I always quite liked Egwene but what got me in this book were her constant thoughts of how she was the Amyrlin Seat, she was the power of the White Tower, the world was hers to protect etc etc etc. And that's not going to bother me at all in rereads because I thought her death was actually quite well done.
I can see why some would not like the new weave but from a series/balance perspective I can buy its existence. But her idea of naming it The Flame of TV? See above re her views of the WT and her being the center of the universe.
One other thing and maybe this is the best thread for it; was it just me or was the True Power the huge secret weapon of the Shadow until now -- even if its existence could be reasoned out by anyone who knew why the Bore was drilled -- yet in AMOL everyone knew about it? There were two occasions, I think it was Avi and either Eg or Cadsuane who were wondering about the TP travelling and the thought process seemed to be "weird travelling, no idea about it, oh, that's just them using the TP". Seemed particularly striking since in TOM Cadsuane certainly had no idea about what Rand meant when he talked about the Far Madding Guardian only blocking him from the OP. Otherwise she'd have killed him on the spot.
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I always quite liked Egwene but what got me in this book were her constant thoughts of how she was the Amyrlin Seat, she was the power of the White Tower, the world was hers to protect etc etc etc. And that's not going to bother me at all in rereads because I thought her death was actually quite well done.
I can see why some would not like the new weave but from a series/balance perspective I can buy its existence. But her idea of naming it The Flame of TV? See above re her views of the WT and her being the center of the universe.
One other thing and maybe this is the best thread for it; was it just me or was the True Power the huge secret weapon of the Shadow until now -- even if its existence could be reasoned out by anyone who knew why the Bore was drilled -- yet in AMOL everyone knew about it? There were two occasions, I think it was Avi and either Eg or Cadsuane who were wondering about the TP travelling and the thought process seemed to be "weird travelling, no idea about it, oh, that's just them using the TP". Seemed particularly striking since in TOM Cadsuane certainly had no idea about what Rand meant when he talked about the Far Madding Guardian only blocking him from the OP. Otherwise she'd have killed him on the spot.