Knife of Dreams

by Robert Jordan

Reviewed by Coral

Mat is still trying to get to safety while being chased by the Gholem and assassins after Tuon, prophesized to be his wife. On top of that, Thom reveals to him that there may be a way that Moraine survived the battle with Lanfear and that they are destined to rescue her.

Perrin is still trying to save his wife from the Shaido, even going so far as considering making an alliance with the Seanchan.

Egwene has been captured by the White Tower. Determined to take advantage of the divisions she finds, she plots to take the Tower down from the inside.

Elayne is still fighting to claim the Lion Throne.

Lan makes a choice on where he can best fight the shadow.

Rand is determined to negotiate a truce with the Seanchan princess, unaware that she is currently travelling with Mat. Is he being led into a trap?

So many stories seem to be in a holding pattern that it really feels there isn’t much that happens in each individual book

I liked that we got parts from Tuon’s perspective, thought I can’t say that I like her all that much. I hate the way she treats the Aes Sedai that Mat has rescued, threatening to have them collared and giving them new names.

Part of my dislike of Tuon is connected to my general dislike of the Seanchan in general. Every book it seems like they take more and more woman as slaves and not enough of them are being freed. I don’t care what the Shaido did, I hate Perring that he gave the Seanchan the opportunity to take more slaves from the Shaido Wise Ones. I still have the sinking feeling that by the end of the series, most of the characters who have been enslaved won’t be free and that the Seanchan won’t be defeated in the way I think they should be.

Other than that, I skimmed a lot of sections of the book, not really interested in a lot of the story lines.

Grade: D