Oooooo let's not start this discussion again, or people here might kill me, and then themselves! ^^
Just read later in the thread, it's been talked about A LOT!
OH!
I remembered what else I liked!
The steam wagons!
This has always been one of my favorite parts in the books:
I always liked Rand's vision, his understanding of leaving something behind that can be used... And now we've seen it in the last battle, helping the survivle of mankind...
I loved...
You know, something else that surprised me was the extensive use of Balefire during the last battle. I assume the DO's goal hasn't changed between the wars, so why did it now want to weaken the pattern, but he didn't want it last time and they stopped using it? I was amazed that it was used so...
I disagree. I think it was AWESOME! The other leaders would have never accepted Mat to lead the forces. The great captains were awesome, and it was a brilliant way to introduce Mat into the equation.
As for Shaidar Haran - I understood the story point of why he ended like that. I'm just saying...
I dunno. I thought that part where Moridin picks up Callandor was EPIC! How excited he was, just to realize - to his horror - that it was, in fact, a trap :P
Zash - sure, except the DO, like the creator, is a force OUT SIDE the pattern. That's why the pattern had to balance itself each time it influenced it from it's prison, as Rand explained in the book (which, BTW, was a brilliant explanation to everything happening around him, I think).
It was an...
I know that people assume he's the source of all evil. As I've explained in my previouse post - THAT's the great lie of the father of lies. We, as readers, have information the characters don't have, but that information is, in fact, still valid. The idea that the DO is not the source of evil is...
Indeed. Especially when he's winning by losing.
My theory, before reading the books, was that Rand would use Fain to kill him. Fain is a new evil, specific to this turn of the wheel (according to a Q&A with Jordan), and we've seen it before with Rand's wound and cleansing the taint... Alas, Fain...
Indeed. I wouldn't mind it so much, except the DO is unnecessery for this choice.
The Big White Book describes this in detail. The DO DOESN'T, in fact, CREATE the evil in people. He just enhances it. This is the Father of Lies's great lie. Rand spared his life under the false assumption that...
This is the book 14 forums. No spoiler hides needed. People know if they haven't read it yet, there are spoilers ahead. It's even in the forum description :P
Morgase WAS mentioned. Once that I can remember, organizing the Andoran refugees that came to help on the battle field.
The thing is...
If you have yet to finish AMoL, STOP READING RIGHT NOW!
This thread WILL contain whole book spoilers.
So, now that we have a thread devoted to the end of the book, it's time we payed attention to the rest of the book as well.
What parts did you like? What parts didn't you like? Which part...