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Monday, January 7. 2013The Eye of the World (chapters 7-12)
Summary of What Happened
Rand arrives in Emond’s Field with his ailling father and realizes that he wasn’t the only person to have a horrible night. We piece together what happened through talking to various villagers and Rand is told by Nynaeve that there is nothing she can do for his father. Rand decides to ask Moiraine Sedai for help. Moiraine heals Tam and Rand learns that he may have been a target of the Trolloc assault. He also learns a little more about his father’s sword, further muddying his vision of his past. Rand agrees to leave town and is able to talk briefly with his father about it before the group attempts to sneak out by night. Moiraine is confronted by superstitious villagers and she throws their proud (but forgotten) heritage in their faces. They shamefacedly return to their homes. Rand, Lan and Moiraine join Mat and Perrin in the stables, only to learn that Perrin is terrible at this adventure business and fails to uncover Thom Merrilin hiding in the loft. He and Mat also fail to conceal their movements from Egwene. The fellowship of seven leave the Shire only to be pursued by a Winged Nazgul. With the aid of magic, the party flees across the countryside to Bucklebury Ferry. The party crosses the River Taren with the aid of some well-compensated ferrymen after which Moiraine destroys their livelihood. They find a secret hide-out prepared beforehand by Lan. Moiraine and Egwene go have a conversation about the One Power and Rand witnesses Egwene channeling for the first time. My thoughts below the fold. The Good
I really loved chapter six. I think I mentioned it in my comment last week, but I could really feel the despair and fear as Rand tried to save Tam. And then he gets to town where he thinks someone can help him. Soul-crushing despair piles up on soul-crushing despair as Nynaeve abruptly informs him she can’t do anything to help. I’ve read this book two or three times before and even so, I still felt for Rand. I loved the cagey way Thom gets the Mayor to suggest Rand ask Moiraine for help. It’s such a clever thing for him to do and perfectly sets up this character for later in the series. He definitely has reservations about Aes Sedai, but he could see that there was no other way to save Tam. Just really well done on the author’s part. Honestly, this re-read has been cool to see how much vision the author had of where he was going from the very beginning. The story of Manetheren. Wow. Moiraine has always been one of my favorite characters, but I’d forgotten about this speech. The Not Good There are a number of pieces in this series that felt very...plagiarized. The Fade and the Drakghul were two of them. The race to the ferry as well. The Battle of the Sexes feels a little worn. It bothered me less when I was single. Hmm... Trackbacks
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