The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, #4)

by Robert Jordan

1008 pages

English language

Published Oct. 15, 1993

ISBN:: 978-0-8125-1373-8

(19 reviews)

The Shadow Rising is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the fourth book in his series The Wheel of Time. It was published by Tor Books and released on September 15, 1992. The unabridged audio book is read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. At 393,823 words, The Shadow Rising is the longest book of The Wheel of Time although it has fewer pages than Lord of Chaos. The Shadow Rising consists of 58 chapters. It is the only book in the main sequence of The Wheel of Time not to contain a prologue.

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3 stars

I definitely am no longer wearing the nostalgia goggles. The shine of WoT wore off with book 3, and it's not fully returned for book 4. The good stuff was very good, mostly everything regarding Rand directly, the bad stuff was pretty bad, especially the interpersonal relationships again. I am not sure what experiences the author's made in his life that people who are supposed to be romantically inclined or friends are all incredibly antagonistic towards each other. Like the whole first part with Faile and Perrin had me go WTF non-stop. I have moped about Nynaeve's tic of pulling on her hair before and it continues to irritate the shit out of me.

The world continues to be fascinating, the characters are for the most part dipshits. The world deserves better characters, to be honest.