Rating: 
Summary: Extremely boring
Review: This is just one reviewer that will say -- I never bought book 9 (borrowed it from a friend) and will not buy book 10. I just scan the reviews to get an understanding of what happens. One way to send Jordan a message is to not buy his books. Which appears to be the case because this book has gone on the "Special Saver" list already in many bookstores. Waste of money and time after book 6.
Rating:
Summary: Boring
Review: Ten years ago. I lived in Osaka, before the days of the internet and Amazon.com going to the local book store where English books were sold was a major effort. And when you got there and found a book that you liked you had to pay two to three time the price of the book. The biggest seller of English language books in Osaka is Kinokunia Books. Kinokunia is always filled to the rafters with teenagers reading the latest comic books, that you have fight though to get to the books in English and whose pricing policy of English books is based on an exchange rate based on the yen to dollar rate of the late fifties
So one fine spring day I took a forty-five minute train ride to Kyoto and went to Maruzen Books.
At Maruzen all the Books in English are on one floor. And in those days when you went that floor it was almost always empty and I could spend hours reading and browsing. That day when I went to the SF/ Fantasy section I saw four fat books that changed my life. They were the first four books in Robert JordanĀfs Wheel of Time. I bought all four books. I became a wheel of time junkie. I had friends and family in America, England and Australia looking for more of these books for me and once every two or three months I would take the train to Kyoto. And when ever I got a new one I spends two weeks reading it as slowly as I could. Sometimes I felt let down, books four and seven were not very interesting but still they made me feel as if something was going to happen in the next book. So I would start the wait again.
The Cross Roads of Twilight was the most disappointing book in the Wheel of Time series. Other than Mat and the Daughter of the Nine Moons playing cat and mouse with each other there was nothing of interest going on in the story
Rating:
Summary: Not a good book by itself
Review: I have read the other nine books and have enjoyed them very much. Sad to say, I did not enjoy this one. The plot moves very slowly and many of the subplots are still not resolved. People should wait for the next book before buying this one. This might be a good book if the series were read continuously. As it is, this is not a good read considering that we have waited two years for this.
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Summary: I'm glad that I used the Library
Review: Truly, RJ is drawing this series out for all that it is worth. What a bore as compared to the very interesting first few volumes. If there is a #11, I'll check this one out of the Library too, assuming that I read it at all. Frankly, I'd rather read Robin Hobb, J R R Tolkien, George R R Martin, Terry Brooks, or Stephen King for Fantasy.
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Summary: One Prologue, Then Another
Review: The other reviews are largely on target. The nearly 100-page prologue sums up the book and most of the recent series to date: let me introduce some new characters, give you lots more detail about them than you would ever care to know, and then let you figure out if they'll ever figure into the story. The first 500 pages of the book go nowhere. Chronologically they take place during Winter's Heart. Jordan apparently felt that he hadn't gone over those few days in agonizing enough detail in WH so had to catch everyone up on the latest fashion, cuisine, culture, etc. The last 200 pages are decent, but could have been done (with the rest of the book) in a 50 page prologue to a real story. It's interesting that even most of those (few) who rated this more than one star didn't have anything good to say about it. To 'Get Over It': Rand IS the main character. The series started with him and its main plot (hard to keep track of with the scores of them) is that he must confront the Dark One at the end.
Jordan needs an editor who will come in and say, "RJ no more talks about skirts, and faces, and reactions. Quit repeating yourself, such as mentioning an Illian accent every time someone says, 'I do be tired of hearing about this. No more than one paragraph between lines of dialogue. No more new characters. No more new subplots. No more fashion, architecture, culture, or similar references. Focus on the story. Reread 'The Eye of the World' and use its style. Star wrapping things up before your readers come with some nails for your coffin."
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Summary: One Chapter Stretched into a Book
Review: Robert Jordan obviously asks, " Why write one powerful chapter, when you can stretch it into an entire novel?". Absolutely nothing resolved from the previous novels, merely more colorful, albeit, competent, embellishment upon already laid grounds. Whereas the first few novels were masterpieces of drama, action, humor, and epic scope, the last few novels (excepting the last chapter of Winter Heart) have been like watching daytime soaps. Truly dissapointed, not even looking forward to the next book, and this was my all time favorite series. I want to weep.
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Summary: Never again, Mr. Jordan
Review: ...and then I bought Book Ten, "Crossroads of Twilight". Let me tell you, I don't feel simply let down - I feel absolutely [bad]. If *this* is what I have waited for since Book Nine, I surely will not languish in anticipation until Book Eleven, because I am ready to dump the rest of the series right now, sight unseen. I don't want to ruin the book for anyone who hasn't read it yet; suffice it to say that book goes nowhere - slowly. ONE CHAPTER (Chapter 24) deals directly with Rand al'Thor (approx. 17-ish pages long), which is thrown in as a conveyence to a new alliance coming into play. No resolution within the Aes Sedai; Mat is still hearing those bloody dice rattle from time to time in his head, he still feels his silver-worked wolf head medallion go cold when some woman is channeling nearby, and he still does not consider himself a military commander. *YAWN* Oh, he has a new woman in his life (as seen in 'Winter's Heart'), but very little is done with this. Perrin, who takes up a sizeable portion of 'Crossroads of Twilight' ...well, let's just say it is nothing but a continuence of the challenge he pursued from the development in Winter's Heart, with no resolution whatsoever in Book Ten. This book is stagnant, plodding - and I dare say insulting, in the sense that after multiple delays in getting it to press and into the hands of the readers who have been following the series ... It is very hard for me to convey in words my disgust over this latest novel from Robert Jordan. Up through Book Six (Lord of Chaos), the only person Mr. Jordan had to compete with was Robert Jordan. Sadly, it seems he is no longer able to answer the bell and rise to that challenge. It is sad to see a series that started so strongly fall upon such hard times, ... In my opinion, this book is easily the weakest link in the 'Eye of the World' chain.
Rating: 
Summary: I have my doubts
Review: I used to think Jordan was the most exciting, innovative and impressive fantasy author (or for that matter, almost ANY author) I'd ever read. Now, however, I'm beginning to doubt that he even writes his own stuff. No one who wrote the perfectly fantastic Eye of the World could possibly be responsible for this drivel. Remember when chapters used to fly and when you just knew the last chapter of each character would be explosive? Not anymore. Visions and prophecies were extremely important and revealed in intriguing ways, but in this book Min's vision of the bloody hand and an axe in connection with Perrin was fulfilled so poorly, I wish he hadn't even done it at all. It seemed so random - I thought his whole "will I kill for the right cause?" dilema was resolved before this, so throwing away his axe because of guilt over one Shaido's hand is just plain [bad] writing. There were plenty of other disappointments in the book, but mainly I was disappointed that he wasted an entire book on trite "smoothing her skirts" descriptions and not furthering anyone's plot when this series is said to be finished in two more books...
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Summary: Robert Jordan has Succumbed to the Taint
Review: The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, (yet Jordan still writes) leaving memories that become legend (yet Jordan still writes), then fade to myth (yet Jordan still writes), and are long forgot when that Age comes again (and another WoT book is published). There are neither beginnings nor ends to the turning of the Wheel of Jordan... but it was yet another beginning... I will cough up the money for the next hard cover version, it is as inevitable as the next wind that blows across the land, but please Mr Jordan work the interesting parts of your story. I read through a number of these 1 star reviews, and they are funny, hit the point correctly, but will fall on deaf ears. If you are one the of the few souls who have not yet bought this addition to the series, save the money, find it at a library. Save your time, you won't miss anything, just read the chapters with Mat (maybe 3 chapters), they are the only enjoyable parts anyways...
Rating: 
Summary: Agree with Ben...
Review: ...to a point. Re: More setup for what is sure to be an excellent conclusion, January 15, 2003 - Reviewer: Ben from St. Bonifacious, MN United States In the grand scheme of the WoT epic, book 10 has it's place as a setup of things to come. But given the long waiting time between books, I can't in good conscience give it any more then a 3 rating. It reads like the first half of a complete book, setup, setup, and more setup, but no resolutions. I wouldn't recommend buying this book until Book 11 comes out (although it is a must read if you plan on continuing your tour of the Wheel of Time). I firmly believe the two books will compliment each other well, or at least that is my hope. However, I think this series is going at least 12, there is much too much going on for it to be resolved in one or even two books. Not at the pace that's been set. Word to the wise - keep a journal! You need one just to keep track of everyone who makes an appearence. When something or other happens to one of the supporting cast (good or bad), those folks are really just names, with no emotional attachment to what happens other then a brief "oh".
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