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A review by nclcaitlin
A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
2.75
Why does Robert Jordan make all the characters so horny?
Rand sends everyone close to him away - including an enraged Perrin who is having woman problems with Falie.
Mat is at his wits end with Nynaeve and Elayne who are in Ebou Dar tracking down the Ter'angreal.
Egwyne might be just 18 and well short of a true Amyrlin's grandeur, but she was no fool. Too many of the sisters seized on any excuse to call halt to her moving army and any of her plans.
Not to mention, Moghedien has escaped.
Non-spoiler thoughts:
Seeing how Egwyne must manoeuvre the Aes Sedai when she is seen as a figurehead, easily directed, was fascinating! Seeing her play the master manipulators off each other.
“You aren't just changing a few things, you're rebuilding the boat while sailing a storm!”
I continue to enjoy young Olver and his adoption into the band. Saying that, I didn’t like how womanising this small child is.
The men all looked after Olver like a gaggle of uncles, though certainly the sort no mother would want near her son.
What I hated -
Mat. Not him per se, but what Roberts Jordan decided to do with him. There’s a situation with the Queen where the roles are basically reversed and it’s the woman chasing after the man. Whilst not called sexual assault or rape, that’s what I would name it.
I don’t know if Jordan meant this to be funny or ironic, but it really icked me.
“That woman won't take no for an answer; I say no, and she laughs at me.
She's starved me, bullied me, chased me down like a stag! She has more hands than any six women I ever met. She threatened to have the serving women undress me if I didn't let her—"
Overall, I feel like this book and the last one could have basically been condensed into one and nothing would have been missed.
My least favourite so far.
Rand sends everyone close to him away - including an enraged Perrin who is having woman problems with Falie.
Mat is at his wits end with Nynaeve and Elayne who are in Ebou Dar tracking down the Ter'angreal.
Egwyne might be just 18 and well short of a true Amyrlin's grandeur, but she was no fool. Too many of the sisters seized on any excuse to call halt to her moving army and any of her plans.
Not to mention, Moghedien has escaped.
Non-spoiler thoughts:
Seeing how Egwyne must manoeuvre the Aes Sedai when she is seen as a figurehead, easily directed, was fascinating! Seeing her play the master manipulators off each other.
“You aren't just changing a few things, you're rebuilding the boat while sailing a storm!”
I continue to enjoy young Olver and his adoption into the band. Saying that, I didn’t like how womanising this small child is.
The men all looked after Olver like a gaggle of uncles, though certainly the sort no mother would want near her son.
What I hated -
Mat. Not him per se, but what Roberts Jordan decided to do with him. There’s a situation with the Queen where the roles are basically reversed and it’s the woman chasing after the man. Whilst not called sexual assault or rape, that’s what I would name it.
I don’t know if Jordan meant this to be funny or ironic, but it really icked me.
“That woman won't take no for an answer; I say no, and she laughs at me.
She's starved me, bullied me, chased me down like a stag! She has more hands than any six women I ever met. She threatened to have the serving women undress me if I didn't let her—"
Overall, I feel like this book and the last one could have basically been condensed into one and nothing would have been missed.
My least favourite so far.