Rand intends to meet with everyone, and then go and break the seals immediately afterward. That means that the book literally ends on the eve of the Last Battle!
All that's left is for everyone to meet and get their bickering out of the way, for something to be done about the Seanchan, for something to be done about the Black Tower, and for the actual Last Battle to occur. Maybe if this was still Jordan writing that would leave very little time for the Last Battle segment, but Sanderson's writing (despite all its negatives, like sometimes being forced, and rushed, and unfamiliar with the characters) gets things done, and gets them done fast. So if anything, I'm worried that there will be too much time for the Last Battle. Because I'm really not looking forward to 400 pages just for the one day of the battle. Or for the last book of the series to be substantially shorter than all the other ones. So I don't think there will be any need for things to get rushed. There is plenty of time for everything.
All that's left is for everyone to meet and get their bickering out of the way, for something to be done about the Seanchan, for something to be done about the Black Tower, and for the actual Last Battle to occur. Maybe if this was still Jordan writing that would leave very little time for the Last Battle segment, but Sanderson's writing (despite all its negatives, like sometimes being forced, and rushed, and unfamiliar with the characters) gets things done, and gets them done fast. So if anything, I'm worried that there will be too much time for the Last Battle. Because I'm really not looking forward to 400 pages just for the one day of the battle. Or for the last book of the series to be substantially shorter than all the other ones. So I don't think there will be any need for things to get rushed. There is plenty of time for everything.
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- 07/11/2010 04:20:11 PM
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Liked it pretty good
- 07/11/2010 10:34:23 PM
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*NM*
No Spoilers, just a review (Accidentally posted in a thread, supposed to be stand-alone review)
- 13/11/2010 08:41:58 AM
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5/10 *spoliers*
- 08/11/2010 07:54:10 PM
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About not sensing gholam. Nobody sensed him. It's the ability of the thing, I think *NM*
- 08/11/2010 08:03:45 PM
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You wanted MORE of Elayne's political maneuvering ?
- 08/11/2010 11:18:42 PM
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Yes. I personally would've liked all that to be more detailed.
- 09/11/2010 06:11:44 PM
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8/10. Fairly solid plotwise with some great moments but structurally flawed. *NM*
- 10/11/2010 02:46:09 PM
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5 out of 10. it's ok, but...
- 15/11/2010 05:59:00 PM
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Seriously?
- 05/12/2010 02:50:15 AM
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this book made me sad, and not because it's the penultimate chapter
- 30/11/2010 03:27:35 AM
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I'll buy that (mostly 
). Got a good beat and I can dance to it; I give it a 7.
- 01/12/2010 02:32:59 PM
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). Got a good beat and I can dance to it; I give it a 7.
- 01/12/2010 02:32:59 PM
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After a very long break from WoT... I'm back into it and loving it!
- 05/12/2010 03:08:57 AM
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It was ok. Not brilliant but certainly better than a lot of the middle ones.
- 19/12/2010 11:28:32 AM
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Solid but not great continuation of the series, both exciting and flawed
- 05/04/2011 08:34:48 AM
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