Much of my complaints and good points have already been covered by others, but will post them anyways.
- I swore some of Min's readings of Egwene said she would be Amyrlin for a long time, so I was quite shocked by her death. It has been a long time since I did a re-read, so I am quite sure I simply remembered them wrong
- After Gawyn and Galad both failed to kill Demondred, I thought for sure Mat would be the one to finish him. I figured it would be fitting since he whooped both their asses with his staff way back when. So with his fox medallion, his ashenderi he would go pwn Demondred to show that a staff was better than a sword. Oh well, was happy to see Lan rape face
- As everyone has already mentioned, the sudden ending of Fain. Bleh whatever
- HATED the shit with Rand and the DO. The stupid what-if visions got really old really quick. I thought the ending with them was fine, but felt the build up was quite lame.
- Would liked to have seen Rand rape some face with the One Power in the actual battles some more before he went to face off with the DO.
- Was shocked by Birgitte's death, but knew almost immediately she would be summoned with the horn. Her death just seemed to quick for some reason.
- The Sharran's was odd. I recall thinking way back in the early books that even though they were separated by that huge wall or whatever, they should still be affected by the DO and all that since they are still part of the world. So it seemed odd that Jordan even mentioned them and then were just sort of not explored. Suddenly bringing them in felt a bit...off and forced I guess
- My favorite scene may very well have been when Rand and Mat met up, one upping each other. That made me smile
- For some reason I thought Moiraine would end up being Amyrlin. Cadsuane seemed too old, but I suppose that is fitting as well
Overall just really happy with the book. Some minor complaints but I really don't think I imagined it to be much better.