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Summary: ...breaks faith with the Wheel of Time fans.
Review: Crossroads of Twilight is an incredibly poor installment in the Wheel of Time Series. There is no plot movement. No revelations. No action. Well, not exactly. There is the cute plot line concerning how well Birgitte fills out her pants! However, I would not want to appear negative. The book does contain hundreds of multi-page descriptions of women's dresses, skirts, cloaks, jewelry, general appearance and eye and hair color. Most of these descriptions do explain how the women need to twitch, pull, smooth out and fondle everything to keep it all in place. Sadly, none of it contributes to the plot. ...My recommendation is to skip Crossroads of Twilight....
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Summary: An Interesting Question
Review: I began reading the Wheel of Time about two years ago. I read straight from the beginning to the end in about two months and loved just about every minute of it. Granted there were parts in the later books that I spaced out through a bit and some of the Nynaeve/Elayne chapters could grate on my nerves, but I didn't have any real problem with those later volumes. I loved Winter's Heart. I've since re-read the series 3 times. Now we have Crossroads of Twilight. It's the first book in the series that I've actually had to wait for. I'm very disappointed. I mean honestly, the biggest event in Perrins story is the purchase of grain? Here's what I find curious though: am I dissapointed because the book is grossly inferior to the others or because I had undue expectations? Maybe I'll just have to re-read the series again with no expectations placed on this book and see how it fits in. Oh well. Maybe the next one won't take so long.
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Summary: Jordan, how far can you slip?
Review: Back a number of books ago, the Wheel of Time was rereadable. Now it is barely readable. It is not just that the plot doesn't advance; the characters don't develop. If you love page after page of woman sniffing, descriptions of dress color, and hands folded under the breast, this is for you. If not, it isn't.
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Summary: In a word..it [...]
Review: Nothing, and I mean absolutly nothing, happened. DO NOT waste your time or money. The Dragon Reborn, yeah you know, the guy who all this is about, has all of about 30 pages out of 700. If you like reading about how women worry about their dresses, nag about other people, or other stuff like that, this book is for you. Otherwise, reread something else. Very disappointed.
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Summary: Chiming in with a two
Review: The goal of Wheel Of Time is to be the longest book ever written. Unfortunately, it is a fruitless game because writing and publishing technology will make even longer books possible in future generations. Sorry Robert, your crown for longest book won't last very long. Robert Jordan spent a little bit more time on character development in this work. Unfortunately, when you have fantasy characters, the character development itself is going to be unreal. Really, what can Mat's love affair tell readers about life? Two people have visions and know they have to marry or the world will end. I am sorry, it really is not as good a vehicle for romance or character development. Political squabbling among witches really doesn't provide much insight on ideas either. Yes, if there are people who can blow up eachother with thoughts, then this might be how they behave. yawn. On the plus side, the work gives hope that there is some movement toward the alliances for the final battle. The book leaves the audience poised for a fast paced action book. Of course, the author might simply want to draw the audience into another couple 700 page treatises on fantasy character politics before we reach the end of the series.
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Summary: Down the drain...
Review: Up to Book 5 or even 6 this series deserved 5 stars. Since then, Jordan has dwelled too long on describing boring and prosy side plots over several chapters that should have gotten no more than a paragraph at the most! Back to the captivating descriptions and spellbinding narrative of the first books Robert, please!!
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Summary: Classic Jordan, but just an overlong prologue
Review: Much has already been said about this book, so I'll summarize my point here: There is insufficient plot and character development. Jordan essentially wrote 700 pages of prologue to his next book. Crossroads of Twilight could have set the stage while managing to tie up at least a few of the many loose plot threads in the series. It lacks any real direction or purpose, which makes for an unsatisfying reading experience.
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Summary: Long wait. Little worth.
Review: After reading through chapter after chapter of useless detail that failed to progress the plot, I was expecting something major to happen with Rand at the end to make it all worth it. What a disappointment! What a waste of money. I should have waited to buy this one used for 4 or 5 dollars. I thought book 9 was short on substance, but book 10 makes it look great!
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Summary: Indeed "Glacial Movement" is a perfect descriptor.
Review: The only highlight of this book is Mat trying to "court" Tuon and I got a chuckle. Perhaps because Mat is my favorite character although he is less of his sarcastic witty self than normal. Other than that nothing happens. I hate the parts dealing with Aes Sedai....incredibly boring and repetitive with no action. This makes up 500 pages of the book. I am glad I read the thing in Books-A-Million rather than pay money for it.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Although many people are bashing this book, I find it to be one of the best in the series. Many seem to think that nothing important happened in this book, but that is far from the truth. In Crossroads of Twilight, Robert Jordan brings to the reader the current situations of all the major characters in the story. Even though this takes 3/4 of the novel, it is necessary to bring the reader up to speed, and is also quite good. The last part of the book is fantastic, although it ends on quite a cliffhanger. It shows that Jordan is finally heading toward the Last Battle. Everything in the series is finally coming together. I, for one, cannot wait until the next book. Jordan has not lost his knack for writing, as some seem to think. This book will definitely attest to that.
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