Well, I stayed up late playing video games on my last night before massive amounts of studying and editing and all other finals preparations. So instead of actually thinking about my blog, I'll continue discussing the better points of the Wheel of Time series.
A typical book in the series always has an incredibly epic finale, both to satisfy the reader and leave them wanting more. Usually, there is some crazy release of magic, or an amazing fight, and huge advances in the plot happen. In the ninth book, for example, the main character gathers all the strongest mages and decides to clean the male half of the magic. There is a clash of mages as his friends try to defend him from dark witches as he concentrates on the cleansing. The giant spell is also very interesting, as it requires both a male and a female to do, which is nigh unheard of in the series. The entire ritual takes about 24 hours in the book, and ends with males all over the world reveling in their cleansed power.
Sadly, some of the books are a bit lackluster. The prime example is the tenth book. As I said, the ritual in the 9th took 24 hours and used all the strong mages in the entire world. Well, the tenth book actually takes place during the 24 hours, and chronicles the political adventures of all the people who really can't use magic. Typically, it focused on one queen. While she is usually one of the strongest females ever, she was pregnant and unable to really grasp the power. So most of the book dealt with her trying to garner strength for the throne while coping with pregnancy. Although not a lot got done, since the entire timespan for the 800-page book was just one day. The eleventh book completely made up for it though, because all the male mages could use their magic freely, and the entire world was struggling to cope with the concept.
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