Have you noticed that since book 5 or so, nothing happens in the first 500 pages of the book? Well book 10 takes it one step further; nothing happens in the last 200 either. The one factor that kept me reading The Wheel of Time to this point was the fact that each book ended with enough action to propel me through the next 500 pages or so of setup until I reached the climax of the next novel. I don't think this will be enought to get me through another novel, however. I may read Robert Jordan's series again one day, but I'll probably read the first 5 books and skip to the last one if I do. File this one under tedium and save yourself the trouble of reading it.