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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Gathering Storm - First Impressions *SPOILERS*
« on: November 05, 2009, 06:40:00 AM »
Brandon,
I'd have to say amazing job with this book. I loved it, one of the best ones of the series.
I think everyone has mentioned the matt over the top issue, but to be honest I chortled all the way through those sections. Its bad because you immediately think this is not how Jordan would have done it but at the same time you felt like you were listening to a "whose on first?" slapstick comedy somehow being oddly fit into the world of WOT.
So bottom line if you want to bring the RJ back into the next book will you tweak the matt character? I hope you'll give use some feed back on this. Or keep the comical Matt. Either way I enjoyed it.
SPOILER ALERT!
Written just like Jordan, drawing out these inner turmoils until somebody burst in the end. Rand's struggle, becoming this monster who was basically a stone cold killer and every book that had developed all this love and friend relationships with him seemed to be about to crumble. But then to finally reunite him with his father which set up the emotional conflict was so well done. The final realization that Rand and Lus make together of the Why question being to love again really hit home. So it was hard to read up to the end of the book with Rands story but the ending totally makes up for all the heartache. I do wish there would have been a better one liner said by rand when he offed Graendal. Oh and Egwaynes story was so compelling. Awesome edition to the WOT series
I'd have to say amazing job with this book. I loved it, one of the best ones of the series.
I think everyone has mentioned the matt over the top issue, but to be honest I chortled all the way through those sections. Its bad because you immediately think this is not how Jordan would have done it but at the same time you felt like you were listening to a "whose on first?" slapstick comedy somehow being oddly fit into the world of WOT.
So bottom line if you want to bring the RJ back into the next book will you tweak the matt character? I hope you'll give use some feed back on this. Or keep the comical Matt. Either way I enjoyed it.
SPOILER ALERT!
Written just like Jordan, drawing out these inner turmoils until somebody burst in the end. Rand's struggle, becoming this monster who was basically a stone cold killer and every book that had developed all this love and friend relationships with him seemed to be about to crumble. But then to finally reunite him with his father which set up the emotional conflict was so well done. The final realization that Rand and Lus make together of the Why question being to love again really hit home. So it was hard to read up to the end of the book with Rands story but the ending totally makes up for all the heartache. I do wish there would have been a better one liner said by rand when he offed Graendal. Oh and Egwaynes story was so compelling. Awesome edition to the WOT series