LET'S SUMMARIZE - A MEMORY OF LIGHT (The Wheel of Time Book 14)

My summary of the last book in the Wheel of Time series, A Memory of Light.

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[phalexxxx]

No shout-out to the real hero of last battle, Bela?

[davidsandlin]

Spoiler Warning
One of my favorite scenes in the book is when Italrulde says thank you when Eliyas pushes him off the cliff. Since he had figured it out but was powerless to stop himself. That and when Demandred POV is the only person who realizes how good Mat really is at his battle plan. Everyone else thinks Mats doing a horrible job meanwhile the only other true battlefield master believes he’s up against LTT because he doesn’t believe anyone else could be that good.

[deadlymouse]

I like to imagine Rand becoming a Gleeman, and living his life earning his way with the flute Thom gave him.

[ericpheymannicie]

I have never feared a character more than Demandred. His power was built so perfectly. First, his terrifying introduction where he not only wielded powers never seen before by the reader, but brought with him an army that undermined every advantage the reader assumed the protagonists had. Then he assumes the most powerful position the reader can understand regarding the one power, a full circle feeding him the maximum amount of both sides of the one power. And striking down both of Elaine's brothers, who are some of the greatest warriors on the side of light, enhanced by various ter'angreal. Lan's victory is not only an overwhelmingly emotional release for the reader, it is so purely Lan, in every way. Everything we come to know about Lan is thrown full-force into Demandred, and he swiftly, precisely, and professionally deals with the threat in a way only he can. Again, one of my favorite scenes in the series, or in any book.

[gonzalogonzalez]

I absolutely loved the ending. From a narrative, psychological and philosophical point of view. Just wonderful.

[maciejprzybysz]

I finished reading "Memory of Light" last sunday and, oh man, what a great end it was. Magnificent. Really hard to describe what I felt and feel now. Ending was better then I could imagine. Now I don't know what to do with my life!
Keep doing your great work! Greetings from Poland!

[toddfreeman]

The conversation mat and rand had while in front of tuon where they were trying to one up the other was my favorite in this book.

[garcianumero]

Don't forget Logain giving up his search for Demandred's sa'angreal. He wanted it so that the he would be feared and in turn the black tower would be feared because of their power. Instead he gives it up to protect defenseless people that were being slaughtered by shadow spawn. In doing so he sees the people he saved look at the Asha'man as saviours, not as monsters. It's such a beautiful ending to the Asha'man and Logain.

[bobxyzp]

Wheel of Time was one of my favorite things for years. I read Dragon Reborn first because it was gifted to me. The story seems to end with the Dark One dying, and I thought it was over and was satisfied. Then it said “continued in book 4”. I then spent the next 20 YEARS waiting for it to end.

As the years wore on and Mr Jordan passed away, I just wanted closure. I tried rereading the series in my late 20s/early 30s and found I didn’t like it as much any more. Maybe it’s harder to immerse yourself fully in fantasy worlds as a busy parent than as a teenager. I listened to Memory of Light as an audiobook. Hearing Michael Kramer read “this is the end of the final book of the wheel of time” was really moving for me. It brought back the decades long journey for me and how important the series was to me growing up. I also thought about how big a part of the narrators’ lives it must’ve been. Kramer was clearly emotional, pausing every few words.

It was a wild ride and part of my growing up, and I’m glad I could be a part of it.

[allenbird]

yep, watched all 14. You did a great job for the most part and I appreciate you going through it all. I will say that the last battle with the dark one was made even more climactic when basically the fate of the world rested in Perrin's hands. Despite his compulsion from Lanfear, at the moment of truth with Rand Moridin Nyneave and Moiraine, Perrin's actions were key. I really loved how they did that part in the books, and made the anticlimactic death of Fain sting a little bit less.

[Srigurumurthy]

It was Perrin who gave Rand the idea to have the Aiel as a police force, Avienda just wanted to be included in some way

[metaldave]

Just finished the book about an hour ago. I read all 15 books back to back. What an amazing story!! Thank you Daniel for the videos and seeing me through this journey.

[sabelongubo]

I interpreted that greandal's compulsion weave was reversed by the unravelling of the gateway

[John_May.]

I wanted an entire separate book as an epilogue :( I feel cheated by the abrupt ending that I waited almost 30 years to get to.

[legionofAlexander]

I'll say this man. You said it 100% right.
Lan's fight is probably my favorite moment in any lore, any universe, or even media. When he says that line, I had to put my book down and just reel in it in.

[JamesI]

Thank you for doing this. It was great to revisit this world without having to read all 14 books again. Really high quality videos. Excited to seen what you have to say about new spring eventually and look forward to more videos from you.

[papaaeon]

Nynaeve and Rand putting in work during this book

[johnparker]

I legit cried with Egwene’s final arc.

[northmania]

So.. I just finished reading Memory of Light an hour ago, and I already feel the post series depression building in me.

It feels like a lost a best friend. All the characters lived through me during the last year, and I cannot believe it is all over.

At the beginning of this year on the 3rd of January when I started reading ''Eye of the World'' I told myself that I would never finish the series... but here I am now 11, 300 pages and over 2700 named characters later it has finally finished.

I have read Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings, but imho they cannot compare with the greatness and immensity of the world of WOT. Maybe I am just subjective to the feeling that I've just finished the books, but this is the best fantasy series I have read so far.

Who was my favorite character? -Blood and bloody ashes it is Matrim Cauthon, I found in him very similar characteristics in myself(dancing, joking, gambling)

Which character death made me feel most sad? It was definitely Hopper...

Which book did I enjoy the most? All were great, even the slow ones from 7 to 10, but if I had to pick one it would be Lord of Chaos, especially the chapter of Dumai's Wells. I really liked when Rand was locked up, and felt that the shield from the enemy Aes Sedai was becoming weaker and weaker, and his laugh to what will happen when the shield faded.

[AverageAwesomeDude]

tarmon gaidon has so many mazing scenes, lans charge and fight with demandred, demandred incredible power, perrin chasing slayer in and out of the dream world, mat's strategizing, egwenes last channeling, but I have to say the least mentioned one is Tam's version of the flame and the void and his shooting. it always felt like it was probably the same as rand but we get a sense that Tam is just a level above