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Summary: Has Robert Jordan used 'Compulsion' on us??
Review: I gave this two stars ONLY because it is The Wheel of Time and I dearly love the characters and the world that Robert Jordan has created. But this book does absolutely nothing. There is nothing in here that is exciting or new. As other reviewers have noted, none of the characters do anything that move the story forward. Mat is still wishing he were at tavern with a plump girl on his knee, Perrin is still a once-noble blacksmith who can't think about anything but his wife - ever, Elayne is still not really doing anything but hanging out with Birgitte and Aviendha, and Egwene just has a headache. This is starting to make me feel as if Jordan is only after our money. I can picture him sitting at a computer somewhere, typing words without even thinking about them, and cackling madly as his bank account grows. He's hooked us and now he is stringing us along. I suspect he has been doing that for two or three books now, but the Crossroads of Twilight make it completely obvious. If you are a diehard Jordan fan, then read it - it's a good way to spend that hour before you go to bed (as you will have no trouble getting to sleep), but if you are all ready tired of this series then don't bother - this book will only irritate you.
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Summary: Can I have my money back?
Review: I'm still wondering what the point of this book was? You know plot, climax? I always wondered if you could write 500+ pages about nothing. It's like a Seinfeld that's not FUNNY!
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Summary: Crossroads of Disappointment
Review: This book was a major disappointment. I have been a sci-fi/fantasy fan for many years, following this series faithfully, and this is the poorest example of Jordan's work to date. As another reviewer pointed out, I cannot decided whether Jordan's subplots have grown unmanageable even for him, or whether he is blatantly milking the patience of his loyal fans in order to maximize his profit. As you can gather from sampling the other reviews posted here, this book barely advances the plot of the series while introducing yet more minor and uninteresting characters into an already crowded subplot market. Nothing is resolved and more importantly, nothing new of any noteworthiness is even postulated. Instead we are inundated with already familiar cliche'd male/female character interactions and minor subplot variations, leaving the reader with a decidedly unsatisfied feeling. In my opinion, this book could have easily been combined with the previous installment, minus the subplot meanderings, and could have been released as one book several years ago. For those reviewers who defend this volume of drivel by saying that it is needed to create a "Tolkien-esque" feeling of scope, don't delude yourselves. Tolkien created far greater scope in a fraction of the words that Jordan has used so far. Jordan is barely in the same sport, let alone the same league as Tolkien. One can only hope that Jordan gets his act together and is able to finish this already over-extended series with some amount of credulity. Like other reviewers, I am now resigned to the fact that George R.R. Martin is the only game in town, since Terry Goodkind (not that strong to begin with) is also not worth reading any more.
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Summary: Shouldn't this be entertaining?
Review: Jordan has a gift for filling countless pages with completely uninteresting drivel, only to be capped with just enough excitement to leave you yearning for the next book.Now, he can proudly claim the former has conquered the latter. I forced my way through the novel, praying the "excitement" would emerge towards the end. It never did. Instead I spent most of my time reading about his 500+ insignificant characters and trying to recall their 2-yr absentee irrevelence. Reading this book was a supreme waste of time.
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Summary: Don't waste your time or money!
Review: I came into this series about 3 years ago and was hooked. Still am. But this book was a big disappointment and a big bore. Currently Im re-reading the series to see if I can find anything at all redeeming from this book. Nothing so far. Well the best suggestion I can make is to wait till book 11 comes out then get both book 10 and 11. So that way you avoid that sick depressing feeling of having to wait another 3 years till book 11 comes out. Save yourself the heartache.
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Summary: Crossroads of PMS
Review: This one should have been called "Crossroads of PMS." Everyone in it spends most of their time irritated, annoyed, peeved, frustrated, cross, vexed, deviled, and disturbed with everyone else in the novel. Once in a great while a character actually crosses the threshhold into outright anger, but they usually beat that impulse down, reminding themselves that getting angry would only serve to move the plot forward, something Jordan is bound and determined not to do at any cost. Can anyone doubt that at this point that Jordan is simply milking the series for every nickel he can? It has stopped being a series and is now a franchise. Unfortunately, that's not the way it was conceived from the beginning. At the beginning, we were promised a story that would stretch across all the novels. Stories have beginnings, middles, and ENDS. So Jordan is now locked into a middle of a story he doesn't want to end, because then the checks stop rolling in, too. I bought it, and read it, because the early novels hooked me and I can't let go. But each novel, while mildly satisfying, also leaves me feeling irritated, annoyed, peeved, frustrated, cross, vexed, deviled, and disturbed -- and yes, sometimes outright angry. It annoys me that Jordan is cheating me, and that I'm letting him cheat me. I'm 364 pages into the novel, and so far, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. I mean that literally, NOTHING. The plot has not moved forward one jot. Everything is still EXACTLY where it was at the end of the previous novel. I have had 364 pages of people bitching at each other, or thinking about bitching at each other, but no one has actually done anything. I've lost track, how many filler novels have there been in this series? Four? Five? Jordan still won't say how many are left. Since we were dumb enough to buy this one, he'll probably try again. And keep trying until sales start to slip, and then maybe he'll move the plot a bit to bring folks back. So, I'll read the next one, too, whenever it comes out. 2005? 2006? Who knows? But at this rate, the series' Final Battle may not arrive any sooner than our own.
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Summary: Fantasy trash
Review: I am not really surprised that I can not finish reading this book. I read books 1 thru 5 in 3 days or less. Books 5 thru 9 took 1 to 2 weeks ( Read them only when I had free time) Book ten appears to be written only for the author to make more money. I started reading the book as soon as it arrived (I Pre ordered it before publication) Last night I finally completed reading chapter 19. This morning I donated books 1 to 10 to the local library and I definitely will not purchase any further books in this series. Mister Jordon spends pages and pages going into great detail which has almost nothing to to with advancing the story. IT IS MY OPINION THAT, AFTER BOOK FIVE, HE WAS MOSTINTERESTED IN FILLING PAGES WITH NO THOUGHT TO THE STORY LINE. aT THIS POINT HE IS WRITING FOR MONEY NOT TO ENTERTAIN HIS READERS. I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANY SCI-FI/FANTASY READER. ON A SCALE OF -10 TO + 10, I WOULD RATE THIS BOOK AS A MINUS 10.
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Summary: Words fail me....
Review: ... but obviously not Jordan. I started reading this series MANY years ago, when WOT was a brand spankin' new book in a new series. I enjoy the sub-plots, and the insights into the minor characters, mostly because it allows us to learn about the main characters from others perspectives who inhabit the same world. That sad, a whole BOOK of these "insights" is just freaking ridiculous. The first four books were mostly about the main characters, because they hadn't touched the world like they do now, but even in books after the 4th, the "insights/sub-plots" were kept to at most, 1/3 to 1/2 of the pages of the book. This was good, because it allowed a good segway into other main characters exploits. To say I am extremely disappointed in this book would be a colossal understatement. I managed to grind about halfway through, and then reluctantly started page skimming for a brief overview of what was happening. This, from someone who as re-read the entire series every time a book is released, and sometimes while waiting for the new books -- I reckon that I've read the the first book alone, 15-20 times. The fact that I can re-read these novels multiple times, yet can't even find it in myself to get through a NEW book speaks volumes as to how truly bad this book is, in the scope of the rest of them. I will continue to buy the rest of the series, only because I've spent over a decade of my life reading these books. FYI -- I had a better time reading through the hundreds of one-star reviews of Crossroads of Twilight on amazon.com, than the hundreds of pages in the book.
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Summary: A total waste of good paper
Review: The book stinks!!! Nothing happens, time seems to have stopped. Makes me wonder why I have read it. A total waste of time, paper and money!!! The plot is boring. No battles have occured. Nothing! With Perrin whinning all the time and Egwene doing absolutely nothing!) the only interesting scene was the conversation between Rand/LT and Logain. The only good thing that happened was the appearance of Loial. Also the attack of the windfinders should have been discribed. It would have made the book much better. So I think there is no need to read the book at alll - just wait for the next book to come (if there is a next book). I really hope for a better book. CoT is worse than PoD. RJ can write much better.
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Summary: So near, yet so far.......
Review: Like so many of the faithful RJ fans, I eagerly awaited the release of COT, the 10th book in the series and had done reading it within 2 days of purchase. If I had to say one word to rate it - Disappointing!!!. Yes, in contrast to the last few books, he does deal with all the lead characters but as some reviewers have put down - there is no advancement in plot. In the published interview, RJ has said he hopes to finish this series in 2 more books - I just cannot see how that can happen without been a disappointment. But like so many others, I will keep waiting for the next one....
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