A review by lillowo
The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

If you're interested in reading the entire wheel of Time series, read this book. If you're not I don't think you'd want to or enjoy this book. Generally the series is shaping up to be one overarching plot that carries out throughout the entire series, rather than more distinct plots throughout each. The characters represent archetypes and for that, we don't really see them change or develop as much as I would enjoy. We are starting to see some shift in that which was enjoyable. That being said, I did not enjoy

the whole Elaine and Nynave subplot where they were constantly at each other's next. It seems like the only time that they weren't fighting was when they were trying to prove to men that women didn't fight all the time. Well it was cool to see Nynave lose her confidence, it came with a very sudden singular action and didn't really seem to come out for the rest of the book. That doesn't feel like character development rather than a very sudden character change. That's what the character development we oftentimes see is.

The book is very slow because it focuses a ton on the political Dynamics at play. I don't think I'd be able to tell you what happened in this book versus the second book because the plot is so deeply intertwined. I also missed Aaron so much.