Oh for crying out loud- this may or may not suddenly appear in my post and if it does I do apologize for saying this (twice):

Also- the Green Ajah is given written accolades to their performance in the battles- in Egwenes POV it is said that they live up to their name.

Honestly...

I thought this book was rushed. There was A TON of stuff that had to happen ofc and because of that I accepted that it WAS rushed. But I mean... if you want to talk about weaves coming out of nowhere? How about Yukiris air cushions? THAT was nowhere. We knew that she had been experimenting with gateways- alright that Ill buy and willingly. But yea- there was a LOT of stuff that kinda just came down without warning.

As for Egwene- I didnt like how she was written in this last book. At one point, in the beginning, she was thinking about how Elayne might have a point about the seals and making her own thoughts about it- Elayne tells her to talk to Rand about them and everything seems fine. Then, she does an abrupt aboutface and you feel like you've been slapped with a "WTF just happened?" Also, I thought that Moiraine telling her "Oh dear. Have you forgotten about this?" That COMPLETELY annihilated her standing as Amyrlin. Completely. Gone. It was like she had PMS- or that we just needed to have something dramatic happen in order for Moiraines entrance to matter (matter more then her return did <3). The war scenes were very well done imo- but it was obvious that Egwenes personal life was NOT going to matter as much as....say.... Perrins. But she does have a few moments to herself where she thinks about how guilty she feels to be sleeping when others are fighting, etc etc. Her going numb with grief and rage after Gawayns death is completely true to humanity. You cant take the pain so you ignore it by doing something else. I think that one sequence was written amazingly but I do have one issue. If her weave is the opposite of balefire- why arent some Aes Sedai brought back? I thought they might. Also- in the books its said that she instinctively knows that the weave wouldnt affect people who werent as strongly tied to the DO to the same extent as people who were.  I was sad at her death but there were a lot of close calls in that battle and a lot of people DIDNT survive. Personally I dont know that there IS a white tower- and Egwene's decision to keep the novices and Accepted back from the front lines made perfect sense to me. They are children to her and you dont bring children to a battle. They were getting plenty of use just in healing as it was. That WAS a mothers decision and Egwene does see herself as a mother. What intrigues me is that Cadsuane has no knowledge of any of the deals that Egwene made- does the Hall itself for that matter?

All in all, I liked Egwene in this whole series. It does make sense that she died- someone was going to have to and she would be extremely willing to die for her beliefs. Yes, she was annoying at times but at the same time, who wouldnt have been at her age doing the things that she was doing? When she became Amyrlin she did the best she could do. I honestly think that she had the mindset of anyone put in that position- doesnt a captain or general of an army HAVE to appear to be in control at all times even when theyre crumbling inside? She was no less essential then they.