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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 2348 Views
I couldn't disagree more - 09/01/2013 05:32:41 AM 1311 Views
I enjoyed the book as entertainment - 09/01/2013 05:47:22 AM 1273 Views
I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 09/01/2013 06:14:25 AM 1109 Views
You missed what was being conveyed. *NM* - 18/01/2013 08:16:50 AM 554 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 11:01:11 AM 973 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 11:03:36 AM 1013 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 01:47:48 PM 1088 Views
I had extremely low expectations, which I guess were sort of met. - 09/01/2013 06:12:05 AM 1351 Views
You don't have to worry about continuations of WoT - 09/01/2013 07:24:55 AM 1143 Views
People change their minds... *NM* - 09/01/2013 01:48:33 PM 551 Views
Mine weren't, even with the low expectations - 09/01/2013 05:04:07 PM 1468 Views
I don't remember you being such an arrogant prick years ago on WoTmania - 11/01/2013 05:28:07 AM 1160 Views
Pardon, but I don't even recall who you are *NM* - 11/01/2013 08:39:54 AM 616 Views
You are a... - 18/01/2013 08:21:54 AM 1109 Views
Uh... - 18/01/2013 12:19:13 PM 1126 Views
Rather... - 18/01/2013 09:11:11 PM 1089 Views
Why does any of this matter to you? - 18/01/2013 10:35:18 PM 1185 Views
Oh sure... - 19/01/2013 06:43:19 AM 998 Views
No, not quite - 19/01/2013 08:57:47 AM 1051 Views
LoL @ Larry - 19/01/2013 09:21:13 PM 973 Views
Ummm.... - 19/01/2013 10:05:30 PM 1039 Views
That was a dodge. - 20/01/2013 01:40:59 AM 1038 Views
Nah, more like me cutting this short. - 20/01/2013 02:30:28 AM 1035 Views
Everyone has their own coping mechanisms. - 20/01/2013 10:09:02 PM 1348 Views
I'm sorry, Trolloc, but I had things to deal with to answer - 22/01/2013 06:36:15 PM 1649 Views
I'm as satisfied as I could possibly be. - 09/01/2013 07:39:35 AM 1212 Views
I thought it was fantastic - 09/01/2013 07:46:16 AM 1234 Views
My thoughts exactly *NM* - 16/01/2013 06:56:59 PM 496 Views
"Totally unimpressed" would be a hyperbole but... - 09/01/2013 06:53:20 PM 1237 Views
It was ok - 10/01/2013 01:09:52 AM 1086 Views
It just felt like they needed 3 more books to finish it up - 14/01/2013 03:58:57 AM 1035 Views
Yeah... and they had a totally legit reason to do it, too. - 14/01/2013 05:14:21 PM 967 Views
I wouldn't go so far as to say TOTALLY, but I was not satisfied. - 14/01/2013 06:04:30 PM 1097 Views
I will say that the battle was well constructed in certain places - 14/01/2013 06:10:54 PM 1054 Views
Re: Anyone else totally unimpressed? - 18/01/2013 10:23:22 PM 1046 Views

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