty good, especially the ending to Rand’s arc.

Thanks so much 🙏🏽 I agree, I don’t see it as a slog for books 7-9 either but it slows down a lot. I do think book 10 is a slog however. Egwene’s arc was a bore and Elayne’s was just painful 😂 Very excited for book 11 onwards though!

That’s not to say it’s absolutely amazing in cot but it’s definitely the better part of the book.

It’ll all depend on how much you enjoy his dynamic with Tuon as it’s by far my favorite relationship in the series because we see all the courting instead of just jumping to “I love him and we’re going to get married even though I haven’t seen him since I met him”

Yep, can always count on Mat to have some interesting chapters. Even if the plot of them itself isn’t exactly enthralling, Mat himself still makes it fun. I’ve only read his first batch of chapters in CoT so far but it’s been enjoyable seeing them not falling head over heels in love straight away like you said 😆

I finished CoT in like 4/5 days haha. I’m probably going to go out of sync with you though. On vacation for the next week so won’t be reading as much as usual

@@Smycoo Im still on CoT myself! Youre going much faster than me this time (i only really listen an hour a night on my reread) so yeh we'll unsync shortly lol

That’s interesting, I’ll have to give it a read when I’m done the series!

@@Smycoo There is SO MUCH information on the Wiki site. I believe much was gleaned from Jordan himself when he attended fan venues, and also from the copious notes and tapes he left behind, following his death.

Yea I think Suroth said they have the same master or something but the implication went over my head at the time haha

She also said she would eventually collar liandrine, which is a well deserved bit of karma

Finished 11 yesterday... yeah, she definitely lost even more points with me there. To be fair though the blame is 50/50 with Rand still not being able to keep her away but at the same time her insisting on being there is so needless it makes me more annoyed at her.

Thanks! Yea it really is a shame to see Perrin reduced to that. And you’re right. The sense of entitlement is definitely in character but cmon it’s book 9 and she’s still this bad 😂😂 Like I’ve said before, if she showed any redeeming qualities like Nynaeve I wouldn’t mind but she doesn’t so praying for her demise 🙏🏽 Demandred charged Slayer with killing fain but he the mystery man sent him after Rand. Luc said he would’ve liked to have killed his nephew and the wench (Rand and Min) and if you remember he killed those two random after Rand had moved everyone because he thought the renegades might come for him in that inn.

It's funny you mention that. I was watching a video about the show and they were complaining about how the female chars were in the show and they brought up how lots of women love the books because of how well women are presented and how they're strong & independent When I read that I was like "uhhh, really??" 😂 I would've expected women to be offended or something at how all the women are portrayed as extremely arrogant like you said and majority of them are horrible to everyone like 90% of the time...

​@@Smycoo It seems a LOT of people read it straight, as some kind of power fantasy. For me, the gender politics are... exaggerated rather than caricature (though I wouldn't contest somebody believing the latter) Fact is, I find the female characters extremely believable. (Faile expecting Perrin to know what to do, even when she internally acknowledges that he has no clue about her cultural expectations...) Just like I find the naivety and insecurity of the boys infinitely believable :P It was only recently somebody made an observation that I completely agree with, but had passed over my head. (it may even have been you, you have some incredible insights sometimes) The imbalance of the taint made this age "female dominated" with so many societies favouring women and women exercising far greater political and cultural power. And as with any imbalance, it's not a good thing. Restoring that balance, men and women working together, is not only the right thing, but also results in the better outcome. The girls struggling against the worst of their own nature, and the pressure of the expectations placed on them, was always as integral as Rand's own struggles with the same to me. (Egwene is FAR more insufferable now I'm older though :P)

Haha, I guess I like the three boys and the mysteries of the world enough to compensate… 😂