Well, one book closer to getting to book 7 (where I last stopped a long time ago).
I do remember reading the part about the Ashaman churning the Shaido when I was a teenage boy. I remember being struck about how badass it was that he had been tortured for days, methodically unwound the shield holding him while the Aes Sedai were distracted, and then proceeds to explode the container holding him; walks over, grabs the girl, and then coldly ask Taim to show him the result of his training.
As an adult, I can't help chuckle at just how... I don't know, how absurd the whole thing is. But even as a less hormonal (excitable) older man, I still have to give it credit for being a pretty awesome scene.