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[This is part of a series analyzing Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time novels. Previous installments can be found under the tag. Comments on old posts are welcome, but please, no spoilers for books after this one.]
I'll be doing two posts apiece for the final three books, the ones written by Sanderson -- not because Sanderson wrote them, but because the story in them is actually new to me. (I should have also done this for Knife of Dreams, on the same grounds, but I'm not going to backtrack that far now.)
In order to keep my remarks something like organized, I'm splitting them into my reactions as a reader, and my analysis as a writer. Of course, it won't really be possible to keep those two things entirely separate: my reader-reactions will inevitably include some analytical comments, and my structural analysis will perforce be colored by my feelings as a reader. But this will at least allow me to have two lengthy posts, rather than one unreadably long monstrosity.
Reactions first. And these are as spoilery as spoilers get, so let's go behind the cut.
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I think that's most of what I have to say that's primarily about how I reacted to the book, rather than what I think of it. The analytical post will follow before long, in which I will look at structural matters and the payoff of various narrative strands.
And in the meanwhile, I will try to convince myself not to read Towers of Midnight just yet. But it's a testament to how enjoyable The Gathering Storm was that I'm actively interested in getting the rest of the story, and soon.
I'll be doing two posts apiece for the final three books, the ones written by Sanderson -- not because Sanderson wrote them, but because the story in them is actually new to me. (I should have also done this for Knife of Dreams, on the same grounds, but I'm not going to backtrack that far now.)
In order to keep my remarks something like organized, I'm splitting them into my reactions as a reader, and my analysis as a writer. Of course, it won't really be possible to keep those two things entirely separate: my reader-reactions will inevitably include some analytical comments, and my structural analysis will perforce be colored by my feelings as a reader. But this will at least allow me to have two lengthy posts, rather than one unreadably long monstrosity.
Reactions first. And these are as spoilery as spoilers get, so let's go behind the cut.
( Read more... )
I think that's most of what I have to say that's primarily about how I reacted to the book, rather than what I think of it. The analytical post will follow before long, in which I will look at structural matters and the payoff of various narrative strands.
And in the meanwhile, I will try to convince myself not to read Towers of Midnight just yet. But it's a testament to how enjoyable The Gathering Storm was that I'm actively interested in getting the rest of the story, and soon.
