I agree that it's got some problems, some of them fairly glaring. And I was wary after reading Sanderson's other work - he is not Jordan caliber. But enough of it was Jordanlike and familiar that that I was just really happy to have it and to experience some long-awaited forward motion in the series.

I remember thinking during the zenith of Jordan's quality writing phase, "This is just so good. What if he dies before he finishes? I think I'll go insane." It was just one of those hypotheticals that you spare only a percentage point or two of probability. But lo, he did. Obviously I want Jordan's finish to this series, not somebody else's. But I can't have it. So the other options are somebody else or nothing. Nobody else is Jordan so naturally it won't be quite like him. And it won't be as good. But I'd rather have that and get some resolution than never know how it ended. I felt Sanderson used the existing characters and plotlines well enough to put me back in that world, which is all I wanted. I squint here and there to get around the fumbly initial writing and the Hinderstraps and Mats and Forsaken deaths and mountaintop epiphanies of the world and feel pretty good about it overall.

As for re-reading, there are some books earlier in the series I have no interest in reading again either - starting with #7 or #8 maybe and not picking back up until KoD. As many have noted, the series lost its way and got constipated. So at that point, while it was so sad to have lost the magic, I cut my losses and just wanted him to wrap it up. That's still what I want. Move the ball forward, get to TG, and let's fight and resolve things. If Sanderson can write just well enough to get that done, I'll be satisfied given the not ideal situation we find ourselves in.