The majority of the book is spent explaining how the different armies are organized. Plus, there are so many characters that it is hard to keep them straight. It does not help that some of them have similar names. I feel like this could have been avoided by just letting the reader know that each time Rand conquers a land, the nobles cannot be trusted.
Also, the drawn out problems between the different women who could channel became annoying. Again, one chapter detailing how the Aes Sedai/Kinswomen/Windfinders/Wise Ones all argue and then bringing that to a head would have been better than half the book.
That being said, the last portion of the book was pretty cool. Rand is attacked by Dashiva (I know that he must be one of the Foresaken--he came to Rand earlier and said that he never felt saidin act that way before, and implied that he was older than advertised) and a few other Asha'men.
I loved the Perrin story and I was pretty upset that Faile was kidnapped by the Shaido. Something tells me that Perrin will go on a rage trying to get her back. I am hoping at some point Mat will be reunited with Perrin, but I think that will not happen anytime soon.
Here are some observations:
-Did Logain somehow bond an Aes Sedai? That seems like a pretty cool idea. I actually like him and I really hope that he does great things like Min foresaw.
-I think Rand will somehow find a way to fix saidin so that the taint is removed and men do not go crazy. That would be the only way for things to truly move along. Plus, it would be great to remove the threat of men going insane.
-Lews will eventually take control of Rand. That should be interesting.
I look forward to reading the next book and see where things go from here. Also, I will do more character casting soon. These will be very minor characters though.
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