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I'm finally on the final book of The Wheel of Time! I'm excited to see how the story ends. Since there are a number of Wheel of Time fans on here it seems, how did those who finished the books feel the books were after Brandon Sanderson took over? I personally like the books quite a bit, and I feel like it still feels like Wheel of Time. I get people's complaints about how Mat was handled, but I adjusted to it well after his first chapter.
I thought he did a solid job of wrapping up the series. I hate to say it but I don't know if Robert Jordan himself could have done better. I just wish some of the middle books had been merged into a few faster-paced books and we could have gotten to some of the plotlines introduced in Shadow Rising earlier Spoilers for last few books(Perrin hunting Slayer, Mat saving Moiraine etc). The middle is just too bloated and it does a disservice to the structure of the series, especially when the last book especially is so fast-paced. I was shocked at end of Memory of Lightsome of the major character deaths at the end - but that could have had more impact if the series had better pacing. What's especially sad is how Jordan had plans for Mat-centric novels after the main series that he never got to because the main series took so long. Also there are some interesting bits with Demandred Memory of Lightamassing the Sharan army by fufilling their prophecices planned in the last book that were cut at Harriet's request but were later included in an anthology called Unfettered - I haven't been able to read it myself but imagine if that had been included in, say, Lord of Chaos or Crown of Swords - because so much of what we see of the Forsaken in those books is boring and lame. Having a subplot where one of them is actually doing something would be great, and then Memory of Lightthe Sharan army wouldn't just come out of nowhere.

I think all in all it's a deeply flawed series but it had a ton of potential in the early books and I think Sanderson did a good job of finally completing it. Again I'll recommend reading the Adam Roberts reviews I linked to before because they're pretty hilarious (especially Winter's Heart).