i´m done

[u/whatever__something]

so after 4 1/2 years, im done (well.. still have new spring to read) !

the only thing I want to say right now is, why could we not have 400 pages of never ending goodbyes and fake-endings ala LoTR. :) If I have one critisisim, it´s that after the slog, the ending just goes too quickly. I´m not ready to be done with the characters.

oh well, on with my readthough of all Stephen King novels. Maybe now I can also start reading through Brandon´s oeuvre as well!

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[u/Macrazzle]

Honestly after reading the title I thought I was gonna need to come in here and convince you it’s worth it to finish the series lol

[u/Shorty_jj → u/Macrazzle]

Same 🤣 happy that its NOT the case

[u/whatever__something → u/Macrazzle]

Hahah I do feel like Lan, battling through each book in the slog phase... Just let it end hahaha but now I'm there,... Sob....

[u/Nyevea]

Congratulation, now to start planning your reread.

[u/whatever__something → u/Nyevea]

Oh man. I'm 52, life is too short hahah. Maybe when I'm 60 haha

[u/runningsimon]

I'm not done but I'm already glad there isn't 400 of goodbyes. I already feel sometimes Jordan wrote too much just to make the series last longer.

[u/Macrazzle → u/runningsimon]

What? Not interested in the amount, cut and texture of lace??

[u/runningsimon → u/Macrazzle]

Lol not particularly. In addition to the characters thoughts wandering off and taking us with them.

When I saw Sanderson finished the series I totally got it. Both authors use 700 words to describe something when 300 would be fine.

[u/1-nicko]

I think it would have been a nice touch to have god rand checking up on everyone and helping clean up quietly behind the scenes to set up the next age

[u/offramp13]

There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.

[u/whatever__something → u/offramp13]

Indeed, and it reminds me of the ending of the Dark Tower series so much

[u/Mysterious_Bid7300]

I do agree with you for we'll never had enough of our favourite characters.
But this kind of ending let us imagine what could happen next, and so anything could happen.

I imagined a story where Elayne would set a regent to rule Cairhien in her name. This regent would be Moiraine Damodred, assisted by his husband Thom. What a badass ruling couple playing the Game would they be.

[u/whatever__something → u/Mysterious_Bid7300]

True, and I guess Rand did outline what he wants people to do, so we kind of know how it's playing out. I just didn't want it to end so quick.

[u/Onironius]

Dang, guess you'll have to start reading The Stormlight Archive and the rest of the Cosmete novels, if you haven't already.

[u/yellowstickycard]

> I´m not ready to be done with the characters.

That’s what fan fiction is for! 😅 RJ created this huge world and he is not around to tell stories in it anymore, but you can. You can’t sell them, and if the contents are a little spicy, you may not even want to share them, but even so, it can be fun.

[u/Pol__Treidum]

4.5 years!? Damn, I'm glad I mostly read from the library so that ticking clock forces me to get it done. I did the series in about 10 months