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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 2447 Views
I couldn't disagree more - 09/01/2013 05:32:41 AM 1384 Views
I enjoyed the book as entertainment - 09/01/2013 05:47:22 AM 1336 Views
I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 09/01/2013 06:14:25 AM 1174 Views
You missed what was being conveyed. *NM* - 18/01/2013 08:16:50 AM 595 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 11:01:11 AM 1035 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 11:03:36 AM 1070 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 01:47:48 PM 1146 Views
I had extremely low expectations, which I guess were sort of met. - 09/01/2013 06:12:05 AM 1449 Views
You don't have to worry about continuations of WoT - 09/01/2013 07:24:55 AM 1232 Views
People change their minds... *NM* - 09/01/2013 01:48:33 PM 585 Views
Mine weren't, even with the low expectations - 09/01/2013 05:04:07 PM 1553 Views
I don't remember you being such an arrogant prick years ago on WoTmania - 11/01/2013 05:28:07 AM 1232 Views
Pardon, but I don't even recall who you are *NM* - 11/01/2013 08:39:54 AM 655 Views
You are a... - 18/01/2013 08:21:54 AM 1170 Views
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Why does any of this matter to you? - 18/01/2013 10:35:18 PM 1268 Views
Oh sure... - 19/01/2013 06:43:19 AM 1066 Views
No, not quite - 19/01/2013 08:57:47 AM 1104 Views
LoL @ Larry - 19/01/2013 09:21:13 PM 1059 Views
Ummm.... - 19/01/2013 10:05:30 PM 1115 Views
That was a dodge. - 20/01/2013 01:40:59 AM 1112 Views
Nah, more like me cutting this short. - 20/01/2013 02:30:28 AM 1121 Views
Everyone has their own coping mechanisms. - 20/01/2013 10:09:02 PM 1416 Views
I'm sorry, Trolloc, but I had things to deal with to answer - 22/01/2013 06:36:15 PM 1729 Views
I'm as satisfied as I could possibly be. - 09/01/2013 07:39:35 AM 1277 Views
I thought it was fantastic - 09/01/2013 07:46:16 AM 1344 Views
My thoughts exactly *NM* - 16/01/2013 06:56:59 PM 525 Views
"Totally unimpressed" would be a hyperbole but... - 09/01/2013 06:53:20 PM 1326 Views
It was ok - 10/01/2013 01:09:52 AM 1153 Views
It just felt like they needed 3 more books to finish it up - 14/01/2013 03:58:57 AM 1116 Views
Yeah... and they had a totally legit reason to do it, too. - 14/01/2013 05:14:21 PM 1038 Views
I wouldn't go so far as to say TOTALLY, but I was not satisfied. - 14/01/2013 06:04:30 PM 1196 Views
I will say that the battle was well constructed in certain places - 14/01/2013 06:10:54 PM 1126 Views
Re: Anyone else totally unimpressed? - 18/01/2013 10:23:22 PM 1113 Views

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