A Crown of Swords

Well to start this review I feel like I need a chart of every character's name listed a-z in order to keep them straight. Between nicknames, fake names and new characters being introduced, it's just getting down right confusing. As for the story. The last one hundred pages of this book were the best; Jordan leaves the reader with a few cliffhangers. I almost want to skim through the next book to find out what happens to certain characters. As for the rest of the book, it wasn't bad, just slower than the previous. I think the search for the bowl was too stretched out. I understand there was a lot of character development for Elayne and Nynaeve, (development that I thought was about time!) but still, almost an entire book to find a single bowl was a bit much. I did like that characters that have not been mentioned much resurfaced and I am interested to know what changes they will bring. I also am curious about this true power harnessed from the dark one.