Hi team, I'm back and more than halfway through book 5.

The Nyneave perspective went from being kind of annoying but quaint (books 1-4) to truly insufferable (granted this started in TSR). Losing my mind here and realizing that basically in every book I will hate a character that is in their personal growth era (see my previous post about Perrin/Faile).

The thing that actually hurts is how deeply relatable Nyneaves internal monologue feels to me. Setting aside her inane "men are stupid" thoughts, this is a hyper independent person who doesn't know how to ask for help/ give thanks/ let people in/ be vulnerable and she's going THROUGH IT because she's seeing everyone around her doing better because they can do all those things and she doesn't realize it. Maybe I'm projecting because this is literally what I've been working through in therapy for the past few years but damn.

Also side notes:

Elayne flirting with Tom -- BIG ICK

Is Morraine Elayne's aunt? This didn't click to me until this book

Time passed is very confusing for me. Everyone feels sooo much older but I few times they've said 1.5yrs since they left Two Rivers. Sorry weren't the boys only 14 when they left and now they feel 17/18?

EDIT:

Just finished and I'm going to to fling myself into a burning terangreal