A Memory of Light

I forgot I still had this book open....

In any case, I finished this book back at the end of March, and was very pleased with how it wrapped everything up. I remember spending maybe a week trying to decide if I really enjoyed the book as a book, or really enjoyed the fact that the series was finally over. Not that I didn't enjoy the series, just that I had been looking forward to a conclusion for many (many) years. I eventually decided that I really did like the book as a book.

Sanderson is a talented writer, no question. I've read all of his stuff thus far, and while his early writing is somewhat less interesting to me (I had to force myself to finish Elantris, for example), he's come a long way. He took everything that Robert Jordan had set up and knocked it all down. The only reason I gave it four stars instead of five is because I think he took some of the core characters and changed their personalities slightly. Some of the characters said/did/thought things that I don't know if they would have if Robert Jordan were still with us. Not necessarily to a bad result, just that there were small jarring moments like that.

All in all, a very, very satisfying conclusion that was a long time in coming.