Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan

October 2, 2020.

Since I've already started, I might as well reserve my seat here for the proceedings.😀

Anybody here?

Well, looks like nobody made it. I’ll make a comment anyway and say this was my second favorite WOT book after my favorite The Shadow Rising.

I will be here tomorrow for sure!!! I am sooooo sorry, but life...

Choko wrote: "I will be here tomorrow for sure!!! I am sooooo sorry, but life..."
Glad to see you here, Choko. I better start with the huge spoiler.(view spoiler)[That huge spoiler is the death of Moraine. Up until FOH, I was fairly neutral on Moraine. I liked her, but since there were so few scenes from her point of view, I can only remember one, I did not get an attachment to her. That did change in FOH and although there were no scenes from her POV her becoming subservient to Rand drew a lot of sympathy from me to her. Any motives I may questioned coming from her are gone. She was willing to sacrifice herself for a chance to save the world. (hide spoiler)].

I read it, it's a very slow book and the start of coalition building, on the one hand I loved seeing everyone stepping up and pledging to follow Rand into Shayol Ghul and spit in the Dark One's face, but OTOH it is super slow.

@Edgarf: (view spoiler)[I don't know what to think about Moiraine's death, her letter makes it clear that she thinks she's dead, but there's no body and Lanfear also went in and I have a much harder time believing that she's dead, I would guess that she's the one that killed Asmodean. TBH the Forsaken deaths all seem too easy, and unless they've been killed with Balefire I don't believe that they'll stay dead. (hide spoiler)]