The Dragon Reread

Here's a digressive episode for you! Jordan's romantic writing has us discussing consent, and we also contrast his curiously recurring characters with those of his arch-nemesis George R. R. Martin. A…

A lot happens here! Selene finally clues Rand in on her true identity, Rand starts acting like a hero (good thing with all these Trollocs around), and Egwene learns to use the ultimate dream weapon: …

Our heroes divide their time between recovering from the magic attacks, interrogating Darkfriends, and working out their relationship issues. Which one of those is the most important? Feelings, of co…

Here we go again! After some recaps and foreshadowing, we rejoin Rand and Co in the Stone of Tear, where there are strange goings-on.

Will Perrin defeat the twin threats of axe and metaphor? Will Mat …

This is the big finish! All our story lines come together again as everyone chips in to help Rand prove that he's the Dragon Reborn (for the second time) and defeats Ba'alzamon (for the third time). …

Mat follows in Rand's (trespassing) footsteps in Caemlyn and finds himself riding to the rescue like the Big Damn Hero he keeps claiming not to be.

Meanwhile Egwene and Nynaeve start their investigati…

Nynaeve and Egwene walk out of the last trap they walked into, then walk into another trap. Luckily, the last trap helps them out with the this trap so they can get back on their way to the trap they…

Perrin gets a love interest! Of course, he hates the whole thing, just like he hates having awesome wolf powers.

Meanwhile, Egwene and friends walk into another trap. But it's a nice trap, full of fri…

Egwene and Nynaeve get a new assignment: go walk into a Black Aja trap. Just like last time. But this time they know it's a trap, so that's better, right?

Also, Mat has become really good at rolling d…

We finally get to Egwene's test to become Accepted, and we get an intriguing peek into her future. We also find out that Mat has been upgraded with significant staff fighting skills (though still not…

A completely Randless episode! Egwene and Nynaeve are given a dangerous mission by the Amyrlin Seat (and a spanking). Plus, Mat finally gets that personality transplant!

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Perrin sets out to chase after Rand (again), and to avoid thinking about his wolf powers (again). But we spend more time with Team Nynaeve in the most yonic of all towers: Tar Valon.

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We dive into book 3 of the Wheel of Time! These chapters are mostly recap, but there is some good stuff in here. Like the scene where Perrin gets naked and goes wolf-crazy. That's pretty cool.

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What a climax! These last chapters of The Great Hunt deliver on what this book has been promising: heroes, legends, glory! It doesn't make much sense, and the characterization is inconsistent, but fo…

This is a very dark set of chapters. Egwene gets a taste of what it's like to live among the Seanchan invaders, and it's an awful experience. It's not much more fun to read about it.

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Rand and his pals get to go to a party! Finally, something nice happens. Then, Rand and his pals get hurled on a terrifying voyage through time and space. So, you know, mixed bag.

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Things are heating up in Cairhien. The reunion with Thom is as welcome as it is brief and we get back to Rand failing upward in the Great Game. Rand's problems are diverse: the attention of the Great…

Another big city! Cairhien is the second major metropolis we've seen, and Rand plunges in, immediately getting up to his neck in local politics. Way to go, Rand. Maybe this not-at-all-evil mystery wo…

Rand and his companions travel through another world! A world of giant burned swathes and no life forms. Except for evil ones. Oh yeah, and this lady they meet. She's not evil though. Right?

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Does it still count as the Great Hunt if you already had the Horn but lost it? (oops) Well, some of our heroes are setting off on the hunt anyway. Others are setting off on a different hunt for knowl…