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Well, if you think about someone just starting the book, the titles already tell you that Shallan makes it into the chasms for example. I'd say that's quite spoilery.

All I was thinking there was: "Great. Now he turned into Superman...." I loved how Syl can change her form, but all that flying around was a little bit too much for my taste. I liked how Jasnah came back.. the way she did reminded me a whole lot of the gateways in Wheel of Time.

Well, dear cousin, I hope you at least get to sleep in between. And hello back.

Ah, see, shyness fortunately isn't exactly part of my nature, so I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun. ; ) And thank you.

So.. another long-time lurker, first-time poster. What to say... Reader by night , writer by day (the news kind, not the fiction kind). Trying to outbalance my nerdy fantasy side by reading just as much non-fiction - but who am I kidding, it's love for life. Looking forward to a lot of discussions with you guys.

I sort of got the sense that it depicted how she was.. rescued? Well, I'm not making much sense right now. I blame the damnation drawing.

I'm not the much of a fan of the Chasm-Scene, but the one thing I really loved about it was the play on truth. When Shallan asked Kaladin for his story, it reminded me of Shallan being asked for a truth in WoK. Of course, Kaladin didn't gain any power from it in the way Shallan did, yet he might have gained some anyway - spiritually. In turn, Shallan is gaining strenghts from this truth - just like Pattern said. Of course, it's not her own truth, but it's what leads her there eventually. The flashbacks didn't do much for me, for the most part. The revelation that she killed her father (and mother) wasn't exactly unexpected. What I do appreciate though is getting a better perspective on her brothers. The cruel-siblings-perspective I had when finishing WoK was unsatisfying. The fact that they have been.. well, humazined now, makes me look forward to a family reunion in the next book - which has disaster written all over it.

I read it like that too. The timing of the drawing - right after the one of Yalb and the rest of the ship's crew - makes it quite likely that this "vision" refers to Jasnah. I doubt that Shallan gets metaphorical visions, so I take it quite literally. If the vision doesn't show how Jasnah managed to "cheat death", then it shows what she's been up to at some point after the incident. In that case I would love to know what exactly. Oh and btw: Hello guys.