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Summary: Ok, so in two years this is what you came up with?
Review: I could of written something like that in 1 year, and I don't know squat. Although my plot line probably wouldn't line up or be as tedious as that.Only read this because, well lets face it, you probably read the first nine and can't wait to see what's going to happen. And nothing did in this book. Lets only hope it doesn't take him another two years for book 11.
cause with they way he's going chances are we won't be alive long enough to see this thing through.
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Summary: Tired worn out and UGH!!!!!!
Review: First things first. There is absolutely no plot movement in this book untill the last chapter and that is even very slight. I cannot believe the People at TOR could allow this thing into print. I understand an author needs creative space but damn it's time to reel him in. I've never read a book that was so inane in my entire life. I felt so jilted when I finished reading it. I've grown to love these characters but now they are just being run into the ground.
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Summary: Yes, there are spoliers here
Review: Alright, this was a disappointment. The plot moves in painfully slow increments and much of the book consists of channelers sitting around, staring into the distance in wonder at the huge flows Rand and Nynaeve use to cleanse saidin. For those of you who can't be bothered to plow through this, I will summarize the important bits.
Most of the other characters sit around and jaw at each other. Egwene begins her siege of Tar Valon and proposes talks with Elaida. This is a signal for all the Aes Sedai to sit around and throw frosty looks at each other. Halima, who is presumably as bored as we are, begins to stir things up by randomly murdering Aes Sedai, including a rather important one. But she only kills two and this kind of runs out of thrills in a hurry. Perrin still doesn't free his wife, although he does engage in a spot of uncharacteristic brutal torture. Amusingly, all the Two Rivers men despise him because of what happened at the beginning of Winter's Heart, when he slept in Berelain's tent. Apparently everyone seems to think he took advantage of his wife's absence to start banging Berelain. Faile for her part plots escape. This is code. She does nothing. The Aielman who captured her starts trying to attract her attention and develops second thoughts about serving the Shaido. I see a plot line here, to be resolved five years down the road. Mat's plot line is by far the best. He and Tuon begin developing their relationship and it's revealed that Mat has already married her by repeating "She's my bloody wife!" three times at the end of Winter's Heart. Tuon just has to acknowledge this. Love those convenient foreign customs. Still, he is by far the most engaging character. There's an interesting bit when Tylin's fate is revealed as well. Those of you who were tired of Nynaeve's bitchiness will be relieved to know she has not a single line of dialogue in the story. Elayne's part is forgettable. Rand is barely noticeable and just yells a lot at anyone who disagrees with him. He still does nothing about the Black Tower. Someone needs to light a fire under his behind. Several major plot lines are set up, hinting at major things for the next - wait a minute, isn't that what we thought about the last one? If you're a major fan like I am and the prospect of a new entry makes you salivate uncontrollably, pick this up. Otherwise, wait for the paperback. It seems unlikely that Jordan will be able to finish this in two more books.
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Summary: I give up. I will never read a WOT book again
Review: No amount of words can be used to express how dissappointed I am by this book. Just when I though that the series is taking a turn for the better after Winter's heart, out comes the worst book in the series. That's right, this book actually could have a slower pace than BK 7 or Bk 8! Pages and pages are spent on filler descriptions, ...cliches .... it's incredible how Jordan could have written these 700+ pages of junk!
...even after reading COT I still feel that the earlier books of the series are a phenomenal work of art.
Don't buy this book....
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Summary: Robert Jordan has lost the magic
Review: He was one such a wonderful writer. I had hoped with his last book the plot would move forward and we would have some excitement. Instead it drolls on in on going absolutely nowhere. I can't help but find myself bored to tears. This is the last hardcover book of his I will buy. I expected more from him. I wanted more Rand! I wanted more Trollocs! I wanted more Aiel. I wanted more battles! I want anything except the useless drivel that was spouted in this terrible book. It seems the longer the series goes on the worse it gets. It had such potential too. Don't waste your time with this book. It is verbal diarhea. Robert Jordan is so immersed in details and side stories he has forgotten how to write an exciting and entertaining story. It is slow, boring, and filled with characters you could care less about. Avoid this book like the plague and don't say I didn't warn you!
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Summary: A big let down after Winter's Heart
Review: After the closing events of Winter's Heart, I expected great things of Crossroads of Twilight. I was horribly let down. In fact, this book is even worse than the couple before WH, where the series sort of slumped. It's sort of sad when some of the best scenes in the book belong to Perrin Aybara (while I like the character, his previous point of views were tedious reading). In fact, the main character of the series, Rand, has only two or three chapters dedicated to him. Worst of all, except for one or two developments ( and the revealing of several clues to mysteries originating in previous titles), nothing really happens. One of the greatest things I loved about the Wheel of Time series is that each book before this usually had a vary strong endings (battles and confrontations for the most part), but Crossroads flops on this as well. One more rant: Robert Jordan inctroduces one or two new seemingly interesting story threads in the prologue, but fails to follow up on them in the book. One of the reasons I bought the books is because I had bought "Glimmers" (The early release of the prologue to the book) to get a taste of what was going to happen.I was sorely hurt to see the threads I had look forward to virtually ignored in the main body of the work.
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Summary: Travesty for the loyal fans
Review: Robert Jordan is an accomplished writer and I would be the last one to argue that point. In the Wheel of Time series he created four fantasy masterpieces, two average books, three duds and then this one. The previous book (The Path of Daggers) had me really upset, but despite the miserable story progress at least its epilogue had a promise of major things to come in book number ten. Unfortunately, after a two year wait a bitter disappointment again. Let's see: Mat Cauthon and Tuon are still fleeing the Seanchan, dice rolling in Mat's head - roughly 200 pages; Perrin still hunts the Shaido to free Faile, his smell sense telling a long story - another 200 pages; Caemlyn and Tar Valon are still besieged and the battles are yet to be joined with Aes Sedai giving their icy stares roughly every third line - about 100 pages; miscellaneous fluff to fill the space - about 150 pages. Resolutions to previous plots - about 3; new story twists a plots - about 15, opening a possibility of another 25 books of the same junk character. The gullibility of the faithful Jordan fans may have just reached another defining level given the number of these books already sold. Mr. Jordan is laughing all the way to the bank and with the half a million dollars worth of marketing propaganda pushing this trash we are likely in for quite a number of similar books to come. Travesty to be certain; if you insist on reading it, wait for your public library to spend the cash.
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Summary: More of a setup
Review: This book seems to set the stage for dramatic plot advancement in the Egwene, Perrin, Rand, Mat arcs, but no major actions occur except at the tail end for Egwene. It's not a bad book, but not up to par with The Dragon Reborn or Lord of Chaos. My advice is to wait until the next book in the series and read them both in sequence. It won't feel so much like a sleeper then (I hope). This book feels more a setup for the next novel. My fears are that RJ is getting afraid of intense action or having trouble maneuvering his characters toward Tarmon Gaidan (the final climactic battle). Maybe he needs more long-range planning.
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Summary: Great writer, but the book is more a prologue...
Review: I enjoy greatly reading Jordan's books, but the book is unfinished. In fact, I could say it has more of prologue features: prepares a reader for further plot development and leaves him with more questions and no answers. Therefore, there are a lot disappointments: a reader, kept agitated with a super prologue, expects "book": with its own individuality, plot development and more answers; instead, gets a beginning, a prologue, for another, without any doubt, interesting writing. All in all, it is a very interesting piece of writing; however, cannot be considered as a separate book, but a beginning for one.
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Summary: Don't bother.
Review: Simply put, this is possibly one of the worst books I have ever read. It is for sure the worst in the Wheel of Time series. Nothing much happens in this book, even though it is 680 pages long. Perrin chapters are absolutely horrible. They drag on and really accomplish nothing. Boring doesn't even begin to describe this. Elayne's are much of the same and do rather well in competing for Most Boring Plotline EVER!!! I've never wanted to chuck a book into a woodchipper more than when I was reading about Perrin and Elayne. Egwene are a bit better, where events actually happen, though the Tower split still isn't resolved so it doesn't mean very much to me. I will say that I did enjoy some of the Mat chapters, though they could have been condensed (like the whole rest of the book could have) much. If this book was edited a lot better, taking out a lot of the frivilous details it could have been much better. The story was not advanced much and it featured too much side plot. Skip this book. Trust me, you won't miss it, and chances are that if you read it, you'll be very disappointed. Crossroads of Twilight is just a waste of money
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