JamesBr said:
NeutralDrow said:
JamesBr said:
She stays a stuck up ***** pretty much the entire series.
I'm guessing you stopped before Knife of Dreams, then.
Oddly enough, yes, though not intentionally. I bought Crossroads of Twilight when it first came out in 2003, but by the time Knife of Dreams came out in 2005 it completely flew under my radar and I've never gotten around to the last two books. If her demeanor improves though, it's more reason for me to revisit the series. Though being hateable for 10 out of 12 books is not a good track record, and qualifies (in my mind at least) "pretty much the entire series".
Really, she's not even a ***** from book 8-10. She's a flightly, easily distracted chew toy. Disappointing, perhaps, but a different sort of annoying. She's completely shaped up by Towers of Midnight, though.
So is Faile, for that matter.
Faile.
I honestly never found any of the non-villainous female characters to be intolerably annoying, but before the whole Shaido incident and its resolution, I wasn't all that fond of her. She was a poster child among poster children for the concept of ethnocentrism, but she's actually mature now.
Sober Thal said:
It sucks only one (13th) book remains.
14th. Towers of Midnight is the 13th.
But yeah, A Memory of Light comes out March 2012. I can't wait.
On topic: Elayne (also from Wheel of Time) is worthless, not sure if anyone is supposed to like her, but God knows I don't.
Thus far, she's been my only disappointment. Moiraine got into my good graces in Fires of Heaven, Egwene and Aviendha have completed their character development, I always liked Birgitte, Verin is
fucking awesome, Min's never been annoying (and she's less so now that she has purposes beyond the viewings), Faile has done almost a complete 180 by Towers of Midnight (complete with laughing at how she used to be in The Dragon Reborn), Cadsuane not only got shocked out of complacency but
called out for being a ***** (by <color=aliceblue>Tam of all people, which was absolutely glorious), and there are a number of signs of hope for the main female channeling groups. I mean...Teslyn and Joline! Seriously, wasn't expecting that in the last book.
Then there's Elayne. She's probably not as annoying as she's been at points in the past (A Crown of Swords was probably her low point), it's
starting to get crammed into her skull that she doesn't necessarily have plot armor, and she's shown a surprising amount of self-reflection in her treatment of Mat, but...could still be better.
...also, I'm not really all that fond of Tuon. She's like Dragon Reborn-era Faile, but genuinely dangerous. >_>