Hi – I’m Luke, and today we’re talking about A Memory of Light, last book of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. If you’re here after watching the entire summary, then congratulations! You’ve proven that you have what it takes to really dig into literature. In recognition of your talent, you […]

This is a continuation of the summary from part 1. Setting the Stage “Dawn broke that morning on Polov Heights, but the sun did not shine on the Defenders of the Light. Out of the west and out of the north came the armies of Darkness, to win this one last battle and cast a

Hi – I’m Luke and today, at long last, we’re talking about A Memory of Light, last book of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. It’s been quite a journey getting here and, since this is the end, I’m going all-out. In fact, we’re going to get so deep into things

You can find the summary here. Trope Our theme this time around is trope, as in a common motif or cliché. Starting right from the beginning, in The Eye of the World, The Wheel of Time has always had one foot firmly planted in well-established tropes but held the other slightly askew. This changing, remixing,

Hi! I’m Luke and today we’re talking about Towers of Midnight, book thirteen of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. You know, with Rand’s arc mostly complete, I wasn’t expecting Towers of Midnight to be this thrilling, but I’m glad to say that I was completely wrong there! The conclusions to

Hello everyone – I’m Luke, and today we’re talking about The Gathering Storm: book twelve of The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan and, as of this book, also by Brandon Sanderson. The Gathering Storm is the first volume of the last entry in the series, so today we’re going to see more closure and

Hello everyone – I’m Luke, and today we’re talking about Knife of Dreams: book eleven of The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan. We’re definitely past the slog now! I’m really excited to get into this book, as it’s the most exciting one in quite a while, but first, as always, I want to warn

This time around, we’re talking about New Spring. Honestly, I didn’t have high expectations going in: it’s the shortest book in the series and it’s a prequel, that didn’t really bode well in my mind, but I’m actually really pleasantly surprised: New Spring is a great book! As usual, I need to warn you that

Today we’re talking about Crossroads of Twilight and before we get started I need to say: Goddamn is this book dense! It’s one of the shorter books in the series and, in some ways, it feels less epic than most of the others, but this is probably the most complex book in the series thus

Today we’re talking about Winter’s Heart. Let’s get the summary out of the way so we can dive into some details. As a reminder, this is a response to the book. Think of it as a companion, something to read after reading the book, if you want to spend more time thinking about it. There