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The Wheel of Time Turns
Jul. 24th, 2022 08:33 pmThe Wheel of Time turns, and ages come and pass, but Book 4 is eternal.
Which is to say, I've technically made progress in my Wheel of Time rereading, because the last post I made about it mentioned my being in Book 2, but Book 4 certainly feels like I've been reading it forever.
On the bright side, Rand has made it Rhuidean and got his final markings - two at once, this time, also thankfully, so that tiny subplot is wound up - and Egwene now has a teacher for Dreaming, and Mat has some murky prophecies about himself. Progress! Now to find out what Couladin and the Shaido are going to do, because I've forgotten how that turns out but I vaguely feel that it was important.
On the less bright side, there is way too much Mat in this book, and also way too much of... whatever the Weird Thing going on about Aviendha and Elayne's respective feelings toward Rand and each other is (my answer: tiresome) that results in a whole lot of Very Jordan Gender Takes. Sigh. I don't know how many more bookfuls of this I can take.
I also don't remember what the deal is with the peddler who turns up, but I'm assuming at least one of the women with him is one of the Forsaken, if not all three of them.
Behold, an icon!
Which is to say, I've technically made progress in my Wheel of Time rereading, because the last post I made about it mentioned my being in Book 2, but Book 4 certainly feels like I've been reading it forever.
On the bright side, Rand has made it Rhuidean and got his final markings - two at once, this time, also thankfully, so that tiny subplot is wound up - and Egwene now has a teacher for Dreaming, and Mat has some murky prophecies about himself. Progress! Now to find out what Couladin and the Shaido are going to do, because I've forgotten how that turns out but I vaguely feel that it was important.
On the less bright side, there is way too much Mat in this book, and also way too much of... whatever the Weird Thing going on about Aviendha and Elayne's respective feelings toward Rand and each other is (my answer: tiresome) that results in a whole lot of Very Jordan Gender Takes. Sigh. I don't know how many more bookfuls of this I can take.
I also don't remember what the deal is with the peddler who turns up, but I'm assuming at least one of the women with him is one of the Forsaken, if not all three of them.
Behold, an icon!
