Okay Update!! Finished Crossroads of Twilight! Sorry the update is late but I have been VERY busy.
Okay, I'm sorry to admit that I didn't enjoy this one as much as the others. It was very slow and it really seemed like NOTHING happened. Some of the other books went on too long, but they had some major events in there and all had spectacular endings. This one just ends unfortunately. Don't worry I haven't given up. I do have Knife of Dreams and I am currently 180 pages into it. Now THIS is a good book. But this update will be for CoT.
-First off, the section of the book dealing with Elayne and her politics was the hardest part to get through. It just went on for so long and nothing happened. I'm getting frustrated with her storyline. Why does it have to go on for so long. I understand she can't just jump right on the throne, but a lot of it is just needless. It doesn't really expand the story for me, it just bogs things down.
-Mat and his gang catch up with Luca and his traveling show. Boy this guy just shows up everywhere lol. He still has Tuon but she keeps calling him Toy and acts as if she's allowing this all to go on. Despite her attitude, and the negative attitudes of her servants, Mat keeps trying to win her affections. He brings her flowers, a necklace, and tries playing stones with her. This is kind of odd actually. I mean, the ONLY reason he's doing this is because of Min's viewing. He's not naturally falling for her. If Min didn't have that viewing, then he wouldn't even keep Tuon. Oddly enough, I actually like Tuon. She's feisty. lol
-Perrin's storyline was dissapointing. He, along with Two Rivers soldiers, Aes Sedai, and Asha'man have located the Shaido camp where Faile and Alliandre are being kept. There are thousands of them, way too many for Perrin to risk an assault. He does have the benefit of Traveling from the Asha'man. Since the Shaido have no male channelers, their movements are hidden. It's too bad that this storyline just ended too. I really wanted to see how this played out. It winds up with Perrin considering a truce with the Seanchan. I didn't expect that I'll admit, but it does make sense. They would be a powerful ally and Tarmon Gai'don IS coming soon. High time everybody teamed up together.
-In my favorite chapter, Alvarian gets put in her place by Elaida, for leaving the Tower in a time of seige. Back at her room she uses an emergency call box of some kind to send for Mesaana. She comes, but so does Shadar Haren. Shadar ties Mesanna up with some type of power (I thought he couldn't channel.) He asks Alvarian if she wants to witness Mesaana's execution. She says no and he makes Alvarian his official pet. He marks her with the Dark One's touch. I thought this was pretty cool. Just as I thought Alvarian had spun her last web, she gets a promotion!!! I'm still interested to see what Elaida will do when/if she finds all this out.
-Rand's storyline was very short too. He also decides to make a truce with the Seanchan. They send someone to meet him called the Daughter of the Nine Moons. This I don't get. I'm not sure if Tuon ISN'T the DotNM or that the book jumped timelines again. Tuon is still with Mat and they aren't near Rand. I'm interested to see how this truce goes and see what they demand of Rand in return.
-Egwene still has the White Tower under seige. At the end she is captured after sabotaging the harbor. I originally thought she had cut the giant chain using a gateway, but I've now learned that she turned it into cuendillar. Very nice plan I must say. Very bad that she is captured. I like Egwene and I don't want to see anything bad happen to her. Their seige certainly isn't going the way I thought it would.
-Rand, Mat, and Perrin all have colors swirling in their head anytime they think of eachother. They almost form pictures of the one they are thinking about. I'm not sure where this came from, but perhaps it'lll end up being a way for them to communicate with eachother??
Okay guys. Sorry for the crappy update, I just didn't have many positive things to say about this one. Don't worry, I'm very much enjoying KoD. I'm almost caught up!!! Take care guys!!