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>>22499826
I'm reading for the first time, on Winter's Heart now.
Books 7 and 8 weren't as bad as I was expecting; in fact they each had some great moments (Crown of Swords had a lot of focus on based Mat, and I enjoyed the march on the Seanchan in Path of Daggers). Winter's Heart itself started strong with the first ~200 pages focusing on the kidnapping plot.
But god damn I am tired of Aes Sedai vs Knitting Circle vs Wise Ones vs Seafolk squabbling. This shit has been picking up since book 7 but now I can't help but groan every time I get to a Nynaeve/Elayne chapter. So many interesting threads from the earlier books like the door to the warped palace, the Horn, even the Forsaken and their cronies... but nope, all of that has been MIA for the past 1000+ pages in favor of petty politics and drama.
I'm still enjoying myself but man is my patience beginning to wear thin.