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Summary: The Wheel of Time Moves Slowly
Review: I have been following "The Wheel of Time" series over the years. I have really enjoyed the series until the last few books, and this book the "Crossroads of Twilight" has been my biggest disappointment yet. After reading the 672 pages, I conclude that I am growing very weary of pages upon pages of two line descriptions of differing Aes Sedai glaring at each other. I have also lost interest in the many paragraphs of detail going into the lack of weevil infested food Egwene is consuming, and with the lengthy descriptions of the embroidery on the characters clothing. The positive points of the story for me were the chapters involving Mat and Tuon's growing relationship and the chapter where Alviarin is marked. I will continue reading the series because I feel so invested in the characters and do very much want to read the outcome of this story. My wish is for "The Wheel of Time" to turn a little faster, and to keep with the pacing set in the first few books of this series.
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Summary: It just keeps going on and on and on...
Review: In "Crossroads of Twilight", Robert Jordan firmly establishes the Wheel of Time series as the "Days of Our Lives" of speculative fiction. All of the cliches are there - the meaningful stares, the obsession with trivialities, the constant repetition, even the resurrection of departed characters.
In the 700 pages of this, the tenth novel in the series, the author has watered down enough plot development to sustain perhaps one or two chapters by a more economical writer.
Jordan claims that he has known how the series will end from the very first instalment.
I wish he'd let us in on the secret before he takes it to his grave.
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Summary: Please move the story along.
Review: I have been following "The Wheel of Time" series over the years. I have really enjoyed the series until the last few books, and this book the "Crossroads of Twilight" has been my biggest disappointment yet. After reading the 665 pages, I conclude that I am growing very weary of pages upon pages of two line descriptions of differing Aes Sedai glaring at each other. I have also lost interest in the many paragraphs of detail going into the lack of weevil infested food Egwene is consuming. The positive points of the story for me were the chapters involving Mat and Tuon's growing relationship and the chapter where Alviarin is marked. I will continue reading the series because I feel so invested in the characters and do very much want to read the outcome of this story. My wish is for "The Wheel of Time" to turn a little faster, and to keep with the pacing set in the first few books of this series.
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Summary: An excellent continuation on the series
Review: This book is a continuation of the series. It can not be read by itself. Many people will not like it because it and the last few books are not independent novels. He started the series writing the first few so that you could read one of the later books and not miss out on anything, but now each new book is just a collection of additional chapters. Each individual book can therefore not be viewed as a separate novel, but must be read and viewed as an epic saga to be truly appreciated. It might be easier if you wait till they are done to start reading them, but if you are already in the middle then buy this book and enjoy.
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Summary: Nothing happens - yet again
Review: In the hands of any other major fantasy writer, the material Jordan covers in this long, long book would have been covered in a matter of a few chapters. I suppose you could consider the following to be spoilers, but it's hard to spoil the plot of a book in which nothing happens. In this book: - Perrin wants to rescue Faile but doesn't.
- Matt wants to leave the lands controlled by the Seanchan but doesn't.
- Egwene wants to unite the two versions of the White Tower but doesn't.
- Rand plans to do something, but we aren't told what it will be.
- Endless minor characters, who receive no introduction and who most people won't even remember from previous novels in the series, eat up chapter after chapter doing nothing to advance the story. I've been reading the Wheel of Time series since the day The Eye of the World was released. The energy and excitement of the story has long since faded a the series goes on and on and on. It's a waste of the huge potential from the earlier novels. Thank God I got this from Audible.com and listened to it while driving. I'd hate to have wasted actual reading time on this book. Speaking for myself, I won't bother with the next book unless it is the final book in the series. And I suspect I'm alone in that opinion.
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Summary: What a Waste!
Review: What is Jordan thinking. He is taking longer and longer to write less and less. I've been a huge fan since book one, but this book was terrible. When the series is supposedly wrapping up soon, Jordan keeps adding new characters. It's ridiculous, I feel like I need to take notes to keep track of everyone. If you like the first few books in this series, read George RR Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" insted.
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Summary: Worth the read...
Review: Light! There are a thousand, or so, negative reviews of Crossroads of Twilight, and, having just finished the book, I had to wonder if the collective "we" had read the same book. Here it is in a nutshell: anyone who's reading CoT is best apprised to insure that the first nine books are read first. Assuredly, *not* doing that would force this book into a literary abyss. Now to my point, before reading Crossroads of Twilight, I did reread, in order, all the previous 9 books. #10, to the authors intent, flows as a good wine into a beckoning chalice. Surely, those who favor titanic "Falme" like scenes will not find their sanction here. Nor fans of Rand, per se. But Perrin, Egwene and Elayne shine... and... Light... Mat! He shines as the morning sun on a brisk spring morning. This book does, indeed, go through the nuances of each of the aforementioned characters. I suppose many people don't like that. I suppose there's a little Mack Bolan fan in me as well. To the point of this book, though, I found that the more--effort-- I expended in reading it the more I was rewarded. Make no bones about it, save for Mat, this is a thick book to read (and I'm not talking about the length). But, in major storms, such as hurricanes, many of us know, an "eye" passes over at roughly after some modicum of the storm has moved. It can be at the midpoint, earlier or later. Regardless, that eye allows for a brief respite, yet is coupled with the foreknowledge that another storm side is on its way. That the often cloudless clear blue skies belie the end. No, we realize, they harbinge it. So too with Crossroads of Twilight and the Wheel of Time series. Excellent!
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Summary: this is the worst one ever
Review: I can't believe Robert Jordan wrote a book this horrible... atleast in my copy... Rand is barely mentioned till around the 24 chapter or so.. thats like 600 pages or something.... and all the characters are just wallowing in their own little problems. There is NO developement or anything in this book. It is just as if Jordan is just filling up pages. How can he go on???? i dont know, this just isnt buying.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Since I had read other reviews on Amazon[.com], I didn't go out & buy the book, but got it from the library instead- thankfully. I really don't know what happened to this series- it started off great and now we're just bogged down in book after book that could be summarized in 5 chapters. And is it just me, or is the misogyny running even more rampant as the books continue? I would hate to think that all women are as smug, manipulative and haughty as Jordan makes them out to be. With the exception of Perrin and possibly Rand (though we barely see him in this book), there wasn't a single likeable character in the book. I'll still read the next books, just to find out what happens, but not with pleasure.
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Summary: More Wheel of Time... Who Cares??
Review: Robert Jordan has suceeded in losing a fan. A series that started out with a bang is continuing with a huge yawn. Jordan has apparently decided that character development is more necessary than plot, and that confusing, intricate detail is more necessary than any semblance of action. One wonders if his main goal is writing the longest novel in the history of mankind, rather than bringing any kind of closure to what started as an immensely interesting series of books. His "Wheel of Time" needs to have the axle greased, that flat fixed, and put into motion towards a conclusion.
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