his is NOT a review of the Wheel of Time books. I suppose you can call it a reaction blog... For it is a collection of my live reactions and thoughts to reading the Wheel of Times series for the first time.
The thoughts were originally shared on Twitter and have now been collected here for everyone's convenience. These are my full reactions from the second Wheel of Time book, with some post-read writerly thoughts at the very end.
To gain better understanding of what this is all about, please refer to this blog.
This time, I divided my readings up into days. Part 1 chronicles the first half, we meet Selene in part 2, and in this part 3 we finish with a grand battle and my final thoughts.
The Great Hunt
Day 17 : The day we visited a STEDDING!!
Hahahaha I’m sorry, Rand, but do you truly believe that?
You can channel, Aes Sedai can channel. Your girls are in the white tower.
No, boy, you will be not be done with Aes Sedai so easily, if ever.
No, no, please tell us more, this could be important! Who were the travelling people who left and why did they leave? And what does it tell you that this many people are suddenly coming to your stedding?
Uhh, is our lovely Ogier interested in a woman now? That is sweet.
Also, this is the tone I like from Mat we just haven’t heard it in about 800 pages.
Oh goodness, Loial. When you last spoke of the Longing, I didn’t realise it was quite that bad. I thought it was simple homesickness.
Well we better make certain this NEVER happens to you, dear friend!
Oh Loial! I fear I am repeating myself, but he is SO sweet!
How can I not adore this young Ogier, when he acts so honest and kind?
Three friends.
See, I like Mat my lad when he is like this. He can joke and still be nice.
Oh and I adore the Ogier of course, not that anyone is in doubt. So easily he forgives and moves on.
Uhhh, at last Lord Rand al’Woolhead comes face to face with Aiel!
He is taking this rather well. Not like a woolhead at all. Like a read lord.
I am impressed Rand, I expected you to already be denying it. But maybe you only do that if someone ELSE brings up the similarities.
Bingo! But goodness, it’s good to see the three Two Rivers lads banter again, and just talk to each other, really.
We haven’t had that since the first half of the first book. I’ve missed it.
Okay.... so I couldn’t decide which part of this to show you because I love all of it...
Loial seems to be popular with the ladies, just like our Two Rivers lads!
At this point all them are so popular I’m wondering if it’s a rub off effect of being ta’veren or close to one, or if all of our heroes are just that handsome.
Haha! Well caught, Rand! Yes, I was just thinking the same. Also - Mat frowned thoughtfully??
Mat my lad can be thoughtful? We truly learn something every day here.
Indeed, Ogier. Had it not been for your three ta’veren friends, you would not have entered this stedding and possibly met a beautiful woman and future wife.
Oh goodness, Loial, you’re in SO much trouble with your Elders. I think, at this point, having left the stedding without permission is going to be the least of your troubles, when you return.....
...if you ever do.
Oh, please let Loial survive everything to come.
Aw, these sweet lads, stranding up for their Ogier friend. This softened my heart to read.
Loial has been a loyal, sweet and kind companion and friend, so it’s so nice to see that not only have I come to adore him, all three of our lads too have come to adore him.
Oh please please please. Now I’m worried! Let nothing happen to Loial, please! Let him return safe to his stedding eventually! Don’t let him die!
Rand, please do swear another oath that you won’t be bringing a corpse back to Stedding Shangtai when this is all over!
Aww sweet Ogier, always taking things so literally. I love characters like this and Loial is a great one. Oh, and Erith gave it to him?? Uhh, I sense an Ogier love story in the making!