great series

A fitting end to an era in Fantasy. Brandon Sanderson does great justice to the name of Robert Jordan in this final instalment. As usual, despite the large cast of characters, they are nicely balanced out, and we never lose track of what they are up to; even the minor characters at the very least are given a decent conclusion. The main characters themselves nicely bring the final threads together during the last battle, although the very end felt a little lukewarm. Still, this is an end to a true epic.

This finale is not bad, and it mostly wraps up this overlong series. You'll read it anyway if you've read the rest. I'm one of those who might say to someone just starting "Just read the first 5 or 6 books. Trust me." Sanderson did a good job, but IMHO Jordan kept creating new peoples unnecessarily once he got the important parts set up. The Kin and the Shaido really don't figure in the Last battle and the Windfinders and even the Seanchan don't seem to justify the hundreds of pages of set up given to them. The first half of this book is basically Trollocs stumbling through 3 similar narrowed battlefields to be slaughtered by odd mixtures of our heroes who suffer casualties from the sheer multitude of Trollocs. It does get better in the second half. At least it's over now. I'll reread the books in this series I actually enjoyed (maybe skipping some parts) someday.

I was disappointed. It was a long, terrific series and the end kind of left me feeling flat....as though I wanted more to really find out what happened after the author ended his quest for the end. Nonetheless, if you've read all the others, this one is a must if only to finish what you've begun.

I got tired of waiting for the library to put this book in circulation so just went ahead and bought it. It is an amazing read with lots of none stop action.

A good book, its obvious two authors have a hand in this book and it does drag at times. Considering Ive been reading the series since '92, Im glad its ended. I will admit the book does have its stellar moments and some that come right out of left field and smack you around a little bit. This title wont be in my top 5 favorites, but it also wont be dead last. It does wrap everything up pretty well, and it does leave the doors open for possible spin off books that Ive heard may be done.

A good book, not as good as the previous 13, but still not bad. I knew it had to mostly the Last Battle, but I had hoped for more personal development stories in the end. Kind of left it hanging, and since how Rand ended was in prophecy, the reader already knew how things were going to end. I will reread again to see if I missed anything.

The series is over. I've been reading it for almost 10 years and have loved it all the way through. Some people don't like the middle books 7-11 but I still enjoyed them. If you love the characters and the setting, you will love the end of the series as well. Brandon Sanderson did SUCH a good job of finishing the series. I cried, I laughed. Definitely worth finishing the series and reading this one.

Wasn't as good an ending for the incredibly long story as I had hoped for, but it could have been much much worse.

A fitting end to the series. Not a fan of the whole ages come and go and come again thing, since it implies a never ending circle where humans are trapped and doomed to make the same mistakes.. but still a good read.