TITLE: A Memory of Light
AUTHOR: Robert
Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
GENRE: Fantasy
SERIES: Wheel of Time # 14
WHERE I GOT IT: borrowed
READ FROM: August
5th
to August 12th
,2013
BOOK BLURB: The last battle
continues, will Rand be able to save the world and defeat the dark
one?
MY THOUGHTS:
"The
Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that
become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten
when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the
Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose
in the Mountains of Mist. The wind was not the beginning. There are
neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time.
But it was
a
beginning."
This
quote I have always loved and every time I read it now it sends
chills down my spine. I love this series to pieces even though some
of the books along the way slowed to a crawl. I was in my early teens
when my sister lent me the first book. I was instantly hooked and
have been waiting for the conclusion ever since.
I
decided early last year that rereading all the books would be a good
thing to do, so that everything would be fresh in my mind when the
last book was released. I was so excited to finally get to read this
book (and funnily enough my sister is the one who lent me her copy of
this last book because I really didn't want to wait till the end of
this year for the soft cover to come out.) It just seems fitting that
she was the one that got me started on the series and she is the one
that lent me the last one.
I'm
honestly still not really sure what to think about this one. I can't
decide if I liked it or hated it but I am thankfully for a ending.
I
thought it seemed a bit rushed in parts even though the last battle
essentially started a few books back and this one was also massive,
some 900 pages. Some events seemed to be glossed over and it really
bugged me that one of the forsaken, Demandred, was so insistent that
Rand was out on the battlefield some where. He just kept ranting on
and on. I don't know, I can't decide if he went completely crazy or
what. I mean GO look for him not shout from the mountain top and
demand that he come to you over and over again. HELLO he is destined
to fight the dark one not you!
I
also am shocked at some of the casualties of the war! I expected
loses but nobody likes it when characters you have grown to love
dies! :( I am still really bummed about that. Then the ending came
and it left me scratching my head. In ways, I am happy that it ended
but at the same time it left SOOO many questions and I can't even
imagine what would happen next. I mean the battle ended, then the
story ended after a few more pages! Such a unsatisfying ending in my
opinion. Although one thing did happen at the end that shocked me
because I really didn't see it coming.
Also
I think this book has to take the record of longest chapter ever. The
actual main part of the last battle lasted over 200 pages long! It
was jam packed with action though so I read through it fairly
quickly.
I
still love this series even if I don't particularly like the ending
but I'm glad that Robert Jordan left enough notes and was able to
tell others how he had planned to end the series, before he passed
away. It probably will be a long while before I attempt to reread the
series though.
“The
Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be,
and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Let the Dragon ride again
on the winds of time. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of
time.”
(Another
quote that I love!) I can't help but to wonder how the fight with the
shadow would be the next time. Would the Dragon need to do the same
things as before or would the prophecy be fulfilled with different
events leading up to the last battle as well. I guess we will never
know.
RATING:
4 stars
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