First re read finished!! What a journey
First of all, thanks to this sub and the other WoT subs for encouraging a second read. These books truly came to life the second time around.
The levels of detail, the amount of building blocks and setup that you can see made the payoffs so much better. Re reading the major moments and having all the feelings come up (Dumais Wells, the golden crane rides for Tarmon Gai’don, Nynaeve breaking the block…so many more).
It was also interesting to see some things that I hadn’t seen or felt before. The slog while not really a slog did feel like a major slow down of the plot this time when on first reading it didn’t. I noticed the difference in Matt’s portrayal in the Sanderson books. Also, the in matched timelines bothered me more. Especially towards the later parts when most of the storylines are concurrent but Perrin’s is somehow way behind (having Tam be mentioned in one place and then suddenly he’s still with Perrin from one chapter to another was really jarring).
Overall this was a wonderful experience. Maybe I’ll read it yet again some other time.