tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post4055777126447246519..comments2024-03-17T00:00:13.417+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: The Dragon Reborn by Robert JordanAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-66309081168407368622008-10-01T03:15:00.000+00:002008-10-01T03:15:00.000+00:00Last year a work colleague gave me Books 7 and 8, ...Last year a work colleague gave me Books 7 and 8, where I discovered I really needed to start at the beginning. I have now reached Book 7 with a few interruptions of non-fiction reading. However, this is an exceptional series on Fantasy. I'm sorry I didn't discover it sooner. Thanks for a great review.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-57299409446735235022008-09-30T23:07:00.000+00:002008-09-30T23:07:00.000+00:00This a good observation - it is in this volume tha...This a good observation - it is in this volume that the characters start becoming world players.<BR/><BR/>Although not my favorite book in the series, (that's the next one, Fires of Heaven), I still love this book for the clever ideas and plots inserted here and there, such as <BR/> - the World of Dreams, Verin's dreams that left scars and Egwene's horror regarding them, <BR/>- we meet some random Maidens (although, IIRC, one was Aviendha), who just start planting the idea that the Wise Ones have much in common with the Aes Sedai<BR/>- Perrin's rescue of Faile, slogging along from attempt to attempt until he finally breaks open the hedgehog thingy<BR/>- the idea of mass hysteria and nightmares when the Forsaken take up residence in the major cities<BR/>- hell, I still loved the idea of the Forsaken assuming the reins of power in various countries one by one. It was a real delight to start piecing together the idea that random lord who pops up out of nowhere to assume a powerful role in the government is actually Forsaken du Jour, as evinced by the widespread mental illness and nightmares of the populace.<BR/>- Mat capering along the rooftops of Tear, meeting the Aiel and then blowing a whole in the side of the Stone of Tear was swashbuckling at its finest.<BR/>- Egwene's Accepted test is full of narrative goodies. <BR/>- and, of course, the slam-bang ending that has everyone converging on Tear as their separate plots and quests all lead to the same place - plausibly.<BR/><BR/>:sigh: I used to adore this series....<BR/><BR/><BR/>Great review - keep it up!Rich Boyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864980536020086411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-21730643823360132122008-09-30T01:26:00.000+00:002008-09-30T01:26:00.000+00:00I mostly despised Faile because she was, to be fra...I mostly despised Faile because she was, to be frank, a bitch, and what's worse is that she basically existed for one reason for most of the series: to be the love interest of Perrin. Matt's relationship with Tuon was far more interesting, and even Rand had more interesting relations with his harem.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741738070067590221noreply@blogger.com