straightened here skirts" phrases out, you'd drop a hundred pages right there.Yes, Jordan is a very talented writer and I enjoyed earlier works in this increasingly dissapointing series. And, yes, I'm sure it will have a fantastic ending. But, I must ask... What in the world did he readers do to deserve this abomination?
Jordan, if you're listening to your readers... End it already!
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Summary: Fading Wheel of Time
Review: I think Robert Jordan has missed his opportunity to elevate the Wheel of Time saga into a classic. I got hooked on this series 3 years ago and was consistently amazed and delighted with the rich, detailed world he created. I can certainly understand the addiction of a lot of people to this saga. The one thing that Crossroads of Twilight has managed to do is completely kill my interest in this series (which has been waning for a while now, since his last two books). I checked the last book out from the library and did the same for this book, and was extremely glad that I did not spend any money on this poor excuse for a book.
The rich detailed descriptions that some have been championing in this book, would have worked very well indeed, if not for the same lengthy descriptions in the last few books. How many times can an author recycle his words? Stick with the Wheel of Time and find out. Some of the fanboy defenses of this book had me helpless with laughter. One reviewer called people who did not like this book "unsophisticated" and offered the resolution of the Alviarin/Elaida subplot as a window into the intricate inner workings of the White Tower (and as evidence that Jordan intends to resolve most of the subplots in this series). Laughable really, when you consider the amount of detail about the White Tower given when Egwene was made Amyrlin. We should be extremely grateful that Jordan has chosen to resolve one minor subplot out of a myriad number that he incredibly, keeps adding to.
I have taken the advice of a number of reviewers in here and have gotten off the Wheel of Time.
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Summary: 30 bucks closer to the end
Review: As many before me have stated, the book has failed to capitalize on the promise of the previous few books. Jordan has spun such a tangled web that it takes many hundreds of pages to advance the plot minimally. Yes,things appear to be wrapping up, and I'm still excited that the finale (whever it might come) will be spectacular, but the only reason to read the book is to get that much closer to the end (which I hope will come soon!)
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Summary: I feel like a cow
Review: With another drawn out book on my list of frustrations with this series which I once adored, I feel like a cow who is simply being milked for as much money as possible. I thought one of the most important aspects of the art of novel writing was to be good at telling a story from beginning to end, assuming there is one here. I am not convinced this is occurring with this long series. And since I doubt The Wheel of Time would end with eleven books, I suspect I will have to wade through two more books to find out how it all comes to a grand finale. How disappointing. I guess I can sum up my review in just one word: MOO.
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Summary: Winter is cold...and 10,000 other things you already knew.
Review: Winter is Cold.
All men think all women are crazy.
All women think all men are crazy.
Women constantly fiddle with their clothes.
All Aes Sedai think they should be the boss.
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And thousands of other things you already knew (and very little else) are what await you in this yawner. I have completely lost interest in this series and am ready to see this entire world Jordan has created throughly glazed with atomic weapons. I'm actually rooting for the bad guys now, they'd be doing us all a favor if they win.
This series has grown so immense and the characters so numerous that it's nearly impossible to develop an affinity with any of them (heck, I don't even remember who half of them are). Two books back I would have been sitting on the fence...but now I'm more and more convinced that these books are just being churned out to line JR and his publishers pockets.
About 700 pages of this book (hardback) could have been tossed out without any loss to the overall plot. It's *that* full of filler. I'm tired of reading two pages dissertations every time a woman adjusts and article of clothing (and trust me, not 5 pages go by without this happening...if the characters spent as much time fighting the bad guys as they do wanking around we'd be done and back in Two Rivers, eating pie and talking about old times by now). I'm tired of reading two paragraph descriptions of each snowflake that falls from the sky. I'm 29 years old and fairly well read...I'm quite aware that winter is cold.
I'm done with this series, at least until it's done and I can buy the rest used in paperback for a dollar or two each.
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Summary: So BORING
Review: I loved this series but the last few and certainly this one were terrible. SO LONG.. and nothing happens... I found myself dreading reading it but I so wanted things to get moving.. then it ended and I was compelled to write this review. If you have not bought this one.. don't bother
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Summary: And so . . . The Plot Thins
Review: Having previously reviewed the book with only 2/3 of it read, it seemed helpful to make a part two now that I've finished. First though, I shall pause for applause for powering through this, the steepest part yet of a downward slope that Robert Jordan is sending himself down. And don't forget to give a hand for all the others who made it.
The last thirds of The Crossroads of Twighlight had all the excitement of the first two, which, expressed in numerical terms, is precisely zero. Nothing happened. There were no events in this book. Take out the constant tedious descriptions of dresses and furnishing, which slow every all ready slow scene down and urge you to skim ahead in a fruitless search for relevance, and the book is reduce to a fifty page supplement to the story. The sea of description never grated before when, to stretch the oceanic analogy, some sort of event would float by.
This book lacked any sort of major decision, any building tension (for itself or the continuing story) and it lacked The Dragon Reborn. Except for a small few bits near the end, Rand was never in it, and was only mentioned in a few fleeting thoughts by other characters. This appears to be the growing trend in the books.
Chris Neuhahn
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