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It was everything I hoped for. Finishing this series feels a lot like how I imagine Frodo felt coming our of the fires of Mount Doom uttering "It's done." My heart and my brain were completely wrung out, but my god it was so worth it. My jaw was on the floor for pretty much the entire book. Well done Brando Sando, and RIP Robert Jordan. Your brain child of a world has captivated many and I can't wait to revisit it in the future. <3

davideatssharks's review against another edition

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5.0

After a year of nearly constantly reading a Wheel of Time book, it's strange for the journey to end. I'm not very sure how I feel. This was a great book though, and one of the greatest fantasy series of all time. I almost feel like I need to start a reread soon.

jaepingsu's review against another edition

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4.0

Finishing this series definitely feels like a big relief after so much time invested in it, and having this as a reminder as to how interesting the characters and stories could actually be at times when not bogged down by hundreds of pages where nothing happens. The last 200 pages or so of this were pretty hard to put down and so many huge things happen there. It felt a bit slapdash at times, but at this point in the series I'll take that over an agonizing 800 pages of nothing happening like some of the previous entries.

Overall, I'm really satisfied with how everything wrapped up, but also just glad it's over finally.

spider_ring_wars1's review against another edition

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5.0

Very Minor flaws, but a perfect ending nonetheless

adevrieze's review against another edition

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4.0

And DONE. I had a really difficult time putting this down to go to bed each night as I read. The constant changing focus kept me in suspense the whole time. This was a terrific series and like most good things, I'm a little sad to see it end.

jflatnote's review against another edition

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5.0

It is really important to acknowledge up front that Brandon Sanderson is not Robert Jordan (being two different people and all). His writing style is different. The worlds he has created are different.

I also have to admit that in spite of his success with the previous two books, I put off reading this last book for more than a month because I really had doubts about how Sanderson would pull it all off. I am somewhat ashamed to say that after the

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grand, tragic, and somewhat abrupt

ending

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that didn't turn out the way I thought that it ought

, I had several days of "that isn't the way that Robert Jordan would have done it. Sanderson has gone and messed it up."

To be honest, though, the problem was not Brandon Sanderson. He pulled off this last book wonderfully. I really wonder if Robert Jordan could have pulled it off better, or would even have pulled it off at all. In all likeliness we would have gotten another seven volumes out of the deal as Jordan tried to pull all the loose ends together. The problem that I had with this last book, if there was any, was entirely in myself.

I spent almost two thirds of my life reading the Wheel of Time series. I picked up a free copy of the first bunch of chapters from Eye of the World from a display on the counter next to the register at Walden Books when I was 13. The next 19 years were spent waiting for books to come out. I would wait the year or so for a next book to be released, spend some every larger portion of babysitting money or allowance (but eventually spawning into years of summer jobs, college jobs, and even a career) the day a new book came out, stay up reading in a 24 or 36 hour marathon, and then be left waiting again.

The process probably wouldn't seem worth it, except that each book left me a little changed - some new piece of me, of experience, that I hadn't had before. I grew up with those books. The characters became friends, and their struggles became my own worries, sometimes left to fester for years before a new book came out and they were resolved, or not.

The problem with the last book had nothing to do with Brandon Sanderson or Robert Jordan or even the

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particularly tragic deaths of many of those friends I had followed for much of my life, and the

ending. The problem with the last book was that it was the last book.

tommyokeefe's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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