Well, here is an addendum to my last lengthy WOT update. I recently finished _The Dragon Reborn_ (Book 3 of the never-ending series) and was sorely dissapointed. Not with the book, but with Jordan. It was obvious that the end of _Eye of the World_ was conclusive enough to serve as an ending to the whole thing if sales didn't pan out, and yet open enough to allow (some would say demand) sequels.

The end of _The Dragon Reborn_ was the same way. The ending was almost conclusive enough to make me say "I can stop reading now" until the last chapter. In that last chapter, which felt tacked on to me, Jordan rewrites some past history and basically says "Ha, fooled you!" about a very important point that had been developing through the first three books. Again, I think Jordan simply let things get away from him. There are some loose threads left undone at the end of Book 3, but with tighter plotting and less fluff in the first two books, this whole mess could have easily been wrapped up in three books.

But of course, the curse of the wife-editor and the influence of Lord Dollar made it impossible for Jordan to finish the book at this proper ending place.

Anyway, like a good lemming I immediatly set to reading Book 4. It's getting really dumb now, and it suddenly seems like Jordan is reaching for things to say, when before it seemed like he knew what he was doing.

Oh well.