Towers of Midnight (CAUTION! Contains Spoilers!)

[murphy]

Here's the trailer from YouTube for Towers:

YouTube - Towers of Midnight Trailer

[Talysia]

I saw the trailer a week or so ago, but it's still good to see it again. I know it reprises Moiraine's letter, but it doesn't give away much - only that her situation will be addressed in ToM. Looking forward to it!

[C Of K]

I liked those two previews.
Thanks for posting, Taly.
I still think Mat's character is a little off.
A bit too much on the blood and bloody
ashes, think. And he'd always been a
womanizer, but I don't remember that
seeming so prominent before.

[Clansman]

I agree with C Of K, Mat is still not quite right, but I don't know what I would do to change him. Otherwise, the previews were really good. The book will be annoying if Sanderson can't "get" Mat's proper voice.

[Talysia]

Well, the second chapter - Questions of Leadership - has been released in audio form on Tor's website. You have to be a member to download it, though. I read the transcription on Dragonmount, and I enjoyed it. Without giving too much away, half is a Perrin chapter, and the other half is from Galad's POV.

[Simple Simon]

Originally Posted by murphy

Here's the trailer from YouTube for Towers:

YouTube - Towers of Midnight Trailer

Thanks for that Murphy, that was great .

[murphy]

So who has read it and what do you think? I no longer want to hit Faile upside the head with a frying pan.

[C Of K]

I'm halfway through. Very interesting so far.
I like Brandon Sanderson's take on all the female characters.
They seem more real to me, and I don't find them annoying.
In fact, I'd say all the characters have a little more depth
than when Robert Jordan was writing them.

[woodsman]

I think Mat was much more on target this time around, Tower of Ghenji stuff was great.

Perrin came of age as well, which was nice, although his scenes are still too drawn out for my taste.

Asmo's killer - in the glossary. I can't believe they did that.

A good book though, I'm a little afraid that BS didn't move the story along far enough, which has me worried for the size of the last volume, or everything is going to speed up somewhat.

[Talysia]

I finished this very late last night, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It definitely ranks up there as one of the best, in my opinion. It felt like there was a lot of character progression, and I actually found myself liking Faile this time around - in fact, I felt that Perrin's arc was nicely done, down from the fight with Slayer (and Perrin teaching Egwene a thing or two about T'A'R), the creation of his new hammer, and the fight with the Whitecloaks against the trollocs.

I liked the reunion scenes, too - the various members of the Trakand royal family and Perrin's reunion with Mat (I laughed out loud at the badger part). I thought I wasn't going to like Gawyn again during this book, but he actually came across quite well, and it was nice to see him finally bonded to Egwene. The revelation about Asmodean wasn't really a surprise, but it was nice to have it confirmed: the same goes for Mesaana's identity. Odd to see Cyndane/Lanfear/Mierin in Rand's dream at the end of the book, too.

One thing I didn't like was the seemingly short amount of time spent on Moiraine's rescue. Good to see Moiraine back, though.

It does seem like there'll be a lot left to tie-up in the last book, but Brandon seems capable. I'm looking forward to it.

[Senta23]

Excellent read. Most of the story arcs are nicely tied up. Can't wait for AMOL now. The Seanchan and the Black Tower took a back seat for this one but it'll be very interesting to see what part they play in the next chapter. Does anyone think that the Ayyad from Shara will make an appearance or would it be too late to introduce any of those as characters?

[C Of K]

Towers of Midnight was riveting all the way through. I couldn't be happier with Sanderson's characterization, and his dedication to tying up all the loose threads. This was the most powerful novel of the series. So much happened, and for the first time since first reading Eye of the World, I'm uncertain as to whether or not all the heroes will survive A Memory of Light.

Surprisingly, I really liked Aviendha's part. It was very interesting. The Perrin/Galad arc was very interesting as well. The red veiled dark friend was a surprise, as was the prophecy. I'm craving more, and can't wait for next November.

[GOLLUM]

Not reading my copy til the last book is out, In fact I stopped reading at about book 8 and will await the final novel before revisiting this series, which started off so brilliantly back in the early 90s...

[digs]

I heard ToM is really good. I stopped reading at about book 7, but I still keep up to date with the plot because I love the world so much (but kinda didn't like where it went in the middle there). Sounds like it's getting back on track with heaps of action and cool stuff!

[Clansman]

The North American cover is crap, again. Talk about comic-like. The book is reading quite nicely. Just picked up my copy (and did not read the posts above!!), and the prologue is intriguing.