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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 2114 Views
I couldn't disagree more - 09/01/2013 05:32:41 AM 1068 Views
I enjoyed the book as entertainment - 09/01/2013 05:47:22 AM 1006 Views
I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 09/01/2013 06:14:25 AM 868 Views
You missed what was being conveyed. *NM* - 18/01/2013 08:16:50 AM 402 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 11:01:11 AM 769 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 11:03:36 AM 772 Views
Re: I found the ongoing Trolloc killing a bit tedious. - 29/01/2013 01:47:48 PM 849 Views
I had extremely low expectations, which I guess were sort of met. - 09/01/2013 06:12:05 AM 1097 Views
You don't have to worry about continuations of WoT - 09/01/2013 07:24:55 AM 895 Views
People change their minds... *NM* - 09/01/2013 01:48:33 PM 404 Views
Mine weren't, even with the low expectations - 09/01/2013 05:04:07 PM 1218 Views
I don't remember you being such an arrogant prick years ago on WoTmania - 11/01/2013 05:28:07 AM 907 Views
Pardon, but I don't even recall who you are *NM* - 11/01/2013 08:39:54 AM 472 Views
You are a... - 18/01/2013 08:21:54 AM 860 Views
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Why does any of this matter to you? - 18/01/2013 10:35:18 PM 941 Views
Oh sure... - 19/01/2013 06:43:19 AM 746 Views
No, not quite - 19/01/2013 08:57:47 AM 809 Views
LoL @ Larry - 19/01/2013 09:21:13 PM 730 Views
Ummm.... - 19/01/2013 10:05:30 PM 801 Views
That was a dodge. - 20/01/2013 01:40:59 AM 791 Views
Nah, more like me cutting this short. - 20/01/2013 02:30:28 AM 786 Views
Everyone has their own coping mechanisms. - 20/01/2013 10:09:02 PM 1092 Views
I'm sorry, Trolloc, but I had things to deal with to answer - 22/01/2013 06:36:15 PM 1268 Views
I'm as satisfied as I could possibly be. - 09/01/2013 07:39:35 AM 955 Views
I thought it was fantastic - 09/01/2013 07:46:16 AM 992 Views
My thoughts exactly *NM* - 16/01/2013 06:56:59 PM 356 Views
"Totally unimpressed" would be a hyperbole but... - 09/01/2013 06:53:20 PM 980 Views
It was ok - 10/01/2013 01:09:52 AM 839 Views
It just felt like they needed 3 more books to finish it up - 14/01/2013 03:58:57 AM 793 Views
Yeah... and they had a totally legit reason to do it, too. - 14/01/2013 05:14:21 PM 729 Views
I wouldn't go so far as to say TOTALLY, but I was not satisfied. - 14/01/2013 06:04:30 PM 834 Views
I will say that the battle was well constructed in certain places - 14/01/2013 06:10:54 PM 811 Views
Re: Anyone else totally unimpressed? - 18/01/2013 10:23:22 PM 800 Views

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