How could you say this? You reach the end then jump back in chapter 2 to go over the same timeline.

Once the latest Cooper timeline comes out I'm going to read the chapters in a chronological order (or as close to as can be gotten). I expect it highlight even more how stuffing Perrin and Mat's setbacks and Avi's visions after Veins of Gold takes away from the sense of despair (A Memory of Light) RJ was trying to show before Rand's epiphany.

Although it would have risked TGS being accused of being another 'build up' book, even more after TOM splitting the books chronologically so TGS finished with Rand killing Semirhage and shown as Dark Rand, Egwene imprisoned after attending Elaida, Avi's vision shown, Perrin agreeing to a trial (and unable to Travel) and Mat having to wait in Caemlyn and ending on the Gholam having killed someone in his tent would have made much more sense IMO.

'Team Light' would have looked fraked. A Rand victory almost as bad as defeat, the other two ta'veren tied down, Egwene no longer able to influence the Tower Aes Sedai, with the Seanchan plan to attack revealed (but not yet launched) and Avi's vision to ram it all home.

TOM would have the showed 'Team Light' (except the Seanchan) getting their act together, with all plot lines pulling out of despair / setbacks at once (except how the Seanchan will eventually be dealt with).