The Dragon Reborn

OOF this one was kind of a miss for me. I won't get too far into the plot to avoid spoilers for the previous books.

I was so bored through the majority of this book. I did not understand why it was so long. The entire book felt like it was just the characters all travelling to Tear. While this allowed Jordan to dial into some of the dream magic found in this world, I didn't feel like it needed to be as long as it was. I also felt like maybe the reader shouldn't follow so many POVs. Knowing that everyone was going to Tear but didn't know the rest were felt more annoying than fun. Also, we hardly got any of Rand's POV, which I'm a little more conflicted on. For most of the book, I was incredibly annoyed by this. However by the end, I kind of understood more while this happened.

This book is getting 3 stars instead of 2 solely because of the last chunk. I felt like the ending kind of redeemed itself. The action ramped up and we got to see some pretty cool magic. I really hope the next book is faster paced.

TW: animal abuse, animal death, anxiety, assault, attempted murder, blood, death, emesis, fire, hallucinations, hostages, kidnapping, murder, torture (mentioned), violence, war (mentioned)