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A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
2.5
I wanted to love this so bad!
This series started out as overhyped imo but as I read more books, the more the world, characters, and mystery managed to draw me in. I learnt very early on that the final book/s had been written by a different author, Brandon Sanderson, whose work I have previously found very underwhelming but I read review after review claiming that Sanderson's ending was one I would most likely enjoy. When I finally got to his books, the series had grown so much and I'd come to love so many of the characters AND I truly found myself enjoying books 12 & 13. The pacing was still slow, but it was also a staple of the series so I didn't see much issue with it. Getting to book 14, this book, the issues this creates finally comes to a head. Some storylines felt well paced, and the battle itself I did truly enjoy. Just, the more I time I ruminate on my thoughts and feelings on the final book, the more I find myself disappointed in what we got.
So many storylines were rushed, but the worst was just how many were completely abandoned. There's MANY characters we never see or hear from again and I can't help but consider that Jordan wouldn't have made this mistake. Specific storylines we've been waiting for BOOKS to come to a head and felt dragged to death in book 12 & 13 were unceremoniously thrown at us and then we're immediately dragged on to the next plot point.
I end up feeling kind of disappointed with the series as a whole, and I HATE saying that. I spent so many hours buying, reading, talking about, and loving these books and to have the final few ruin that for me feels soul crushing. I don't HATE this. I just think the way in which so many people reassured me it was good and how I hyped it up in my own mind set me up for failure. I hope on a reread I can be kinder to the series but right now I don't even want to pick up the prequel.
This series started out as overhyped imo but as I read more books, the more the world, characters, and mystery managed to draw me in. I learnt very early on that the final book/s had been written by a different author, Brandon Sanderson, whose work I have previously found very underwhelming but I read review after review claiming that Sanderson's ending was one I would most likely enjoy. When I finally got to his books, the series had grown so much and I'd come to love so many of the characters AND I truly found myself enjoying books 12 & 13. The pacing was still slow, but it was also a staple of the series so I didn't see much issue with it. Getting to book 14, this book, the issues this creates finally comes to a head. Some storylines felt well paced, and the battle itself I did truly enjoy. Just, the more I time I ruminate on my thoughts and feelings on the final book, the more I find myself disappointed in what we got.
So many storylines were rushed, but the worst was just how many were completely abandoned. There's MANY characters we never see or hear from again and I can't help but consider that Jordan wouldn't have made this mistake. Specific storylines we've been waiting for BOOKS to come to a head and felt dragged to death in book 12 & 13 were unceremoniously thrown at us and then we're immediately dragged on to the next plot point.
I end up feeling kind of disappointed with the series as a whole, and I HATE saying that. I spent so many hours buying, reading, talking about, and loving these books and to have the final few ruin that for me feels soul crushing. I don't HATE this. I just think the way in which so many people reassured me it was good and how I hyped it up in my own mind set me up for failure. I hope on a reread I can be kinder to the series but right now I don't even want to pick up the prequel.