Rating: 
Summary: Fair at best but probably needed due to the scope of work
Review: This book was fair at best. I think however that it was needed in light of the size of the story he created. Jordan may have created his own down fall by creating and tackling such a huge task. WOT is a major work and should be viewed as a whole. Unfortunately when 2-3 years pass between stories its hard to view as a complete work. I make it a point to reread the entire set before each new book so I can feel the continuity of the series. That being said I am disappointed by how little happened. The last two books feel like episodes of Friends to me. I say that because they're well written, nothing seems to REALLY happen in any one episode and this whole book wouldn't make 30 minutes of television. The issues that are discussed are left to be resolved later. We get to feel the backlash of the events of the last book. That was a nice touch to see that what happened WAS earth shattering and world changing. But it didn't develope past that point.
Rating: 
Summary: I WANT MY MONEY BACK
Review: I was the biggest Jordan fan, [but] he has managed to ruin what could have been an amazing series with the last few books. And this one is clearly the worst. It is basically a bunch of characters (90% of whom I don't even know much less care about) having conversations that, between the ridiculously redundant descriptions and interior monologues, average about two lines of dialogue per page. Its pretty amazing that he could write a 650 page book where NOTHING HAPPENS. NOTHING. The most exciting event is when a group ofcharacters...buys some grain. And...wait there's more...there are weavils in the grain!! Even for the most ardent Jordan fan, I consider myself one and thats why this hurts so much, this book is a colossul waste of time, and could have been condensed into a single chapter by anyone who hasn't completely lost touch with what made them good in the first place. And by the way, we get it: Men don't understand women, and women don't understand men. Jordan could have halved this series if he didn't say somehting to that effect every two sentences.
Rating: 
Summary: Stuck at the Crossroads, Stuck in Twilight
Review: ... Yeah, yeah, its a huge world and there are a lot of things going on, so it would be reasonable for plots and character development to take a little time. ... Yes, Two Rivers folk make good tobacco, Two Rivers wool is very stout, Two Rivers bows are lethal at a very long range. We don't need to hear that in book ten. ... The rebel witches spend all their time glaring or staring down there noses at one another. Rand gets 7 1/2 pages to do nothing but lead to another plot. ...
Book ten has Rand chill'n in a castle like nothing happened in 9. He's still hearing voices, and puking his guts out when he tries to use magic. Jordon led us to believe that he'd be ok once he made everything hunky dory for men to channel. ... Mat is off doing his thing, as is perrin, but they're supposed to being doing it for Rand right? ... Heck, they have people who can pop in and out at the drop of a hat, yet they don't communicate whatsoever. ...
OK, back to the it's a big world excuse... i've been reading Fantasy since I was at least 12, i'm 35 now and I'd like to think i've read some books with larger events and grander plots. ...
Sorry for being so long winded, but i'm mad.
Rating:
Summary: Marching in place...
Review: You will miss absolutely nothing by skipping this book. *Absolutely nothing*. I like 'background' very well in a storyline, but this is over 600 pages of background and not one thing changes by the end of the book. I will continue to use the library until Jordan produces something worth purchasing, and I recommend the same for others. Then again, maybe the fan sites will do their usual (excellent) summaries, in which case you'll save yourself time as well as frustration by skipping the book altogether and hoping for better in the next.
Rating:
Summary: Please, Mr. Jordan, get on with it!
Review: I resisted reading the Wheel of Time series for a number of years because I figured it for an over-hyped Tolkein rip-off. When I finally did read the first volumes, I was not ashamed to admit that I had been wrong. Robert Jordan writes beautifully, with great attention to detail and the world he has created, while not exactly original in many respects, is so absorbing and fully realised that it's hard to believe it doesn't exist somewhere. That being said, I have to agree with most of the other reviewers that _Crossroads of Twilight_ is the low point of this series (I actually liked book eight, which most people found pretty dull). AFter the events in _Winter's Heart_, a slow book in itself, I expected the plot to pick up a bit in volume ten and hoped that at least a few of the subplots -- like Faile's kidnapping -- might be resolved. That, sadly, was not to be. It's not that absolutely nothing happened, but what happened was so small and took so long to say that reading was almost a chore. It's as if Jordan has got bogged down in his sense of detail and used it to mask the fact that not much is going on. By this point in the series, I think we understand how Mat feels about women and how angry and frustrated Perrin is and how people feel about Asha'man and Aes Sedai; we don't need to have it pounded into out heads. Likewise, I think we understand that we're in a fantasy realm and the details of everybody's clothing and the drinking of spiced wine are not needed to reinforce the setting. The book starts with a 95 page "prologue" that I think could have been cut all together and the next 300 pages essentially say nothing but that everyone anywhere who can channel is aware of what Rand's doing at Shadar Logoth but no one knows what it is and everyone is freaking out. If that had been the prologue we could have started at page 100 and maybe gone somewhere interesting in 600 pages, but that didn't happen and it left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't mind whole books passing without dealing in detail with every major character. If Jordan had focussed on one or two and advanced their stories, I would have liked this book better. As it is, he just checks in with many of them and I wondered why he bothered. I am also beginning to be more than annoyed with the lack of communication between the characters. Rand cleanses the male half of the source and then doesn't tell anyone? Can you say, "Shooting yourself in the foot?" I think if anyone's going to survive Tarmon Gai'don, they'd better come down off their high horses, give up the idea that their own little cliques know what's best for the world and start talking. I give this book three stars because the writing is still above par and because I did enjoy each little bit, and because I can appreciate CoT as a vast chapter in a vast story. But I really think that to redeem himself RJ would be best advised to release book 11 within six months and have it be a rollicking good corker with plenty of action.
Rating: 
Summary: You know....
Review: I really enjoyed this book, despite all the negative reviews I'd heard prior to reading. Sure, there wasn't a great deal of action, but there were many interesting plot and character developments, and I still adore Jordan's writing style. Descriptive, but not overly so. (And to anyone who disagrees--try reading anything by Dennis L McKiernan, THEN tell me CoT has too much description). Overall, this book was a turning point in the series, and I think readers can look forward to more faced-paced books in the future.
Rating:
Summary: How long does it take
Review: Book 10, as many other reviews have state, goes nowhere. There is little or no forward movement. Maybe this book is meant to be a turning point, however, I found that with all of the conspiricies, plot points and characterizations, there seems to be too much going on to take it all into account when trying to finally tie up this book. I am willing to bet that 1/2 of the content that was discussed in this book will not be utilized in the coming novels. The story is a good one, but almost 700 pages without any significant action does not make a good read. I read it in two days because I skipped over many paragraphs. There is only so many times, you need to hear about a particular trait of a character. Robert Jordan uses far too many characters and spends too much time on developing them instead of focusing on the main characters. It was dissapointing and I am probably not going to buy any more of his novels. If he reads these comments, he needs to really get out of his ditch and start putting this great story to good use. I didn't love the book, I didn't even like it. The only reason I read it was to find out if anything happens at the end to make it worth it, like the end of Book 9. I was dissapointed.
Rating:
Summary: George Lucas...........what did you say?
Review: I am disappointed to say that Robert Jordan has fallen toward the dark side. What is it with writers today, have they all sold out? This series used to be one of my favorites until about book nine, since then it has all been down hill. There was absolutely no plot development in this installment. No major deveopments, just planning and rationalizing past devlopments, save your money on this one folks nothing worthwhile happens here!
Rating:
Summary: Don't Bother
Review: Since his terrific start in this series Jordan has generally gone downhill with the plot dragging on and on. In volume nine, however, he did recapture some of his storytelling abilities and, with his normal style, provided a huge and exciting finish. His latest endeavor, however, fails to move the plot along to any reasonable degree. The situation with Perrin and Faile has hardly changed. Ditto for Elayne. The Mat and Tuon relationship could have been handled in a few paragraphs, Rand is almost missing from this volume, and the marvelous feat accomplished by Rand and Nynaeve in volume nine was hardly even recognized. If this work were condensed into about two to three chapters it might be a good start for a book.
Rating:
Summary: SKIP IT!
Review: While I love the series, this book is an absolute waste of time and money. Save your money for a series where something is actually happening and you don't finish several hours worth of reading feeling like you just got ripped off. Anyone who read Winter's Heart will have no trouble with Book 10...assuming it actually has a plot.
| 
