[Commonmind]

A sprawling 2000 page monster of death and destruction would do quite nicely; at least that would make up for the characterization slogs of the last few books.

It is quite funny, though, that even while I may have disliked the last few books, the Wheel of Time is still, in my humble opinion, one of the most believable epics I've read. In a lot of ways, I consider them speculative historical fiction, and in a sense they are more believable simply for the fact that they are, at times, not fast paced and exploding with dramatic and adventurous scenes throughout, but spend more time putting you into the environment, teaching you of its past and trying to give you insight into the mindset of all its character.