[A quick note: Another milestone reached. I am slowly working my way through all 14 books of this series. Being as dense as it is, reading one to two chapters each night is working well for me. Usually, towards the end, I find myself reading up to five or six because the story picks up to a point where I canโt put it down. Thatโs always the best feeling, because most times is such a sweepingly slow epic, that I have no trouble setting it down at the end of the night.]
โ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ , ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง.โ โRobert Jordan
Wheel of Time is a sweeping epic best known for its wide cast of characters, magic, and world building. The third installment most heavily follows Perrin, Egwene, Nynaeve, and Mat as the pieces are set in motion for the dragon to be reborn. This installment is a race against time as Rand slips away from his friends and embarks on a journey to reclaim a famed sword that will give him great power.
I love reading a chapter or two before bed each night. Iโve grown so comfortable with the world and the characters, its a grounding experience before I close my eyes for the night. In this installment, I really liked getting to delve deeper into some of the other characters. The first two books made Rand a key player, and while I missed him in this one, the others made up for it. I especially enjoyed following the young women of Two Rivers and watching them grow and expand their powers and abilities. Perrin is also a big favorite of mine. Getting to see him with a new character/potential love interest left my heart with all kinds of warm fuzzies.
This book did move a bit slower in some places (as usual; the all seem to). The beginning especially felt like it dragged. I did appreciate the end, the way all the players were moved like pieces on a chess board, right into place where they needed to be. It was a great illustration of the wheel weaving storylines together, with each player as a single thread. This was fun and felt very true to the underlying theme of the books.
I canโt help but think thereโs a reason we didnโt see much of Randโs POV. I think heโs changing, the power is taking him, and perhaps driving him a little mad. Iโm certain Robert Jordan hid this from us to make him seem more mysterious. It will be interesting to see how he grows in later books.
Yet again, this book feels mostly plot driven. The internal struggles of each character arenโt highlighted very well IMO. While itโs obvious they exist, like Perrinโs grappling with his loss of humanity, and Randโs madness, I dislike that Jordan didnโt delve deeper into the emotions and feelings of these struggles. Theyโre simply thereโthatโs all. One of the reasons these books donโt get a higher star rating from me is that the lack of portrayal of internal struggle in favor of plot events leaves it feeling a bit dry at times. ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐.๐/๐โญ๏ธ
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