Chapter 6: The Westwood

When we last left Our Hero, everything changed when the Trolloc nation attacked. I am excited about this. I don't know why it's bothering him so much, because something is actually happening in this book for once. Wasn't he complaining about nothing exciting ever happening there? Or maybe that was Mat. It's sad that the annoying character has had more characterization than the main character, whose defining trait so far is getting startled easily.

Chapter 5: Winternight

Anyone remember this? No? Amazing what a social life can do to your blog. Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd type. Anyway, I'm hoping to get back into the swing of this, so here we go.

When we last left Our Hero, he and Tam were arriving back at their little house. As usual, the narration takes a little timeout for some world-building, this time to tell us about how usually lots of people live together and why that makes two men living alone seem unusual. I wonder if Jordan realized what he was actually writing here. Considering that he likes to put Riders and ravens in unimaginatively ominous positions, I can't imagine he would recognize subtext if it punched him in the face. It's a rather unusual thing to add to what's so far been otherwise standard conservative fantasy, but considering what women are like in Wheelworld, I can't exactly say it's all that surprising.