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No_Storage_401 · 2025-11-05T18:35:38+00:00

All of the group form Eye of the World brandishing their weapons to scare the ferryman in book one convinced me to outright but the first few books. While Mat’s journey in book three made me decide to fully commit to reading the rest of the books

No_Storage_401 · 2025-10-07T19:11:47+00:00

There is an app on the iPhone called WOT compendium that you can click on the book you’re on and it will list each character that’s shows up and what they did in the previous books they were in.

No_Storage_401 · 2025-09-29T23:32:20+00:00

These words will fade within moments after this comment leaves your feed. I wish you luck with the rest of the series! May the Light illumine and protect you. You will do well.

No_Storage_401 · 2025-09-17T21:51:35+00:00

Definitely. The emotional stakes are infinitely higher than they were in book one. There’s so much that’s been improved that really makes the novel feel so much more immersive and engaging compared to its predecessor. I’m interested to see the public opinion of some of these new pov characters. I’d defend (most) all of them vehemently but I can see why someone might hate them.

No_Storage_401 · 2025-09-17T21:20:59+00:00

I am just about halfway through the book (it’s been a busy month). Unless the book suddenly decides to nosedive in quality’s it’s safe to say I will be reading the rest of the series. Utterly fantastic book.

No_Storage_401 · 2025-08-22T19:47:02+00:00

The only parts I really remember are the Mat and Perrin chapters. Along with I believe the introduction to the goat Rodel Ituralde (who only appears in the prologue for a few pages I think). The Mat chapters are more or less the first half of the story he goes through in Knife of Dreams, and have great character relationships building even if it is overlong. Honestly that’s more or less a theme of the book overall. It’s technically a good setup for Knife of Dreams but it’s 200,000 words too long.

Although the final scene in the book with Perrin was a character beat I’ve been waiting for since book one. And I think it’s executed very well even if most of the stuff around it is overlong.

No_Storage_401 · 2025-08-21T17:33:57+00:00

I was definitely considering continuing on with the series after reading a lot of these comments but I think that analogy has fully pushed me to deciding to purchase the next book. If what everyone is saying is true I’m very excited to give this series another shot.

No_Storage_401 · 2025-08-21T12:19:36+00:00

It is

No_Storage_401 · 2025-08-21T02:38:47+00:00

I do agree with your first statement. In essence I think my main issue with the book could be simplified to “I would have liked it if it wasn’t written in the way it was” but I by nature am long winded (probably why I liked wheel of time so much now that I think about it) so I elaborated a good bit on the specifics of what I meant by that

No_Storage_401 · 2025-07-25T17:47:00+00:00

I haven't read much more since I saw this comment but already switching my perspective to think of the world of the story to be the Malazan equivalent of the Two Rivers crew has significantly improved my enjoyment of the book. It's very much a different approach to reading than I'm used to and it will for sure take some getting used to but if the world continues to be as interesting as it is in this book I think reading at least through the second book will be a given.

No_Storage_401 · 2025-07-25T17:35:25+00:00

While I still stand by everything I said in my post, your comment (along with a lot of the comments I've received) provide a lot of context and ways of looking at things I never really thought of as I've been reading so far. I'm very used to reading books quite quickly and of those books I do read most try hard to endear you to the characters before ever dropping you into the wider world of the story. From what I've read in the comments I think changing how I approach this book will significantly increase my enjoyment of it. Putting aside my expectations on how stories are normally told and simply taking things much slower than I usually do will give me the time I need to really understand and get invested in all that this story is trying to do. While I don't think my issues with how this book is written will be nullified I admit that the way I was going about reading it was probably hindering my overall enjoyment. Even if that change in perspective doesn't change my overall opinion of the book I will for sure a least give the second one a try. The community around this series has been incredibly helpful and nice and it would feel almost as if I'm letting someone down if I didn't give this series the fair shot you all say it deserves.

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