Rating: 
Summary: Terrible!!!!
Review: I was completely amazed at how very little Jordan actually developed the plot in this book. In seven hundred pages Jordan progressed the development of his series by only a few days!!!! Nothing changed from the end of the last book. No action took place and the main characters actually did not accomplish a single goal. In fact, you would not miss anything by skipping this book altogether and waiting for the next. Given his last several books I would strongly suggest that those desiring to discover the outcome of the series should get each of the final books at the library when they come out, find a nice couch in the facility, and read the last couple of chapters. You will not miss anything whatsover by doing so. In fact, you could skip this book altogehter and read the summary provided by others and you will not miss a thing!!I would give this book zero stars if that was a possible choice. While I have read all ten books to this point, I am certain that I will not read another!
Rating: 
Summary: He Did It Again --- And Worse
Review: Nothing happened in this book. I was more or less pleased with book nine, but this was little more than a few inches of fluff between nice shiny covers. In book nine, it took a while, but the plot progressed. Rand cleansed saidin of the power, and I was eagerly anticipating what he would do with it in the next book (this one). The Asha'man would have greater freedom and not be so villafied as word spread of the great happenings. But Crossroads doesn't even catch up to where Winter's Heart ended until around page 400! We don't read anything about Rand until well past chap. 20, and he takes up less than a chapter. The only really interesting part of the book involved Mat's steadily changing relationship with Tuon, his foretold wife-to-be who coincidentally is the future head honcho of the Seanchen. I loved reading about him and his half-battles with her. But he always seemed to lose, which is another problem with Jordan's books. Mat, Egwene, Elayne, even Rand and especially Perrin are allowing everybody to walk all over them. It seems like the author wants to undo what his characters accomplished in earlier books. It certainly seemed that way to me.
It could be said that yes, in fact, this book sets us up for book eleven beautifully. Unfortunately, it takes over 600 pages to do so. We dont get anything new at all; it seems like the text is just cut and pasted from earlier novels and Jordan changed a letter or to. It wasn't quite as bad as some critics say it was, but it was a disappointment. Read it anyway, though, its better than nothing and it did have the writing we all know and love. It also left me wanting to read book eleven...
Rating: 
Summary: Just too many plots now
Review: The first half of this book could be called "Meanwhile..." because it describes what everyone else was doing while Rand took care of things at the end of Winter's Heart. The second half may be called "To be continued..." because it sets up for some interesting events in the next book. A good thing because not too much of note happens in this book. Unfortunately, there are now just too many characters and storylines for anyone to pull together into a nice tight book. So instead we get chapters and chapters of people smoothing their skirts, wondering what everyone else is up to, and getting into position for the next book. So why three stars? Because this book is the turning point. This book is the calm before the storm. This book has the opening moves of the last battle. At least I have to hope so. At 10 books in, I plan on reading the rest of them and believe this book points at an exciting conclusion. Besides, I've got to read something until the next Song of Ice and Fire book comes out.
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Summary: Crossroads of Twilight
Review: Very disapointing. RJ has created an incredible world with characters who the reader cares about. However, he has written himself into a corner. Rather than tying off subplots and starting new ones, he continues to expand the old and create the new. Almost 700 pages covers less than 6 weeks of time. Also, there is not one major battle scene, something RJ is especially good at creating and describing.
Rating: 
Summary: Good read, but could be better
Review: I enjoyed this book much more then books 6-8. Although nothing major was accomplished, all characters were active, not just sitting around talking. Also, there was much less "All men are lazy and do nothing but gossip", "All women need a man to protect them and tell them what to do" and "I know he's the Dragon Reborn, but he'll never win the last battle if I don't teach him what to do". There was still some of that nonsense though. Like I said, the book was more interesting then normal, and faster paced. It just left me a little disappointed when nothing big had happened at the end. If he had ended (or even advanced) one major storyline (White tower war, Faile's capture, Mat's marriage, Seanchan war, etc) this book could easily have gotten 5 stars.
Rating:
Summary: Much to do about nothing
Review: In each installment in this series less has happened, but more has been said about it. That trend has reached its pinacle in this book. Want to know how it ends? Exactly as it started. The plot is not advanced even a little. All of the exciting plot points that have been hinted at in all of the previous books were hinted at again, but not developed any further. This is litterally this case this time, reviews panned book 9 for "not enough happend" but at least something happend. In this book nothing did. If you skipped this book completely and just read the next one you wouldn't have missed a thing. So, save your money. If you must re-read book 9, remind youself how frustratingly slow that book was. Take note of how little actually happend in the story. Notice once more how the orignial book's three or four main characters has been expanded to a host of who-cares? extras. If after doing that you still must read this book, goto your local library and read this for free. Believe me you'll only read it once, and you aren't going to want to have it sitting around when your done.
Rating:
Summary: God awful doesn't even come close...
Review: I have been in love with the series ever since I cracked open book one when I was only in 8th grade. I even wrote my senior thesis in my Honors English course on it. I have given it such a great deal of praise that I have forced everyone I know to read them, some despite their initial feelings that Jordan sepnds far too long in developing detail instead of plot. This book, however, has given me cause to erase Jordan from my library. The plot-line, if one can be said to exist, moves at the speed of a special-olympics hurdler. I was actually ashamed to be seen holding the thing for such long periods of time. For the remainder of the series, I found myself unable to put the books down, until I finished just a few more pages. This one, however, made me look for every excuse, including cleaning the bathroom, not to have enough free time to read it. I believe Jordan may have a chance for redemption with his next book, but from my view, it appears that he is trying to stretch them out to come to the dreaded number 13, even though the plot should only fill 10.
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Summary: Character development? What character development?
Review: I won't even bother to say the plot goes nowhere, since this has already been stated in detail. But I have to say how tired I am for Jordan's weak excuse for characterization. Angry and irritable = grinding of teeth, anxious = smoothing of skirts, etc. This repetitive use of the same behaviors supposedly describing emotion is tedious and lazy. I read this book in record time because I had to skim it or begin grinding my own teeth!
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Summary: Anthropology???
Review: I felt like I was beating my head against a wall. I love the series and think Robert Jordan is brilliant, but this book didn't go anywhere. How much politics and court intrigue are we expected to read? This is supposed to be a fantasy novel, not an anthropolical study. It is one thing to give back story while elegantly painting a picture of an alien world, it is entirely another thing to give us a blow by blow examination of the governmental structures and their intricacies.
Where is the action and fantasy in this fantasy and action novel? I get enough political analysis watching the news, I don't want it in a Wheel of Time novel.
I'll read the remaining novels because I've already invested so much time and effort, but I'm prepared to complain a lot.
Rating:
Summary: the book of nothing
Review: Just what i needed another wheel of time book that goes nowhere and goes there very slowly. What a complete waste of my time to have read this book. I will save you the trouble of reading it by saying you will know no more at the end then you do now.
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