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Originally Posted by Ervserver
Good to hear the series will continue, at least this book anyway. I've not read any these books but the better half has been having a cow since Jordan passed on
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This book will finish the series. Jordan was determined the next book would be the last, regardless of the length. Among other things, he had another series (SF this time) in planning that he
wanted to write, but had to complete WoT first.
The last couple of books he's been obviously moving the pieces around the board to set things up for the end game, and clearly planning to wrap up the series.
I held off on them for a while, because they got the sort of fanatical response that has always tended to put me off of books. But Tor issued the first half of the first book as a giveaway paperback, I read it in a slow afternoon, and liked it enough to buy more to see what happened next. These days I buy them in hardcover.
There isn't a lot that is truly original, but it's a complex and highly detailed world with well drawn characters, and Jordan had a knack for not going where you expected him to go. It was hard to guess what would happen next, because it was never the obvious thing. Jordan has also been able to keep multiple plot lines going simultaneously and keep it all straight, and has been able to craft unique voices for a number of major characters so you aren't normally confused about just who is talking.
When the last one is issued, I'll probably block out a few weeks and reread the series from the beginning. Too much of the earlier stuff has flown out of memory.
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Dennis