The style... Too long is everything now, and that kills the mood, the story, the reader. Just cut the fluff, dammit! You'd still have a 800 pages book, but this is nonsense! Was there an editor? Of course no! (legend says RJ's wife was trusted with that kind of work, but that just shows nepotism is a bad idea. Or she was simply incompetent in general. I wouldn't be surprised eeither way.
The Tree of Life is pretty much dead in Rhuidean. Moiraine is looting the place.
Rand is obviously not going mad, that plotline was likely dropped. It could have hold out for maybe 5 books, but naturaly, as RJ catched livelihooditis, it had to be built down. On a minor note, the "madness" part might be past lives merging in the current one?
Moiraine manages to cut a piece from a Seal she just found. So 3 are broken, 1 was and is still at Moiraine, 1 at Team C (unless they posted it to Tar Valon), and 1 here. We assumed a long time ago that the nazis 2 pieces were included in the destroyed ones. That leaves 1 at unkown location.
Why is everyone smoking in these books? Worst thing ever. Why do US have to smell YOUR drug? Be honest and just drink, or whatever, but never smoke plase!
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Natael/Asmodean teaches Rand to magick. There is some rambling about cooperative magic, that wamen can team up up to 13 w/o need of a man, but not even 2 men can connect w/o the help of a wamen.
99% that Rahvin is Caemlyn ("he got himself a queen").
Matt still exists. Still no idea what the fox-medalion does.
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We are informed (breaking show don't tell again) that Rand can now lock his dreams from unwanted trespassing.
Oh, ye, if RJ brings it up again, let's talk about it: Elayne sent 2, very different tone letters to Rand. What's in 'em? Why is this important? WHO DA FOK CARES? I dun have dee answers.
Add Isende to Rand's harem. (No need to remember, she is just a darkfriend, part of the merchats from the previous book - they were only four, and 2 of 'em Forsaken, so it's acutlay not hard to remember until they are with the party).
The Tree of Life is pretty much dead in Rhuidean. Moiraine is looting the place.
Rand is obviously not going mad, that plotline was likely dropped. It could have hold out for maybe 5 books, but naturaly, as RJ catched livelihooditis, it had to be built down.
On a minor note, the "madness" part might be past lives merging in the current one?
Moiraine manages to cut a piece from a Seal she just found. So 3 are broken, 1 was and is still at Moiraine, 1 at Team C (unless they posted it to Tar Valon), and 1 here. We assumed a long time ago that the nazis 2 pieces were included in the destroyed ones. That leaves 1 at unkown location.
Why is everyone smoking in these books? Worst thing ever. Why do US have to smell YOUR drug? Be honest and just drink, or whatever, but never smoke plase!
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Natael/Asmodean teaches Rand to magick.
There is some rambling about cooperative magic, that wamen can team up up to 13 w/o need of a man, but not even 2 men can connect w/o the help of a wamen.
99% that Rahvin is Caemlyn ("he got himself a queen").
Matt still exists. Still no idea what the fox-medalion does.
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We are informed (breaking show don't tell again) that Rand can now lock his dreams from unwanted trespassing.
Oh, ye, if RJ brings it up again, let's talk about it: Elayne sent 2, very different tone letters to Rand. What's in 'em? Why is this important? WHO DA FOK CARES? I dun have dee answers.
Add Isende to Rand's harem. (No need to remember, she is just a darkfriend, part of the merchats from the previous book - they were only four, and 2 of 'em Forsaken, so it's acutlay not hard to remember until they are with the party).