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Rowena
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Perrin still manages to brood, Faile still annoys and Gawyn makes me roll my eyes. Tuon is tedious and disgusts me. Sanderson struggles with Mat, as we all know, but I also felt Aviendha was a bit wonky too. Who knows if Min will ever be independent again. Yet Rand is interesting once more and the plot continues to move at a good clip. Sanderson is a master at weaving impending doom into his narrative.
— May 06, 2022 01:35PM
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Rowena
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The writing has been clunky here and there, plus a fair amount of clichéd phrasings - one might call some of Jordan's style quaint nowadays but this is taking it a bit far. Still, I can't imagine the difficulty of writing the ending of another author's years-long vision, trying to avoid mimicry without losing the soul of the story, and Sanderson is mostly holding it together. So impressive.
— May 11, 2022 12:41PM
