- Sanderson continues to do a very good job with the imposing task he was given.
- It's a good book, a compelling read, a solid installment in the series.
- It's nice to see the characters finally maturing, accomplishing things, working together, and getting along.
- However, there's perhaps a bit too much of that. I like it, but it seems a bit too pat to me. Jordan didn't write characters standing around camp fires singing Lean On Me very often. His characters were frequently unreasonable. And these are still his characters . . . still, we had to work toward the ending eventually and this is satisfying.
- Sanderson is working very quickly and effectively, keeping up with his own projects while making deadlines on The Wheel of Time stuff too. But . . . his prose lacks a little something that Jordan's had. I like the way Sanderson brings pieces together, ties up loose ends, and gets things done. I don't mind an occasional typo. But the split infinitives and unglamorous grammar wore on me in this book, especially when an educated person was speaking in an otherwise rather highbrow fashion. Minor complaint but not insignificant, to me.
- Finally, I'd rather laugh with Mat than at him, wish the author had dialed that back a bit.
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