I think a lot of the issues with the Wheel of Time, is the pacing. I'll use this book as an example. It's slow, but methodically paced, and it has a big buildup towards the inevitable showdown set up at the end of the last book. Between Rand and another Aiel, and large amounts of the rising action are spent moving forward towards this event.

And then the event happens, and it's great, it feels like the climax. Around 3/4ths of the way through. You then have another 250 pages of the book. Don't get me wrong the last 4th of the book is tremendous, easily the best part. But the last fourth, felt disjointed, and should have been part of a separate book.

That being said and done, I still enjoyed this book, despite the negatives of this book, I enjoy reading it