Prologue Through to the End of Chapter 5.

[Stormofheaven]

I agree with this. The whole dialogue with Egwene and Rand in the Pavilon was very poorly written. I found it like this:

 

Egwene - "Your a sheepherder"

Rand - "So are you. Your dumb"

Egwene - "You can't destroy seals."

Rand - "Yes I will"

Egwene - "No"

Rand - "Yes"

Egwene - "No"

Rand - "(I will bluff my way out of this) If you don't, I will let the world end. I am going to drink Rum on the beach on an island in the Ocean. Preferably with coconuts."

Egwene - "No you won't."

Rand - (Damn. She saw through my bluff) "I am leaving!"

Egwene - "Ummm....Crap. You Can't"

Rand - (Slowly inching his way to the door)"I am leaving. Sign this paper. I'm not kidding."

Moraine shows up........"Ummmmm.......Hi Moraine!"

 

That conversation was bad. Just bad. God I hope RJ didn't write that.

[webejammin77]

 

That conversation was bad. Just bad. God I hope RJ didn't write that.

 

Agreed...  I had to put the book down 3 or 4 times while reading this part of the story.  I hope RJ did not write it this causing folks to feel obligated to keep it.  I don't think he did though.  There is not near enough scenery and character description for it to have been his writing...

[Suttree]

The dialog was extremely wooden at times. It is hard to even differentiate between characters if they didn't have their names attached. Almost all individuality is gone.

[pmtang]

mystery solved.

[RememberIngtar]

I have just finished chapter 10 and having read both this discussion and the one for chapter ten I am wondering if anyone else has questioned the "stout" brown Aes Sedai in the tent during Perrin' s point of view. It is so obvious that this is Verin? Dead and released from her dark vows.

[RememberIngtar]

I have just finished chapter 10 and having read both this discussion and the one for chapter ten I am wondering if anyone else has questioned the "stout" brown Aes Sedai in the tent during Perrin' s point of view. It is so obvious that this is Verin? Dead and released from her dark vows.

[esvath]

She was Saerin. Egwene's five during the meeting were Silviana, Saerin, Romanda, Lelaine and Gawyn.