The Wheel of Time

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I couldnt give him an equally concise response.

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Is it goodto me?

For sure, but Im predisposed to enjoy baroque high-fantasy cast-of-thousands storytelling and an appreciation for camp.

Ah well, blue murk with orange torchlight it is!

)Wheelisnt so much an acquired taste as its dependent on you having already acquired these tastes going in.

Once again, even for hyper-dense, high-budget SFF on TV,The Wheel of Timeredefines the phrasea lot.

The easiest way to proceed is probably geographically.

Moiraine has a harder time adjusting.

Lan snaps her out of it with a cuddle and some Aiel booze.

But Egwenes the friend Moiraine really needs at this time.

But Siuans mission hangs by a thread.

Nynaeve and Alayne agree to keep the secret.

Once they arrive in Tanchico, Min joins the trio for real, over Nynaeves suspicions.

The mission doesnt go as planned.

But there are two more visitors to the Two Rivers kind of, anyway.

But theyre not alone.

While Moiraine communes with Siuan, Egwene warps between her friends fondest dreams.

Nynaeve is reunited with the daughter she had in the alternate reality she experienced beneath the Aes Sedais Arches.

Alayne is a Windfinder, booed up with Aviendha.

Mat is respectable and surrounded by his family, including his still-living and very proud mother.

Of all theWheel of Timepolycules, this one seems like potentially the messiest to me.

At a glance, or even after a lengthy look, the sheer volume ofstuff going oncan be overwhelming.

Sure, she was bullshitting him at the time, but those feelings remain real.

And if nothing else, theres always the heavies to fall back on.

I honestly have no idea.