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Aug 30, 2018Chinderixx rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The fourth (or fifth, depending on if you count the prequel) book of The Wheel Of Time series, The Shadow Rising, picks up right where The Dragon Reborn left off and focuses mainly on four different perspectives. Rand tries to get all the Aiel clan chiefs to support him (vote for Rand!), Perrin goes back to the Two Rivers and fights a bunch of Trollocs, Min lives in the white tower for a short time until it gets attacked, and Elayne and Nynaeve continue to hunt the black Ajah. In all, The Shadow Rising was good. It advanced the main story a lot and there were lots of parts that I really enjoyed reading (Chapter 21 was my personal favorite chapter). As usual, several characters said things that made me laugh! I think that this book could have been shorter, though (mayyybe a lot shorter). I think it also could have benefited from better editing, especially towards the beginning. The part where Rand talks to Lanfear and fights all the Trollocs was just hard to read and confusing...I had to read carefully to understand what was going on. Also, I thought Faile and Aviendha were just kind of annoying. The bad thing was that they're in this book a lot. SPOILER: As an Egwene-Rand fan, I also found it disappointing when they broke up. As an afterthought, I love the way Rand looks on this cover.