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Summary: It took me weeks to read this.
Review: I wanted to love this book, but ended up having to force myself to read it at times. Sometimes, I could not even finish a single chapter before drifting off. I know some of this has been said already, more than once, but there is a reason for it; it's true.I am loosing track of who is who and who is doing what. Okay, well, I guess I know who is doing what; they are all doing nothing. I would root for the bad guys, but they don't deserve to win either. The attempts at political intrigue were never the strong points of this series, and I wish Jordan would move on where they are concerned. They are becoming less interesting and less believable. The book was not all bad and boring, but a lot of it was a waste. Some of the chapters about Egwene were interesting, though it ended just as it started to go somewhere. I am very seriously thinking of waiting until I read all of the reviews before I purchase the next the book, if I purchase it at all; I will definitely not pre-purchase it this time. I think anyone that paid for this book should get the next one for free. It is bad enough that they are selling the previews as e-books, but now they appear to be selling an entire book as a preview; and not even an interesting one. Some say this is all setup for a future book. How much more setup do we need to pay for? A book, even as part of a series, should have a beginning, an end, a plot, and a point. I think this book may very well have failed to mee those requirements, on every count.
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Summary: Sloppy, irresponsible writing at its worst in Crossroads
Review: The biggest problem with a monumental series like wheel of time is that it takes so long to get into it (although you always feel like your building up to something spectacular). By the time you realize it's mediocre, poorly and overwritten fantasy, it's too late; you are committed to finishing the series. Thus I bought volume 10 hoping that Jordan would finally get to the point, especially after the briefly exciting progress at the end of book 9. Boy was I wrong After a 2 year wait, we are rewarded with a slow moving, plotless piece of drivel that spends 600 pages boring the reader.
I am sick of Jordan's obsession with gender. Every variation of plot involves women plotting ways to put men in their place, while the men cluelessly plunder on.
I cannot believe any editor would accept an author' complete lack of concise, clear, writing. An entire novel which does nothing to move the plot forward is irresponsible, sloppy, and outright rude to its readers, who will no doubt be forced to buythe next book after two more years of wait before another modest plot change.
If Jordan was a true fantasy writer of any substancial talent, he could control his writing and somehow reign it in after 10 800 page novels. Crossroads of Twilight was in short a dismal disappointment.
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Summary: Puh-leaze!
Review: I was hooked after reading the first book of this series. The plot moved quickly, it was interesting, the characters well fleshed out. The excellent writing continued for several more books. Mr. Jordan, what happened to you? The last two books are dead in the water. NOTHING, I mean NOTHING interesting happens to the story or the characters! What is the point of writing two entire books which do nothing to advance the plot? Set-up is good and necessary but only the amount of set-up which is relevant and assists the reader. I am extremely disppointed that I just read an entire book in which no plot advancement occurs. I'm sure I'll keep reading, because I do want to know what happens to these characters in the end, but let's get a move on, here!
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Summary: Save your money!!!
Review: With Eye of the World, Jordan laid the foundation for an epic fantasy/adventure that I have thouroghly enjoyed- until now. Reading this book is almost painful! I find myself skimming page after page and the only thing I missed was the tedious description of what each sister was wearing. The chapters concerning the females have become especially bad. How many times do we have to hear the same scenarios over and over again? Characters that were once interesting have become flat. Adventures that were once fast-paced have become a stagnant mess! I know Jordan can do better than this. The proof is on my bookshelf. In my opinion, The Shadow Rising and Lord of Chaos is some of the best fantasy fiction ever written, but it's time to bring this series to a long-overdue end. I can only hope that Jordan will write a conclusion worthy of his earlier work. After reading Crossroads of Twilight, though, I have little hope.
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Summary: are we being made fools of?
Review: jordans previous books were saved from his terrible, tedious writing style by some great action set pieces,some interesting leaps of imagination and, with rand, a compelling manichaean conflict but in the latest instalment there are no redeeming features. jordan appears to have no literary merit, his writing is graceless and his characterisation hackneyed and weak. the women are caricatures and so are the men, an assembly of cliches who mouth platitude after platitude. does every layer of clothing need to be described in such ridiculous detail, does every thought need to be forced upon us so, does he have an editor. jordan appears to think that every little thing needs to be spelt out to us again and again to the extent that one feels he thinks we lack sufficient intelligence to understand the most simplistic of notions and ideas. by continuing to buy this mind numbingly boring drivel he has spawned of late we may just be proving him right.
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Summary: Great cure for insomnia
Review: After per-ordering this book with the great ratings that were given to it I was looking forward to a pleasant experience. I found that this book took me two weeks to read because there was not anything of intrest hapening in the plot. I kept reading, knowing that Jordan sometimes packs the last one hundred pages with excitment. Nothing, the book could have passed as much information in a much more plesant read in about eight chapters. I am not an author, but I do know that this book in no way resembles the first books of the series, and seemed like a waste of time.
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Summary: Run away... then keep running.
Review: What started as a great series has run out of gas. Every story needs to have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Not only has this series reached the time for an ending, it has reached the point where the ending will be at best anti-climatic. A pity RJ either doesn't realize this or is contractually obligated to butcher this series. The book rambles on, but doesn't really go anywhere, building excitement, only to let it slip away.
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Summary: really needs a 4 1/2 star
Review: I love this saga, RJ is a great author and for those of you saying he has lost control of his story maybe you just need to gain some patience!!! When this saga actually concludes I will be extremely sad for there aren't many books that I enjoy reading and havn't read yet... just waiting for new books from george R.R. Martin and Terry Goodkind.
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Summary: Book Number 10
Review: Hey all, After reading books 1 to 9, I would say that Jordan's fiction has its fluctuations between exciting and slow. In the books 1-9 there has always been a balance, some books slightly more slow and others slightly more exciting. Book 10 however is a completely different case. I was disappointed, for majority of the first half of the book the only thing that kept me going was what had happened in book 9. All in all though, excluding a lot of the waffle, I would say that book 10 was satisfying. Not exciting, un-like books 1 to 9. Cheers,
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Summary: Fire the editor
Review: It took me almost 2 months to finally choke down this horrid book. The book sat on my shelf for two weeks while I only had 2 chapters to go. I really didn't care anymore what happened. There are so many names and trivial characters. I really lost interest in what people wear and whether or not they drink wine or weak tea. There is no action. What happened to the trollics and Aes Sedai battling the ... forces? What about unusual creatures attacking in the night? Warders in battle, anything. please, anything! Perrin was one of my favorite characters until this book. The first quarter of the book is spent on him whining about his missing wife. I really got that he was upset the first time you wrote that. Yawn. Mr. Jordan, you could have said all that in one chapter. All you RJ fans out there...remember when Egwene and the Aes Sedai Traveled to Tar Valon and they were on the edge of the city. This was a couple of books back. The book ended with what seemed like an exciting climax that would lead to a big battle. Two books later, they are still on the edge of town living in muddy tents. Yawn. Finally in the last chapter Egwene was captured. Wheeeeewwww. How thrilling. Yawn. Elayne is dealing with the politics of being a leader. Yawn. She is only allowed weak tea and everyone wants her to eat more because she is pregnant. Matt flirts with women. Rand does nothing. I'm starting to cheer for the Dark One to come along and [destroy] him. It was too bad. I liked Winter's Heart. This book was painfully slow. Of course, after 10 books I'll read the next when it comes out. Less enthusiastically. I'll have to boil up some weak tea to help me choke it down.
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