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Dain Bornhald’s arc has been very satisfying.

Perrin’s POV refers to the world of dreams as tel'aran'rhiod even though I don’t think he’s ever heard that word before? It’s always been the wolf dream 🤔

Gawyn 3-on-1-ing these Seanchan super assassins is very silly.

More generally a lot of Sanderson’s writing here feels like this (e.g. Perrin and the Whitecloaks) - things happen just because. There has been a small, but notable, dip in quality.

And the yada yada of previous major plotlines is ridiculous.

So Perrin is going to take a dome that he knows affects channeling and plant it in the White Tower to fight Slayer in the world of dreams at the same time that the Aes Sidai are under attack from the Forsaken?

Can’t see any problems here

Perrin: Faile, I think Slayer is Lord Luc.

Good job Perrin, everyone else worked that out about 30s after Luc was introduced 😂

Ah, there it is. The great Cadsuane and Sorilea cliffhanger about them teaching Rand to love and laugh again “resolved” in a throwaway sentence after several books of studiously not being mentioned 🤣

Perrin’s story should be interesting and engaging but… it just isn’t. Not the same extent as Mat or Egwene or any of the other main characters.

A succulent meal, Faile? A succulent Chinese meal.

They really are teasing us with the time jump.

Sheriam was Black Ajah. We kind of expected that.

But wait, there’s more! Let me fill you i- oh! A distraction. Well, anyway… Boom, new chapter, another jump forward 🤣

Huge quantities of yada yada of important events 🤣 Understandable with Sanderson having to take over, but funny none the less.

Some of the things that have been bypassed include Cadsuane and Sorilea supposedly teaching Rand to feel, love and laugh? It was a cliff hanger at the end a few books ago and even Jordan just ignored it 🤣