I read the books when they were coming out in the late 90s, and am currently doing an audio-book re-read, just starting Knife of Dreams. It's been almost ten years since AMOL came out and I hadn't touched the franchise during that time, so it's almost fresh.
I'm an absolute Wheel of Time junkie, and I've read and listened to the whole series more times than i can remember. It's comfortingly familiar now, but so richly detailed that i can always get something new out of it.
I'm enjoying it! I can't wait to see how the whole thing ends. Some parts are pretty sloggy though. I find it hard to remember what everyone is up to as well.
Yeah, you're at a bit of a slow point in the series, but it picks up again very soon. My biggest problem was always remembering all the Aes Sedai and their various comings and goings. I'm slightly too lazy to take notes though.
You're definitely at the end of the slog, imho. Post-Knife of Dreams, everyone starts to "come together" again, and plots start to pay back off. At the time I read them, I remember being very irritated by how much things had sprawled out and how many minor characters I was expected to keep track of. Now, I find it sort of mesmerizing and fascinating that RJ decided to do things that way.
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