It seems kind of obvious that you have not and are here to troll.

It seems to me that most people that criticize the books haven’t really read or understood them. They complain about “useless” plots that do nothing but take up space (like the renegade Aiel and the kidnapping of Faile) that are actually ESSENTIAL to the plot of the entire series but do not pay off in the same book.

This shows you may need to re-read the books. The renegade Aiel served the purpose of essentially gathering up all able bodied people, tens of thousands of them, into one place. And then give them some quasi military training (follow orders without question). All of this was to get people in that region quickly…