i was complaining to my friend who originally got me into these books about how bad this book was.(worst book i have ever finished). he said "i didn't think it was that bad"...i replied how can you say that nothing happens 95% of the book...he looked at me with confusion, then understanding came to his face..."you dont still read the chpts about perrin or the girls do you? I stopped reading those chpts 4 books ago" DOH...changes everything...great short story about matt and the dotnm...still only gets 1 star for enviromental insensitivity for wasting all of that paper for the pages surrounding the short story...