Although The Wheel of Time is my personal number 1 favorite series of novels of ALL time, I wouldn't have minded one little bit if the long, long Shaido arc after they were defeated in The Fires of Heaven was removed from the series. I understand why Robert Jordan made that arc wit the captivities necessary because that was the plot line used to show growth in the characters of Perrin and everyone with him. However, the Wheel of Time stories would have been just fine without the Shaido rampaging through the Wetlands. Also, the stories and characters of the Prophet and his henchmen, as well as the chapters with the Kin really didn't interest me very much. Whenever I do another re-read, I skim quickly through those chapters.