Finished the Wheel of Time. Long with Massive spoilers within.

I've never read a series of this length in my life. I mean, I guess there are few that are even in the vicinity of 14 books. The closest for me is the Dark Tower followed by A Song of Ice and Fire and then the first three books of Dune. But man, something about the Wheel of Time gripped me for all of the gripes I have like overly repetitive character ticks like smoothing skirts, introducing too many characters to keep up with at times, and plodding pace at times in particular when Egwene is a prisoner of the Tower and marshalling the Aes Sedai. The world is absolutely massive with rich lore in every single location with a ton of it not really directly addressed in the main line story which I enjoyed because it felt like we shouldn't experience every single important piece of lore directly. It was like hearing stories about far off lands. The action was intense especially as we got to the last Battle and people, important people mind you, were dying. Most of them were handled well with the exception of Siuan. A character of her caliber and importance dying basically out of the blue felt a little disrespectful of her role in the series but by the same token, I know the lesson was that in the middle of war anything and everything is possible even less dramatic ways of killing off beloved characters. God, it's just wild to think that the entire main journey is done now. I thought I was going to stop during what people consider the slog but I actually really enjoyed most of it and then once you get to book 11, the pace picks up and so much meaningful stuff happens. I'm sad now that it's done. Feels like I'm not going to be hanging out with a group of my friends and family any more. But it was an incredible ride that I can't wait to revisit a few years down the road. I only wish that Robert Jordan had been able to see it through to the ending. It reads like he basically did in his notes and outlines he provided for Sanderson but he deserved to see the public embrace his magnum opus fully himself because it's one truly a fitting ending to the story. It seemed impossible that it would be but I'll be damned if I didn't end with a smile wishing I could see what Rand would get up to now that he's freed of the yoke of being the Dragon Reborn. I only wish I could forget it all and start again on another turning of the Wheel. Maybe a video game gets it right and tosses us thousands of years to the future when man forgets why the Dark One is sealed away and starts the process again. submitted by /u/YesImKeithHernandez [link] [comments]

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