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Summary: just an extended "Winter 's Heart"
Review: The wheel of time series is on of my all time favourites. But I have to say that disappointed and disgusted don't even begin to describe the feelings that I felt half way through this book and the feelings only got worse. This "next part" in the series is nothing but just an extended ending to part nine in the series. If the author continues in this fashion then I am afraid the series will hopefully finish in another five to ten instalments, rather than just the final two as reported in an interview with the author. There are 700 odd pages in the book and all that takes place is:
1)Mat has just escaped from Ebou Dar.
2)Perrin Aybara has found the Shaido clan.
3)Egwene al'Vere has reached Tar Valon.
4)Rand Al'Thor wants a truce the enemy.
5)Elayne Trakand is still just sitting in Caemlyn, with the supposed siege not moving one way or the other. I am quite sure that all the fans of this series share my feelings. So as a final word for the reader of this review all I will say is that if you are a casual fan then save your hard earned money and wait for the next "instalment" in this series, this is for die hard fans only.
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Summary: Most Disappointing
Review: This is the worst book in the series IMO. Whatever happened to the Robert Jordan who wrote books 1-6? You know, back when important things happened, and not just rushed into a climax at the end. Of course, this book doesn't even have a climax. Nothing happens! All of the major plot threads are practically at the same place they were at the beginning of the book. Some people claim this was a "character development" book, but I must have been reading something different from them. I read more of the same inner character turmoil that we've seen for the last nine books. Others claim that this is a "setup for the next book book". Likely, but I can't even fathom anyone can write 700 pages of setting up. When I physically look at the book, I'm bewildered by how someone can write 700 pages of nothing. Of course, I'll keep buying 'em until the series is done. I'm a junkie in need of a shot. But I'll no longer recommend the series to others, except perhaps when it's all finished.
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Summary: Yet again a whole lot of nothing
Review: I think Jordan's creative talent may have peaked and burnt out around book 6 of this series. Books one through five were each moving faster than the last until that climactic battle at Dumai's Wells, and a whole lot of nothing has happened since. Each book AFTER the Lord of Chaos has had less happening than the last, including Crossroads of Twilight. A tip to the author: sometimes plotlines have to END!! Don't keep adding new subplots if you won't culminate others, or your readers will get bored and leave. Yes, it's a whole "age lace" you're trying to get down here, but creative decision or not the whole point is entertainment, and one more ...like this one and I won't be reading anything else you write. Ever. I've seen writers burn out before and I'm not willing to keep paying good money for time-wasting junk like this book. By about 2/3rds through, I was waiting for just ONE issue to be resolved. One major change. One event to happen that has been hinted at for the past five or six books. And I was disappointed. Pages and pages of description of marching orders, camp layouts, the dresses worn by uncounted hordes of equally noxious women, and other paper-filling trivia, but nothing HAPPENED! As another reviewer stated, any more "setup" work and the whole story will collapse under its own weight. I for one am done with waiting for the important events to start happening again. I want entertainment, not just time-filler, and if the next book doesn't deliver then I'm done with this series as well. Unfortunately. It started out so well.
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Summary: Does he even know what he's doing any more?
Review: I just finished reading this book. It's got Jordan's usual flair for description of locale and depth of emotion. It's got an awful lot of adjectives and similes, anyway. And I suppose you could say it's well-written, the way that all of the books in this series are. In fact, the charm of Jordan's writing style that made me fall in love with the series has actually managed to improve in this, the tenth book of the Wheel of Time series. But nothing HAPPENS. It's 650 pages of fluff, and 22 pages of plot advancement. After spending almost ten years of my life following this damned story, I want it to END. I had just received my driver's license when I started reading the first book. If Jordan keeps up this pace, I'll be in my thirties by the time it's over. If he were more focused on advancing the story, instead of introducing dozens of characters that have nothing to do with it, he would have been done two books ago. His descriptive style and depth made me want to hear his story, but now it's all description, and no story. Crossroads of Twilight is 672 pages long, and Rand Al'Thor, the main character of the series doesn't even show up until page 550. The 549 pages preceding that are very well written, but would have been much easier to digest if they were cut by half. It seems Jordan has introduced so many trivial characters and sub-plots in his previous books that he's painted himself into a corner, and now has to close all those threads before he can continue with the actual story. To its credit, this book at least hints at big advances in the plot, which sadly don't come to pass in this book. This book is all set-up, and although I hate to hope for fear of being disappointed, the next book might end up being the best in the series to date (save for the first...
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Summary: Book 11 Should be given FREE to all who bought Book 10!!!
Review: I imagine Robert Jordan laughing his heart out on his way to the bank. Simply because we are all suckers to his wheel of time series! What kind of rip-off is this? You plow through 680 pages and none of the ongoing plots gets resolved? Book 11 should be given out free to all Book 10 buyers. Robert Jordan owes it to his fans. This book makes me question his love for the fantasy genre and his respect for his fans. Yes to those who haven't bought the book, wait till they hit bargain prices before you get a copy.
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Summary: I am truly dissapointed, when does it end anyway?
Review: first of all, let me say, I love this series. I have awaited this book for a very long time. 3 or 4 books ago, I visited a whole lot of web sites about it. every one numbered this series at 10 books. In the last book, not a whole lot happened and the writing was not what I had come to expect from Jordan, but I figured that it was just because he was having trouble stretching it to 10 books. I waited with very little patience for this one, ordering it 6 months before it was supposed to come out in November, only to find upon reading it, it was just more of the same. Oh, the writings is much better that book 9 but I WAS EXPECTING THE LAST BOOK! This one only continues the plots in the previous books and sets up even MORE plot twists than before! I rarely pay for a hardcover book. Next time, I think I will wait for the softcover to get out before buying. As the plot stands at the moment, if I were writing this series, I would need at LEAST 3 more books to bring all of them to a satisfactory conclusion. I feel suckered.
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Summary: Drivel
Review: I waited a year for this? Anyone want to buy my copy?
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Summary: Why waste your money?
Review: I stopped reading Jordan two books ago because it seems he is more interested in selling as many books as he can rather than finishing the tale. When I started reading this series I would rate it as one of the best I have read, but with hashing out the same events over and over with no advancement in the story, it has bored me to tears. I believe Mr. Jordan has a brilliant talent in telling a story and getting you to care about the characters, but please end it before it becomes a big.... bigger joke!
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Summary: How long can you beat a dead horse? This series is dead...
Review: I think that I will finally give up reading this series. The plot has started to move like a herd of stampeding turtles running in molasses. I was totally disappointed with this book, it did nothing for me but fill my spare time with wasted time. I will always enjoy reading books 1 through 5 but this is getting out of hand. It just drags and drags and drags, getting no where. I would suggest waiting for the Cliff Notes for this one.
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Summary: YAWN
Review: I waited 2 long years for this book to come out and was excited when I found out it was about to be published. After 100 pages I was depressed, after 400 I was bored and by the time I finished it I was angry. What happened to Jordan?? Lord of Chaos was the greatest book I have ever read. I read it in one sitting! I could barely struggle through 100 pages of Crossroads of Twilight at a time without falling asleep. This entire book could be compressed to one page and the plot would not suffer.
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