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Winter's Heart - Wheel of Time 9
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Plot Summary of Winter's Heart - Wheel of Time 9
"Perrin goes after the shaido to save Faile, Mat meets his future wife, Elayne is in Andor to claim her throne and Rand and Nynaeve is on their way to clean the saidin."
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Review Analysis of Winter's Heart - Wheel of Time 9
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 40%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - overthrowing govt/kingdom
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - champion of justice - mage/magician
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - fire/lightning/weather cntrl - teleportation - can cast many different spells - can read emotions - healing
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic - physically sick

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - unemployed - wealthy
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - can talk to animals - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - mind reading - mind control - super strength - can fly - teleportation - can cast all sorts of spells - Invisibility - can read emotions
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Terrain - Jungle - Desert - Water - Mountains - Forests - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths - explicit references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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