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Summary: This is a useful book for insomniacs...
Review: ...but probably dangerous for insomniacs who have depressive or sociopathic tendencies, as most people would probably rather kill themselves or even better, kill Robert Jordan after reading only a few pages.I bought this book just before I embarked on a 21 hour plane journey thinking to myself, "Okay, Robert Jordan. Book 9 was boring but come on, it's book ten...maybe this is the last one? And anyway, since I never really take in books that I read on planes, it won't be any great loss because it's only Robert Jordan." However! I started to read it and was immediately introduced to some fifty new sub plots involving some guys I had never heard of (and didn't care about). It's possible that these were continuations of threads started in previous books, but none of it rang a bell. I figured I'd just skip a few pages to get to something more interesting. About 50 to 100 pages in, I found a section with Matt in it and thought 'A-ha! Matt's always good for a laugh'. But no, Matt was as dull as dishwater as well. I then skipped another 200-300 pages and started reading again. It was some section involving 50 Aes Sedai that I may or may not have heard of before, and I definitely didn't care if they all died in horrible torment or lived happily ever after. I think Robert Jordan must have never had a successful relationship with a woman (be it a lover or his mother), as he certainly has no idea how men and women interact. So I skipped another 500 pages, hoping that one of the last couple of chapters would involve something interesting happening. It's possible that something may have happened somewhere in the book, but god, I really didn't care anymore. When I finally arrived at my destination, the first thing I did was burn the book. Yes, book burning is evil, but god, I couldn't have lived with my conscience if I was in any way responsible for someone else reading any part of that book. Without a doubt, the worst book I have ever read (but does it count as having read it when the most I could bear to read was about 20 pages?)
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Summary: There's One Good Thing About This Book...
Review: The one good thing about reading this book is that I can now procrastinate by reading the other ~2000 reviews of it and laugh with them about how awful the book is, and how ridiculous the series has gotten. 1) I bought this book used, in paperback. I won't pay full price for Jordan's books anymore. I'm certainly not going to buy some prequel novel in the naive hopes that his writing will have improved by writing back in time. 2) I read this book before my husband, who kept commenting that I was reading extremely fast. He's right: it's easy to read fast when you can skim entire pages without missing anything. 3) Hubby now keeps the book in the bathroom and is reading it when he has time to spend in there. I've occasionally thought about picking up the book while I'm in there myself -- but honestly, I'd rather stare at the wall than read one more page of the book. Why do I dislike it so much? -- This book begins chronologically before the previous book ends. It takes approximately 500 pages for the book to advance to the next day from the end of the previous book. Rand is not mentioned at all during this time, except as people turn their heads toward the "mysterious strong channeling source," and wonder whether it's Rand or the Forsaken causing it. -- When we do see Rand, it's for one chapter, and then the rest of the book continues as though he were irrelevant to the outcome of the series. -- If I have to read about one more slightly perturbed Aes Sedai smoothing her skirts distractedly, about one more dress of one color that is "slashed" with another color, about one more embroidery detail, I may go crazy. For all Jordan seems to dislike women from the way he writes their characters, he really seems to want to dress like them. -- Likewise if I have to read about one more supposedly strong male character being utterly bewildered (and thus disarmed) by feminine behavior. Mat can lead thousands of soldiers into a highly strategized battle, but he can't control one captive? Come on. -- In the previous book, at least the excitement at the end spanned some reasonably large number of pages and had a clear resolution by the end. This book? The last page is somewhat exciting, and doesn't offer resolution so much as a teaser for what may happen in the next book (though of course, he may skip this character entirely and bring her back for the book following the next one). Other than that, the series has not moved forward one bit. All in all, I may or may not read the next one, but I probably will -- let's face it, I'm as addicted as you all are. However, I certainly will continue refusing to buy the books at full price. Public library, anyone?
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Summary: Nothing happens
Review: I liked most of the Wheel of Time books. I thought after the events of book 9, things would start to wrap up, but my worst fears turned out to be optimistic. Absolutley nothing happens. Except in the last 3 paragraphs of the book. Go to the library or book store and read the last chapter and you will keep current with the story.
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Summary: Crossroads of Mediocrity
Review: In the Crossroads of Twilight the Wheel of Time series continues its transformation from a wonderful fantasy-fiction story with endearing characters to a slow-moving soap-opera. Many of the once endearing characters have by now compromised themselves in so many ways that one wonders if the Wheel of Time world will be better off if they lose (rather than win). Even the morally upright Perrin does something reprehensible while his faithful wife Faile considers an act of unfaithfulness in captivity. However, Jordan is an excellent story-teller and does end the book in such a way as to bring two major threads together and leave the reader in great anticipation of the next installment. Mr. Jordan, in your next installment, please bring back the pace and character integrity that made your first 4-5 novels so endearing.
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Summary: i loved it
Review: first of all this is an excellent book. you guys are just spoiled because of the amount of action in the first 5/6. jordan in my opinion is one of the greatest writers of all time. i will read every book in this series, over and over again, until "they nail shut my coffin".
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Summary: I hope Robert Jordan reads this review
Review: I have invested a lot of time and money in the Wheel of Time series, and I am very close to calling it a loss and quitting it. I waited and waited for this book to come out in paperback so that I could read it. my advice to Wheel of Time readers is: don't read this one. It does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to progress the story. All of the new information and events could be summed up in a half-dozen sentences. not pages, not paragraphs, SENTENCES. And, to top that, Robert Jordan did not follow this book with the next installment in the interminable series, he went back and wrote a PREQUEL!!! This series, if it continues at this pace, will take forty years to complete, if indeed it is completed in any of our lifetimes. The book is over 800 pages, and covers approximately two days in the life of any given character. Which, by the way, there are so many of, I have lost track of who is who and whose side they are on, and what they are doing, and why. Mr. Jordan is an excellent writer, but a horrific storyteller. I am extremely interested in what is happening in the world of the books, but I don't know that it is worth my time and money to keep buying them and reading them.
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Summary: A Failure
Review: Book 10 in TWoT is irrelevant. Only a single chapter follows Rand Al'Thor, and he is present only briefly in one of the remaining 29 chapters. Through the 7,000-odd pages of books one through nine, a central factor in the storyline is that the male half of the One Power is tainted, turning any man who uses it insane. After nine books of building this up, and leaving readers hanging with Rand attempting to cleanse the male half of the power at the end of book nine, Jordan dedicates only a single sentence, in chapter 24 no less, to the results of Rand's efforts and this central theme of the series. Jordan has the audacity of failing to continue existing storylines while introduces even more storylines. How many more books should we expect to resolve these new story lines, when 10 books have not resolved the existing sub-plots? This series is a failure. It started out wonderfully, with a rich world to explore and an engaging main character. Unfortunately the main character has been pushed aside in an ever increasing midden heap of irrelevant details, sub-plots, and un-interesting supporting characters who are given more time in each subsequent book than the main characters. I will not buy another book in this series or from Robert Jordan, nor will I recommend it to others. I have been cheated.
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Summary: why oh why ??
Review: I AGREE WITH THE REVIEWS OF THIS BOOK,BUT I HAVE READ AND RE READ THE OTHERS AND AM AND STILL AM A FOLLOWER OF THE WHEEL OF TIME SERIES...WHAT CHOICE DO I HAVE...OH YOU CAN SAY I WILL NOT BUY THE NEXT..BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO ...AND THE HOPES THAT IT AT LEAST WILL BE BETTER..AND MABE EVEN END..I WOULD HOPE THAT IT ENDS AFTER THIS FILLER MATERIAL..I CLASSIFY THIS BOOK 10 MERELY AS THE MOST FILLER MATERIAL I VE EVER READ..HOW MANY WAY S CAN YOU DESCRIBE A BLACK BURNT SHRIVELED UGLY DISGUSTING ASH LADEN,ECT..ECT...BUT IT DID FULFILL THE NEED FOR SOMETHING..MABE THE CONTRACT WAS SO MANY BOOKS UNDER A DEADLINE OR SOMEHTING..BUT ITS OBVIOUS THIS WAS A BOOK THAT WAS FORCED FROM THE AUTHOR AND DID NOT PLEASANTLY ROLL OFF THE TIPS OF THE FINGERS ONTO THE KEYBOARD..SO WITH HIGH HOPES I KNOW THE NEXT ONE WILL BE BETTER!! WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IT CANT GET ANY WORSE..
SINCERLY ME
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Summary: Amazing
Review: First of all, I find it amazing that after almost 2000 reviews this book has received a 1 1/2 rating, which is only a half star above the very bottom since Amazon does not allow zero star ratings. This is truly incredible - I can't believe there is a more universally despised book in the history of publishing. Now I'll add my voice to the many other outraged readers. Another thing that amazes me is that people consider Jordan to be a skilled writer. I've always held the belief that he's a total hack. His characters are incredibly one-dimensional, childish morons who never seem to develop at all (Especially the female characters - does Mr. Jordan really have such a low opinion of women? To me he's bordering on misongyny). He bogs down his books with needlessly detailed and repetitive description. That being said, I have enjoyed his books despite these flaws because it is obvious the man has one heck of an imagination. The story of course is not original, having been told thousands of times before, but the world he created and the back story he had for this world were truly unique. It was thrilling to initially explore 'Randland' and learn of its rich history. I am willing to believe Jordan when he tells us he has know the 'last scene of the last chapter' since the very beginning (Let me guess - Rand confronts the Dark One and is successful in imprisoning him again - or am I going too far out on a limb here?), but I have come to the conclusion that his vast imagination has abandoned him, and he has no idea how to get to that envisioned end. How else can you expain the grinding halt to the plot that is the last few books? We're left with psuedo-political posturing and a lot of the main characters walking around talking about their problems. This leaves an incredible infuriating and forgettable book - I finished it just a couple of weeks ago and already it has seeped out of my mind to such an extent that I can't remember what (if anything) of note happened. Perhaps Jordan has bitten off more that he could chew. Perhaps a story of this magnitude, with so many subplots and characters, is impossible to tell without becoming burnt out well before the end. He has, after all, been at this for, what, 15 years or so? Terry Goodkind has similarly killed of what was once a promising epic (although in a completely different way - Goodkind has turned his popular series into a pulpit for espousing his radical right wing political views). If George Martin does likewise I think I'll give up on epic fantasy. Please George don't let us down. As a final word, please, please stop comparing Jordan to Tolkien. Mr. Tolkien is, unfortunately, no longer living, and as such cannot respond to these slurs. I find it incredibly disrespectful of his memory to make such ludicrous claims.
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Summary: Oh Man...
Review: Jordan can't even get TWO stars from his most loyal fans now? What a sad tragedy this has become. Books 1-5 were some of the best I have ever read (and I would still recommend them to anyone), but the magic has been over for a long time now for Jordan. When and if he ever finishes the series, I'll buy the last book to see how it turns out but this is just ridiculous.
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