I read the 2024 Revised Edition of this book.

The Wheel of The Infinite is one of those delectable fantasy books with complex worldbuilding that gives you the information little by little. You slowly learn about our protagonist, her magic, her history, and finally at the end you understand what a Wheel of the Infinite even is. It's a rewarding journey along the way.

This novel has a little romance as a side plot. It's sweet, but never swoonworthy.

Thanks to Netgalley and Tor Books for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

Loses points for how many times it did something like: "remember that thing that happened in the previous series??????! (No it is not currently relevant to this story.) Wasn't that a cool moment???? Let's keep talking about it again and again!!!"

This waited until the very last chapter to change the stakes or the status quo. Boring.

Ugh some of this is very good but I hate it when the protagonist is made to be SO STUPID in order for the plot

A memoir style book about ADHD. It's entertaining and well written, but the scope is quite narrow. It talks a lot about the author's type of ADHD, but not much about other presentations of it. The authors have built their life to be ADHD friendly, and many of their tips are from that privileged position that many people will not be able to match. Useful if you're just starting to learn about ADHD, but less useful if you're looking for new or specific information.

This book has combined noir and overly flowery writing styles and produced an abomination.

"She was leggy, lost between a well-lived forty or a hard-partying twenty. She had a kind of realistic ageless quality, really, because no matter where the truth lay, she was still impossibly lovely. Her auburn hair flowed freely down to a wasp waist; the curved line of her body continued down into toned legs crossing one another. I’d speak on what a great a** she’s got, but I like to think myself better than that. ... She had a feline grace amplified by a Cheshire grin as she bowed down to meet me eye-to-eye. Hers were a powerful potion of green and sea blue swimming together in concert. They moved like a living constellation, and I was again reminded that I was walking in a world of giants while very much a man."

DNF at 8%

The longer I sit with this ending the more I love it.

It's good, very readable. Somewhat bloated, too long (and it's the only of the books in this series I would say that for). Lots of worldbuilding exposition that was irrelevant to our characters. But it works as a solid mid-series extravaganza, has an interesting plot, and satisfying character moments.

This book is utterly terrible. It's both a shrine and a condemnation to toxic masculinity. It's unorganized and boring and depressing.

Our main character is stupid the whole book. He is angry at his wife (for teaching reading lessons to impoverished people), and makes everything worse at every turn. He refuses to talk to her, or hear her. Refuses to acknowledge his own feelings. Actively tries to murder his wife's friends and destroy what she believes in.

I kept thinking this book would get better and our main character would learn his lesson, but he doesn't. I can't tell if the book is trying to say, "See, solving all your problems with violence and refusing to deal with your emotions (toxic masculinity) is bad, because it breaks down your relationships." Or if the book is trying to say, "Actually toxic masculinity is totally okay, because the hero got what he wanted in the end and his wife was the one who needed to apologize."

I hate this book. It's so poorly done, on every front. I'm going to go read the next book now, because I liked the previous books and I'm hoping that this one is a fluke and not a foretelling.