Towers of Midnight

Just one more step to Tarmon Gaidon. I came in to the series pretty late. During my early twenties. In College, so I went through the first 9-10 books in one go., So, while there were characters that irritated me like Aviendha, Elayne, Nynaeve and Gawyn, I was never completely put off by the fact that nothing really happens in the books 5-11. Nevertheless, it is a relief to see most characters moving closer to resolution.In any case, no one is going to contemplate reading this book if they haven't read the first 12. If you have been with this series for years in some cases and decades in others, all you need is a little bit of validation that some end is in sight for you to go and buy this book. Yes, the end is in sight and this is a step in the right direction. That said, this is not Jordan, so as with any such change of guard, there are some clashes in style and some misses with plotting and continuity(Especialy with Tam). I am entirely satisfied with Sanderson's writing style. It is not Jordan, but Sanderson is good enough. The transition is sometimes seamless and jarring at others. But then, considering that I would have been happy with a wikipedia entry like precis of what happened in Tarmon Gaidon after Jordan's death, I can't help but be thriled that the series is now in more capable hands. That said, this book is definitely better than the Gathering Storm. Many charaters actually grow up finally and Tarmon Gaidon feels imminent. Now, I am going to shut up wait with bated breath for "A Memory of Light".

PS: By the way what do the Towers of Midnight represent? The Black Tower? Also, Asmodean's Killer's reveal is a big anticlimax