[zaphar]

I stopped reading at book 7. I refuse to pick them up again. I don't want to give money or energy to an author who can't finish. I refuse to start GoT for a similar reason.

I said to a friend when I stopped that he would die before he finished the series. I didn't think it would be as soon as it was but I happened to be right anyway.

Picking Sanderson to finish it was smart. He knows how be ruthless with a subplot

[newen]

Didn't he die while writing the final volume...

[zaphar]

I can't say. I have a lack of confidence that he could have kept it down to a final volume. It is of course impossible to say now. But his track record indicated that he was reluctant/incapable of finishing a subplot.

Did he intend to finish? Probably.

Was he capable of finishing? Previous work suggests not.

[saalweachter]

The final trilogy :-P