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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 2539 Views
I couldn't disagree more - 09/01/2013 05:32:41 AM 1491 Views
I enjoyed the book as entertainment - 09/01/2013 05:47:22 AM 1433 Views
I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 09/01/2013 06:14:25 AM 1284 Views
You missed what was being conveyed. *NM* - 18/01/2013 08:16:50 AM 636 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 11:01:11 AM 1140 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 11:03:36 AM 1171 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 01:47:48 PM 1246 Views
I had extremely low expectations, which I guess were sort of met. - 09/01/2013 06:12:05 AM 1558 Views
You don't have to worry about continuations of WoT - 09/01/2013 07:24:55 AM 1327 Views
People change their minds... *NM* - 09/01/2013 01:48:33 PM 628 Views
Mine weren't, even with the low expectations - 09/01/2013 05:04:07 PM 1677 Views
I don't remember you being such an arrogant prick years ago on WoTmania - 11/01/2013 05:28:07 AM 1316 Views
Pardon, but I don't even recall who you are *NM* - 11/01/2013 08:39:54 AM 697 Views
You are a... - 18/01/2013 08:21:54 AM 1313 Views
Uh... - 18/01/2013 12:19:13 PM 1330 Views
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Why does any of this matter to you? - 18/01/2013 10:35:18 PM 1372 Views
Oh sure... - 19/01/2013 06:43:19 AM 1166 Views
No, not quite - 19/01/2013 08:57:47 AM 1201 Views
LoL @ Larry - 19/01/2013 09:21:13 PM 1145 Views
Ummm.... - 19/01/2013 10:05:30 PM 1208 Views
That was a dodge. - 20/01/2013 01:40:59 AM 1203 Views
Nah, more like me cutting this short. - 20/01/2013 02:30:28 AM 1225 Views
Everyone has their own coping mechanisms. - 20/01/2013 10:09:02 PM 1524 Views
I'm sorry, Trolloc, but I had things to deal with to answer - 22/01/2013 06:36:15 PM 1837 Views
I'm as satisfied as I could possibly be. - 09/01/2013 07:39:35 AM 1381 Views
I thought it was fantastic - 09/01/2013 07:46:16 AM 1445 Views
My thoughts exactly *NM* - 16/01/2013 06:56:59 PM 570 Views
"Totally unimpressed" would be a hyperbole but... - 09/01/2013 06:53:20 PM 1432 Views
It was ok - 10/01/2013 01:09:52 AM 1249 Views
It just felt like they needed 3 more books to finish it up - 14/01/2013 03:58:57 AM 1222 Views
Yeah... and they had a totally legit reason to do it, too. - 14/01/2013 05:14:21 PM 1142 Views
I wouldn't go so far as to say TOTALLY, but I was not satisfied. - 14/01/2013 06:04:30 PM 1309 Views
I will say that the battle was well constructed in certain places - 14/01/2013 06:10:54 PM 1231 Views
Re: Anyone else totally unimpressed? - 18/01/2013 10:23:22 PM 1199 Views

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