Shivertongue he/him Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 THIS THREAD WILL MOST LIKELY CONTAIN SPOILERS. Discussion thread for the Great Reread, pertaining to book 9, Winter's Heart. This is book number nine, which means you have come a very long way. This is one of my personal favorite books in the entire series, but everything in it means nothing if you haven't read the others. I'm proud of all of you, for coming so far. Here, have a waffle. For information and to join The Great Reread, please go here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triasmus Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 just finished this last night. I glad that the taint was finally cleansed . I've been waiting for it to happen for approx 3 books. I also feel like I've been waiting for perrin and egwene viewpoints for three books, although that's probably because reading was a low priority all of last week, so I didn't get as far as I normally would have in that time . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeshdan he/him Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 (edited) Just got to the scene where Mat needs three sul'dam and a Blood to escape the city, and Eagannin drops in with three secret sul'dam/damane. Very neat. EDIT: A little further on, at the first half of the wedding, it struck me that if the Eelfinn had not told Mat he was going to marry the Daughter Of The Nine Moons, he would never have claimed Tuon as his wife. So they didn't just read his future, they shaped it. Very paradoxical. Edited August 4, 2012 by ReaderAt2046 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan he/him Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Just got to the scene where Mat needs three sul'dam and a Blood to escape the city, and Eagannin drops in with three secret sul'dam/damane. Very neat. EDIT: A little further on, at the first half of the wedding, it struck me that if the Eelfinn had not told Mat he was going to marry the Daughter Of The Nine Moons, he would never have claimed Tuon as his wife. So they didn't just read his future, they shaped it. Very paradoxical. Not paradoxical. They read all possible futures, and told him what to do in order to get the best one: namely, go to Rhuidean. If he hadn't gone to Rhuidean, he wouldn't have the battle memories, and he wouldn't have been in Cairhien to mean Talmanes and Nalesean. He wouldn't have had the Band, wouldn't have been sent to Salidar by Rand, wouldn't have been in Ebou Dar at all when the Seanchan hit. All his searching for the Daughter of the Nine Moons never came to anything. He married Tuon by accident, unaware of who and what she was. All because he went to Rhuidean. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpggal she/her Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) Just started reading this. Is a bit bored by the perrin/faile scene. All perrin did was mourned for his wife. I am hoping to finish the series before a memory of light comes out. Edited September 17, 2012 by chongjasmine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan he/him Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 I'm through the prologue and chapter 1. Can I just mention how great the prologue of this book is? They're often tedious, dragging affairs, but all three of the POVs in this one were fascinating. I especially like the scene where Elayne and Aviendha become sisters. It's a perfect example of how deep RJ's fictional cultures run, and a wonderful use of the magic system to make an ordinary adoption ceremony into something extraordinary. Aaaaand then the first several chapters about Perrin, and I'm sorry, but I never did enjoy the "Perrin is looking for Faile" plot. I'm probably going to skim it this time through. I know how it ends, and while it's an epic scene, the buildup to it just drags on and on. I don't know how he did it; I usually find kidnapping plots gripping, but not this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpggal she/her Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Finished winter's heart. Love how Mat saved the three Aes Sedai. He is one of the characters, that never sets out to be a hero, and yet ends up as one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan he/him Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Refreshingly, the book only started with Perrin, and that plot is never mentioned again. Paradoxically, I think this is one reason I'm so down on that plot: it seems to drag on forever, because it literally spans 4 books. Anyway, I'm done now. I raced through this book because I was eager to see the ending again. I felt like the cleansing of Saidin was practically pulling me through. Of course, now I'm faced with book 10. Maybe I'll have the prospect of books 11, 12, and 13 to pull me through that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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