Wheel of time FINAL BOOK!
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:03 am
OK, it's been 12 hard months till I read book 12B.
AND BOOK 12C is about to arrive! I'll hold it in my hands soon enough.
I didn't have time to reread the whole series, actually made it to the middle of book... 3. So yeah, I'm rusty. I hope I can follow book 12C.
I am in the series for over 10 years and others are in the series for more than 20 years. OK, books 8-10 weren't very good and books 7, 11 were just good but in general it's my favorite series.
Predictions before I read the book:
- Light wins! (Shocker, right?) I base that on 1. common sense 2. on the fact that there are fragments of the new age in the various books we had so far 3. Jordan was putting together in his mind a series of books about the Seanchan empire.
- The Cannons are saved but Caemlyn is lost! I base that on 1. Mat is around Caemlyn when the trollocs attack which is enough to save the cannons but not enough to save the city. 2. Cannons are too awesome to NOT put in the final battle but Caemlyn's purpose is more or less finished a couple of books ago.
- The Seanchan wipe the floor with the Aes Sedai in Tar Valon, the city is lost but the order survives fragmented here and there thanks to the Asha'man and Egwene. I base that 1. on the prophecy we had a few books ago. 2. Tar Valon is in recent books a pit of snakes not an inspiration for the world. The Aes Sedai have grown complacent enough to start civil war within their order instead of looking outwards. 3. On the number of Seanchan and Damane that prepare to launch an attack.
- Rand dies! (Shocker again!) I base that on 1. all the prophecies we had on the subject 2. Rand is not happy and I doupt he could cope with the damage he did to the world happily ever after so a sacrifice is what suits his story best.
- The Dark one is beaten BUT survives. Again. I base that on ... nothing. Just intuition.
AND BOOK 12C is about to arrive! I'll hold it in my hands soon enough.
I didn't have time to reread the whole series, actually made it to the middle of book... 3. So yeah, I'm rusty. I hope I can follow book 12C.
I am in the series for over 10 years and others are in the series for more than 20 years. OK, books 8-10 weren't very good and books 7, 11 were just good but in general it's my favorite series.
Predictions before I read the book:
- Light wins! (Shocker, right?) I base that on 1. common sense 2. on the fact that there are fragments of the new age in the various books we had so far 3. Jordan was putting together in his mind a series of books about the Seanchan empire.
- The Cannons are saved but Caemlyn is lost! I base that on 1. Mat is around Caemlyn when the trollocs attack which is enough to save the cannons but not enough to save the city. 2. Cannons are too awesome to NOT put in the final battle but Caemlyn's purpose is more or less finished a couple of books ago.
- The Seanchan wipe the floor with the Aes Sedai in Tar Valon, the city is lost but the order survives fragmented here and there thanks to the Asha'man and Egwene. I base that 1. on the prophecy we had a few books ago. 2. Tar Valon is in recent books a pit of snakes not an inspiration for the world. The Aes Sedai have grown complacent enough to start civil war within their order instead of looking outwards. 3. On the number of Seanchan and Damane that prepare to launch an attack.
- Rand dies! (Shocker again!) I base that on 1. all the prophecies we had on the subject 2. Rand is not happy and I doupt he could cope with the damage he did to the world happily ever after so a sacrifice is what suits his story best.
- The Dark one is beaten BUT survives. Again. I base that on ... nothing. Just intuition.