Well there is certainly some truth to that. It's not so much that the books dry out as the pace getting very slow. Not very much happens in about three of the books, then suddenly the pace picks up again (almost as if RJ realised he wouldn't have time to write twenty books at the rate he was writing). So I'd say it's more of a lull than a drying out. Some people prefer the slower pace of the mid-series books but I didn't, and it's one of my few gripes about the series.
An example of what bugged me in Knife of Dreams in these spoilers, don't read if you don't want the story spoiled
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An example that really bugged me was Aram. For about three books he follows Perrin around, loyal to a fault, then suddenly in Knife of Dreams he decides to kill Perrin, having been convinced he is a darkfriend. What?
Couldn't RJ have spent those three books describing Arams fall into Masema's grip? I really get the feeling that RJ, knowing he didn't have long to live, decided to wrap up some loose ends, and did so in a manner which was completely inconsistent with his previous writing.
Perhaps I'm being unfair, but that particular sub-plot really struck a negative chord with me. Don't get me wrong, I still love the series, but I wish I could reach back in time to ask RJ to re-write that one.
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