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Summary: Overambitious, self-indulgent drivel
Review: Most of the other reviews I've read have restored some of my faith in human intelligence and literary savvy, and I am in full agreement with the consensus; this novel reeks of the self-indulgence of its author and offers very little to anyone but an incredibly narrow niche of readers with a penchant for underdeveloped, overly complex plots. This book labors over minutia that adds almost nothing to the story line, and the number of characters that are introduced or re-introduced is simply prohibitive. Brevity is the soul of wit, Mr. Jordan, and a better author could have (or perhaps should have?) compressed this book into 150 pages without losing any plot depth or detail that actually enhances the novel as a whole. It's a shame that the quality of this series has degraded so much over it's lifespan; the only reason why this review gives one star is that zero is not an option.....
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Summary: this book ...
Review: I have read WoT with love and devotion for the past 9 books. 7 and 8 were a little slow but the end of nine had me thinking the story was going to pick up the pace once again...Sadly, crossroads of twilight is the worst book in the series; advancing the story maybe a week, and only mentioning Rand for about 15 pages. Robert Jordan needs to get on the ball and finish this series before he dies of old age.
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Summary: Unbelievably BAD
Review: This is just so sad -- Jordan could have had a phenomenal 5-book series, that would have gone down in history as one of the greatest fantasy series ever. Instead, he seems to think that we readers like to read hundreds of pages that describe background characters that we don't care about and have nothing to do with advancing the story.The only way he'll ever end this series and put us out of our misery is if we stop buying the hardbacks -- be patient and wait for the paperback version or read it from the library.
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Summary: Jordan is loosing it.
Review: I don't know how this book ever got published. You would think that one of the proof readers would have told RJ how bad it ..... The WOT series has changed A LOT since I started reading them back in 1993. The first books were full of action and adventure, but the last 3 (including this one) are some of the most boring stuff I've ever read. Nothing happens in this book. Can I say it any more simple then that? Absolutely Nothing Happens. Very dissapointing.
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Summary: Series is hanging on by a thread
Review: ...What saves this book from utter disaster? After much plodding through a world of redundancy, he does manage to close with a few cliffhangers, a couple of which were well done and (should) promise some exciting events in Book 11. I'll be eagerly awaiting what happens next to Mat and Egwene! But unfortunately the bad outweighs the good in this installment. Perrin's plotline is the most frustrating, because unless Faile has some special deal with the Creator, why the hell are we forced to chase her for 3 books?! Not much happens with Rand, though we know what's coming so not too many worries there. Elayne hasn't really progressed either - what a boring few chapters with her! Also, there's not a lot from the Forsaken. So yes, once again we've been blessed with another filler in this series. I really hope (yeah, I've been saying this for three books now) that Book 11 picks up the pace and gets us much closer to the dynamic finish that so many of us have been waiting for. Oh, and Mr. Jordan! Please hold off on the "New Spring" rewrite until after The Last Battle. I think your fans will be much more interested in receiving Books 11 & 12 quicker instead of an updated story of how Lan and Moirane met! We'd be much obliged!
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Summary: Jordan should have stopped with #7
Review: Jordan has again diverged from the main characters. Mat and Perrin have some time but Rand is nearly non-existant. Prolonging the story, Jordan needs to get back to the basics, wrap up these characters stories and please do so better than the Taint wrap-up (too rushed) in the last book.
Pick-up George RR Martin instead or reread the first 7-8 books of Jordan.
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Summary: Extremely Disappointing
Review: I thought that maybe Jordan had revived himself after he actually had some interesting plot lines in Book Nine. However, I was just wishfully thinking since I have invested so much time and money in this series. There was virtually no advancement in the plot and he even had the nerve to throw in some stuff that sets the movement back. If you haven't bought this book, don't.
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Summary: JORDAN RULES!!!!
Review: The Wheel of Time series should adorn any serious fantasy reader's shelf, like a gem encrusted into a dull crown. I have read the works of Ronald Tolkien, George Martain, Tad Williams, Terry Goodkind, Bob Salvatore, Weis & Hickman and Greenwood to name just a minute few. Jordan is up there and though he does tend to drag things on way too much, it is his way of recapitulating the monstrosity of his epic, into a smaller scope so that he may wind down his story in a subtle, climatic fall.
No matter, this series is one of the most renown and talked about in the genre. If Jordan were to hurry it up a bit, throw in some Martain and Salvatore, lose the Tolkien he would be the master... Now for keeping your fingers crossed...
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Summary: Really Disapointing
Review: I am a first generation WoT fan, having picked up the first book shortly after it was released, and like many of you have hung in there with this series based on the initial superb story telling and truly remarkable characters. However, these books have become increasingly more tiring, more plodding, and more cumbersome. I am now at the point where I find myself deciding if it will even be worth finishing the series. I simply can't take any more meaningless descriptions of clothing, landscape, weather, etc. It all feels like filler. Gone are the amazing battle scenes and incredible action sequences. Gone is the depth of the characters and the real struggles between them. It has turned into an attempt to see how many characters and plot twists can be juggled and it no longer goes anywhere. Someone above said that this book does a nice job of setting up for some action in the next book. I'm sorry, but 700 pages of set-up is weak, especially by Robert Jordan standards. I find myself wondering who he really is as a writer. Is he the genius of the earlier books bogged down in an over-ambitious tale, or is he a writer who lacks vision but managed to write some great works early on? I will probably hang in there til the end, having committed so much time to this series. But, I miss the days of anxiously awaiting the latest Jordan book, hardly able to wait to see what he came up with next. Now I almost dread the latest one as it only seems to bring more boring reading and more going nowhere. It has turned from careful, joyous reading, to hurry-up and finish. Not good - not good at all.
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Summary: Booorrrrrring.......
Review: I began reading the Wheel of Time series when I was in middle school. Since then I've graduated from college and have been in the working world for over 4 years. This series seems to go on forever with no end in sight. Sixty years from now when I'm 85, book 46 will be just coming out. Book 46 will consist of 500 pages of Rand thinking about the butterfly that just landed on his shoulder (killing it or not killing it could be the difference in the war between good and evil), and we will be no closer to the end of the series. Needless to say, I was tremendously disappointed by the glacial plot movement in this book. Little to nothing happened that was of any import, and the story has grown to include way to many supporting characters that I just don't care about. It's a shame because the first 6 books in the series were exceptionally good, but now it seems that RJ is artificially dragging the series out. At this point I probably won't buy another book in this series until the last book is released. With luck I'll still be alive to read it.
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