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I enjoyed the book as entertainment beckstcw Send a noteboard - 09/01/2013 05:47:22 AM
But as an ending to the series I thought it was flawed. It seemed to me like all the lauded complexity and depth of WOT was wasted on a fin-fictiony ending. All those dozens of subplots and hundreds of secondary characters and beautiful world building...and in the end we got 800 pages of people killing Trollocs and then an ending with no closure. As exciting and well-written as the Trolloc-killing was, the series deserved better IMO

For crying out loud, we waited 20 years for Rand to meet Moiraine again, and then we got like maybe a page and a half of them interacting before it turned into a tower defense flash game. The series as a whole was always about the characters, and I felt like the characters were shunted off to the side to make room for the Tarmon Gaidon spectacle.
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Anyone else totally unimpressed? - 09/01/2013 04:58:39 AM 2313 Views
I couldn't disagree more - 09/01/2013 05:32:41 AM 1283 Views
I enjoyed the book as entertainment - 09/01/2013 05:47:22 AM 1230 Views
I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 09/01/2013 06:14:25 AM 1072 Views
You missed what was being conveyed. *NM* - 18/01/2013 08:16:50 AM 535 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 11:01:11 AM 947 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 11:03:36 AM 978 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 01:47:48 PM 1058 Views
I had extremely low expectations, which I guess were sort of met. - 09/01/2013 06:12:05 AM 1314 Views
You don't have to worry about continuations of WoT - 09/01/2013 07:24:55 AM 1106 Views
People change their minds... *NM* - 09/01/2013 01:48:33 PM 531 Views
Mine weren't, even with the low expectations - 09/01/2013 05:04:07 PM 1438 Views
I don't remember you being such an arrogant prick years ago on WoTmania - 11/01/2013 05:28:07 AM 1114 Views
Pardon, but I don't even recall who you are *NM* - 11/01/2013 08:39:54 AM 603 Views
You are a... - 18/01/2013 08:21:54 AM 1075 Views
Uh... - 18/01/2013 12:19:13 PM 1088 Views
Rather... - 18/01/2013 09:11:11 PM 1063 Views
Why does any of this matter to you? - 18/01/2013 10:35:18 PM 1149 Views
Oh sure... - 19/01/2013 06:43:19 AM 952 Views
No, not quite - 19/01/2013 08:57:47 AM 1002 Views
LoL @ Larry - 19/01/2013 09:21:13 PM 943 Views
Ummm.... - 19/01/2013 10:05:30 PM 1002 Views
That was a dodge. - 20/01/2013 01:40:59 AM 1001 Views
Nah, more like me cutting this short. - 20/01/2013 02:30:28 AM 995 Views
Everyone has their own coping mechanisms. - 20/01/2013 10:09:02 PM 1313 Views
I'm sorry, Trolloc, but I had things to deal with to answer - 22/01/2013 06:36:15 PM 1610 Views
I'm as satisfied as I could possibly be. - 09/01/2013 07:39:35 AM 1178 Views
I thought it was fantastic - 09/01/2013 07:46:16 AM 1200 Views
My thoughts exactly *NM* - 16/01/2013 06:56:59 PM 484 Views
"Totally unimpressed" would be a hyperbole but... - 09/01/2013 06:53:20 PM 1204 Views
It was ok - 10/01/2013 01:09:52 AM 1049 Views
It just felt like they needed 3 more books to finish it up - 14/01/2013 03:58:57 AM 997 Views
Yeah... and they had a totally legit reason to do it, too. - 14/01/2013 05:14:21 PM 942 Views
I wouldn't go so far as to say TOTALLY, but I was not satisfied. - 14/01/2013 06:04:30 PM 1059 Views
I will say that the battle was well constructed in certain places - 14/01/2013 06:10:54 PM 1016 Views
Re: Anyone else totally unimpressed? - 18/01/2013 10:23:22 PM 1010 Views

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