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_rowantree_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Sexism
mattiedancer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
- Fans of LOTR
- Fans of lengthy high-fantasy novels
- Fans of Sanderson, who don’t mind a bit more exposition in their worldbuilding
- Someone without commitment issues (fourteen books and a prequel require commitment)
- War, blood, injury, injury detail, gaslighting, gore, murder, sexism, misogyny, grief,
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail
_mirambo_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Sexism and War
ggcd1981's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, War, and Injury/Injury detail
surdiablo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Murder and War
Minor: Sexism and Torture
shamciar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I really enjoyed the subversion of the call-to-adventure of the Hero's Journey. Great cast of characters. While some things felt either dragged on or extremely coincidental, I loved how things came together at the end of the book.
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Sexism
cynicalraven's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
2.0
The story follows a group of people during a journey trying to escape some monsters who want to kill them (more or less): Moraine, Lan, Rand, Egwene, a bard, Nynaeve and other two boys whose name I can't even recall because they don't have a personality whatsoever despite being very important to the plot (at least, that's what the reader is told. I'm imagining they will have a story in the future books because in this one they could have been replaced with a brick and nobody would have noticed). Kind of the same for Egwene. She is written as the soft, kind, gentle type of girl and that's turned out to be her whole personality.
At a certain point they got separated into smaller groups. One of this is formed by Lan, Moraine and Nynaeve who frankly are the only 3 interesting characters in the whole fucking book.
Rand is supposed to be the protagonist but he doesn't have a single quality. He just felt flat. He's not clever or cunning, is not strong nor particularly strong-willed and low-key annoying. And why would I read 13 following books with someone like this?
In fact, I simply won't.
Graphic: Sexism
summerb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
readandfindout's review against another edition
3.5
Reread: 3.5 stars. I enjoyed this more than most 3.5 star reads, but I think that's because I know the arc of the whole story. I'm also just always going to love these books.
Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 3 stars
Characters: 3.5 stars
Plot: 3 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars
Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War
Minor: Animal death, Sexism, and Vomit
bodiesinbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Death, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War