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Have you ever wished that boring parts of your life like sitting in a doctor’s office waiting room or waiting in line could pass like a montage? You would only experience brief clips of events and thus, time would pass quickly. I know it took Robert Jordan more than two years to write Crossroads of Twilight, but to me it could have been a montage. It seemed like Jordan had to show what was happening every second of the seemingly drab period between Winter’s Heart and Knife of Dreams. Like the faithful fan I am, I dragged myself through this novel, but I was disappointed.
Hanging out with Mat Cauthon is the only thing that kept me reading. After Mat escapes Seanchan controlled Ebou Dar with three Aes Sedai, several Sul’dam and Tuon (heir to the Crystal Throne), he has to stay low. Like Nynaeve and Elaine before him, Mat seeks out the anonymity of Valan Luca’s Menagerie. Mat takes this time to getting to know Tuon. He knows this is the woman he is fated to marry and he figures he should try to get to know her, though Mat’s aversion to nobles (as well as women who can channel) makes things difficult. Additionally, Tuon is Seanchan nobility who expects certain behavior…even out of her captors. She is very stubborn and single-minded and she delights in testing Mat, but you can see through her ruse. She definitely likes him! These chapters, in my opinion, make the whole novel a worthwhile read.
I have to admit that Perrin’s struggle to rescue Faile from the Shaido Aiel gets pretty interesting too. It gets so difficult to manage that Perrin recruits the help of Seanchan in order to save his wife! One interesting note is that the Seanchan soldiers he teams up with mention a prophecy about Perrin…a prophecy that has not been heard before regarding Perrin’s power to speak with wolves. It seems to be foreshadowing Perrin’s tie with the Seanchan…but we shall see.
I have ordered my copy of The Gathering Storm from Amazon and I should get it in a couple of days. I wonder, has anyone out there read it yet? Did you like it? Is it good? Wait…forget it! Don’t tell me! I’ll find out for myself.
