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Summary: Unbelievable
Review: I have never posted a review for any product that I have purchased before in my life, until now. It is roughly 4:00 am Pacific Standard Time and I have just finished reading "Crossroads of Twilight" by Robert Jordan. All I can say is that I wish I would have read the reviews about this book before I spent my hard earned money on it. Moreover what I would really like to state in the politest way possible is; Never never never will Robert Jordan get another red sent of my money...! What utter craap...!
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Summary: What a waste
Review: OK, we get it. The women are annoyed by the men and the men are annoyed by the women. And everyone wears fancy or drab clothing and drinks tea or wine, the details of which I really don't care about. And nobody trusts anyone else. And there are misunderstandings between different cultures.But nothing happens. And it happens in excruciating detail.
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Summary: Could we please GET somewhere!
Review: After reading other reviews, I was glad to see that I am not alone in thinking that this book did nothing for me. Robert Jordan has created this amazing world with such compelling characters. But there are so many sub-plots and useless descriptive (fill) narratives that in 600 pages you get maybe 20 pages of real plot advancement for thirty disconnected storylines. There is absolutely no sense of progression in this book, and no real climzx for the volume.
This book is nothing more than 600 pages of what everyone is wearing before they got to book eleven.
It will be a shame that this epic series may never see an end. The way I see it, either the elderly Jordan will pass on, or I will waiting for the next volume.
Rating:
Summary: Getting Worse
Review: This series started out great with the first few books, but at around six or seven it started to go nowhere. The only reason I read Crossroads of Twilight was because the series started out so well and I kept hoping it would get back on track. I am sorry I wasted my time. All it seems to be about now is gossip between the rival female characters.
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Summary: Waste of time
Review: Title should read "Crossroads of Twilight: An Epic Waste of Time." If you just have to read it, pick it up at the Library - don't spend any money on it.
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Summary: Geez
Review: Plot twists upon twists laced with other twists... These books are twisted!
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Summary: The One Glimmer of Positive Light
Review: I must say that I am totally pleased with how the series is going. And that I am also a little peeved by all the people bashing the book. Thus I decided to write this review. So as for how the books are going, I love details and Robert Jordan inundates me with them. I am almost overwhelmed by them at first, but when I continue reading, they make sense, and if I miss a detail, it is not the end of the world. The latest book in the series follows this. There is plenty of action, just spaced out in the book. And the detail too is relevant, not just meaningless. I don't really know what to say, except that I love the series and want Robert Jordan to continue the way he is going, and if you get too frustrated with the series, try to sit back and picture the book as a puzzle. Only half the pieces are on the table, but it is enough to give you an idea what is going to happen, but there are also many odd shaped pieces that don't seem to have a home anywhere in the puzzle. So instead of getting frustrated with the pieces that don't fit, try to guess where they might fit, or where the story might go next. If you are looking for a good site to visit where exactly this happens, there are tons of them if you look. And my final words are for story reading in general and the series. When I am reading a good book, the world it takes place in, be it a fantasy world, Israel during WWII, or a world much like our own, totally envelops me. While I am reading that book, I eat, sleep, and breath the plot. And when I finish, I am happy to be done and to have a resolution to the story, but in a way I am also disappointed to have my world that I have lived in for the last few days vanish. This is not the case with the Wheel of Time. I read the book in a day or two, but the series never quits. At times, I will even go back over and re-read some of the books to pick up possible details I might have missed, and every detail added to my imaginary world makes it that much more realistic, and enjoyable. So I'm not saying that you have to make The Wheel of Time your life to enjoy it, you just have to recognize the ability it takes to creat a world so fantastic and yet so realistic, and enjoy the books for what they are; A road to a different world, away from the mundane life.
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Summary: Farce
Review: At the risk of sounding sacreligious, I'm going to add to the thousand-strong reviews denoucing this "novel" as mud and a waste of trees. The critics are strangely silent. Through disbelief, or fear, we will probably never know. The back-cover has only 3 short, one-liner reviews. That's saying something. To be completely impartial, I enjoyed Jordan's style for the first 50 pages or so, although the fact that there is no action in the entire book made me relegate it to the proverbial dusty shelf. Do yourself a favour. Read something serious instead.
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Summary: Running down
Review: This series is most definitely running down, but without an end in sight. There are so many sub-plots, I believe that even a talented writer like Mr. Jordan is desperately trying to tie them all back together. I would not go as far as to say that this book is just a money grab, but it is getting very difficult to stay interested. It seems like the series is losing momentum, as if the end is near, yet there doesn't seem to be much pointing towards an quick ending. This is unfortunate as the books truly were quite good. I just feel that Mr. Jordan set his sights too high, thinking he could manage the amount of sub-plots he put into the series and is now desperately trying to finish the series with a good ending. I believe he will do it. It's merely a matter of 'when'.
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Summary: Why can't I rate less than one star?
Review: I know that nobody will bother to wade through 1500+ bad reviews to read mine (which is ironic considering the refuse of the past five books I've waded through!) but I just wanted to add my two cents. The book is terrible. Don't waste your money.
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