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Summary: Crossroads of Twilight
Review: A waste of time!! Wasn't this series originally supposed to end with the 10th book? There is no good reason to drag this out.
Jordan has lost the respect and appeal he gained with the earlier books in the series.
Guess I'll reread Glen Cook's Black Co. series again(best ending ever!) and hope George R.R. Martin finishes A Feast for Crows soon.
Boy, did he ever raise the bar with the Fire & Ice series!! Better to do it his way and take more time and deliver something that satisfies than the tripe Jordan has turned out the past couple of books.
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Summary: Slooooowwww. Please stop the pain!
Review: Needless to say, this book does not pick up where the other one left off..The Male Half of the one source is clean, but hardly even mentioned as a major event. Character development is at the C and D level, the main characters everyone is familiar with are not moved forward. I was really looking forward to this book after reading the last one (and all the previous ones). There are way too many characters now, and the good ones from the first three are hardly mentioned (e.g. Lan...) Bottom Line: This whole series is getting very long in the tooth, and needs to be ended before all of his readers end up dead of old age...
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Summary: Crossroads of Twilight
Review: This has got to be about the money! Why else would an author and publisher release a 10th book in a series that does absolutely nothing to progress the story. The first six books in the Wheel of Time series set a new standard for adventure/fantasy. Since then, the series has gone downhill, culminating in a book that we had to wait two years for that does nothing. I screamed with frustration nightly to my wife after reading 150 pages that redescribed what each person looked like, what they liked to wear, and how nervous they were. The book could easily have been written in 200 pages, but forced us to wade through 750 pages of nothing but prep for the next book. Well maybe for the next book, as that is what I thought after the last book! After spending (...) to get this book in hardcover, I may look to finish reading this series in 8-10 years, when I can purchase the remaining books from a used book store for (...) each. In retrospect for the writer and publisher...I think you made a big mistake getting greedy by stuffing in an extra book to the series! If you are a Wheel of Time Fan, DO NOT buy this book! (...)P>Again, after waiting anxiously for this book, I could not have been more disappointed, and will not be purchasing any more books from this series.
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Summary: Another Disappointment
Review: Unfortunately, this book did almost nothing to move any of the stories along. The majority of the book revolved around Matt and Perrin, but neither story arc moved much. Perrin is still chasing the Shaido to rescue Faile, and Matt is still travelling with the circus with the Daughter of the Nine Moons. Rand makes a brief appearance after page 500. The one redeeming quality of this book is that he did not start a new story arc. If the story continues at this rate, it will take another 100 books to complete the story. Jordan should actually be ashamed to have published this book. I have given him chance after chance, but I will not buy another of his books until the series is complete.
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Summary: PLEASE... can we move the plot forward??
Review: I waited a long time for this book to finally be published. The series has so much potential - despite its seemingly unnecessary complexity and volume of characters. This book does nothing to move the plot forward, presents no resolution to any of the plot twists, and ultimately adds nothing to the series. The character development is of no value, there are numerous editor slips (grammer, people, grammer), and there is no real story progress. Overall, one could omit this book from the series and lose nothing about the plot development, character positions (geographically or ideologically), and ultimately would have saved themselves many hours of useless reading. Mr. Jordan, please move the plot forward, get back to basics, and pre-read the book before publishing in the future. Remember the rule, if it does not contribute or move the story forward, delete it. As Stephen King said, Final Copy = Draft - 10%.
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Summary: Give RJ a laxative
Review: Has there ever been a more constipated writer than Robert Jordan? Virtually zero plot movement takes place in this 672 bag of gas. If Jordan had been writing Lord of the Rings, the hobbits would still be in Rivendell in Book 10. I constantly fought the urge to skim through large sections of the book in hopes of finding some sections that wouldn't put me to sleep. What a major disappointment this series has become after such a promising start. I suspect that people keep buying it because, like me, they've invested too much time in the series not to see how it ends.
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Summary: As the snails go rushing by
Review: Slow. Very little plot advancement--even less than the previous book in the series. Jordan took nearly 400 pages to catch all of the plot lines up to the ending of book 9 (Winter's Heart). Too many characters to keep track of, and one of the main characters, Nynaeve, didn't even appear in this book. Someone compared this book to "filler" and I have to agree. Come on Jordan, finish the series. This is getting old. On the plus side, Jordan is a good writer and is able to make me feel like I'm there. I also enjoyed the interplay between Mat Cauthon and the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
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Summary: Ready to give up on Mr. Jordan
Review: I am ready to give up on Mr. Jordan and this series. The first 6 or so books in this series only took me about 3 nights each to read, 7-9 took me awhile longer. The 10th took me over a month to finally get through it. No action, slow slow slow. He actually seems to be stretching this line out for every penny. When he takes a half a page just to describe what someone is wearing, its time to move on to a new author. He is doing what drove me from reading Stephen King. Long pointless dialog. The editors need to get on Mr. Jordan to end this. When the next novel comes out I will be reading the reviews of it before I buy it. If everyone is complaining, I will be passing it up. Everyone should, just to give Mr. Jordan the message that enough is enough.
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Summary: Like a soap opera...
Review: Like a soap opera, I was able to skip about every 5 pages and still hang onto the plot...such as it is. Luckily, I borrowed the book. Didn't waste the money. I'll buy the last book in the series because I expect it'll be even better than the first few.
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Summary: Has RJ run out of ideas?
Review: Loved most of the books in the series to this point. "The Dragon Reborn" definitely ranks as one of my most enjoyable reads in any genre. That makes "Crossroads of Twilight" all the more disappointing. The plot failed to advance, the characters failed to develop and, frankly, this book was boring. After this stinker, I'm not willing to gamble [money]+ on another WOT book; I plan on picking up the next WOT installment from the library.
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