" No real plot movement in this book, not even any real repercussions from the cleansing. Egwene is still besieging Tar Valon though suffers a setback at the end. Elayne is still fighting to win her crown. Rand is still in semi-hiding. Matt is moving away from Ebou Dar at a glacial pace. Perrin is still contemplating how to rescue Faile and gives up the axe. Matt's sections with Tuon were probably the funnest to read but did not really make up for the lack of anything else really going on. Despite other reviews, the book does not take place just in one day, just the first half of it. The second half covers about a week more worth of events. I just started the next book and more happens in the first 5 pages than what happened in this entire book, hopefully we are over the hump, 4 books to go. "
— Neal, 1/16/2014