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Summary: Minimal Advancement, Masterful Storytelling
Review: I believe that if you are reading this review, you have already read the first nine books, and are trying to get a feel for the tenth. Well, don't set your sites too high.Many previous reviewers are absolutely correct: the plot goes nowhere. I mean, nowhere. This book could have been 100 pages long, and the plotline would not have moved any less. MOST disappointing. As far as the title of the book is concerned, I believe it should have been titled Crossroads of Tedium: Wait Until Another Book Comes Out, and Hope We Advance the Plot Before Tar'mon Gaidon. My series-long complaint is the internal bickering between every single women's group. Between the Aiel, Kin, Aes Sedai (o my god!), Wise Ones, and Sea Folk, there is too much female tension. While the female characters are important, there is so much constant dress-smoothing,chin-lifting, and steel-eyed gazing that I found myself skimming the chapters centered on Egwene, Elayne, and even Mat. There's over half the book, right there. In Jordan's defense, his storytelling is truly artful. The third person style alters a little for each character's perspective. As the story is told through one person's view, the idioms, phrases, and expressions also change to coincide with the personality of the person who is centered in that particuar chapter. Very Cool: I think you'll enjoy it. In short, read the tenth book for the art of storytelling. Don't expect any major excitement, and you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Jordan's Fashion Show
Review: Having been frustrated with Robert Jordan's previous books in this series that are ploddingly paced, I find reading Crossroads of Twilight like reviewing hundreds of articles on local fashion shows. Jordan seems to think that characters are made vivid by telling us exactly what they are wearing. After 200+ pages of watching character after character parade across Jordan's stage with him announcing in the same monotone what they're wearing, I give up. He has apparently decided that it is better to milk his audience for every penny he can than to produce a great, enduring fantasy classic (which he was well on the way to with the first 3 books). This book finally quenches my thirst for the Wheel of Time, not with satisfaction, but with disillusionment. So long, Robert.
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Summary: Huge Dissappointment
Review: Jordan's Wheel of Time series, up until this book, has been wonderful. The series has slowed down a bit with the latter novels, but nonetheless have the novels been good. Again, sadly, until this novel. A great many reviews here claim for this novel to be set-up for the next book or two. Sadly, in order for that to happen, Jordan would have had to actually provide something in this novel that was new. With the exception of the last 2 or 3 paragraphs of the last chapter there was nothing new to this novel at all. This novel is nothing more than a rehash of everything that has happened thus far. That said - I will, of course, buy the next Wheel of Time novel. As this point, after reading the whole series thus far, I've invested too much time to give up reading the series no matter how terrible it gets. Right now, I'm finally going to tackle some of the work bv R.A. Salvatore instead for a change of pace. Oh yes, any of you even remotely hoping to see Rand give up now. There's about 20 pages total worth of writing devoted to him.
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Summary: THE SERIES THAT WOULDN'T END
Review: As I waded through the muck that is this book (give me back my $...!), it occurred to me - either Jordan is milking us for every penny we have, knowing that we, as readers, just keep hoping he'll get his act together, or he has simply no idea how to finish this series. I'm leaning on the no clue side, as opposed to the greedy. Regardless, this book was a complete waste of my time and money. Jordan could have accomplished the plot movement of this story in 75 pages or less, and saved me a lot of time. Don't waste your effort on this one.
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Summary: WOT the ! ! ! ?
Review: "...if an aes sedai's face can get any darker,hers did.".."... if Perrin's face could turn more red, it did."...."...if a warder's face could turn any colder, his did." ..."..if a wiseones's eyes can turn any colder, hers did."..."..if Perrin's eyes can be more piercing, it did." .... So did i bore you????? ... well there are over 500 pages devoted to facial expressions alone... look RJ we aint all dimwits as you may think ok?? we know how a face look when it's angry or shy or afraid ok?? you have to remind us every freaken time???? this is the 10th book man ... get on with it!!
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Summary: please Mr. Jordan Enough Already
Review: Path of daggers was supposed to be the final book. with respect to Mr. Jordan he should put this thing to bed already. Resolve the plots of the story and stop milking the series for every dollar. The great Thing about Professor Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is that they comprised a life long of scholarship, and he spent a lifetime writing only 3 fantasy books. The silmarillion, the hobbit, and the lord of the rings. Sorry Mr. Jordan but I don't agree with the reviewers you are no J.r.r. Tolkien.
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Summary: Thank goodness for libraries
Review: (with apologies to Winston Churchill) Never in the history of Fantasy novels have so few (Jordan), written so much (this book) and achieved so little (plot advancement). The guy is just in it for the money. I'm glad I got it from the library. If you want engrossing fantasy, try Stephen Erikson.
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Summary: A disappointment in a great series
Review: Let me start out by saying that I would defend every other book in the Wheel of Time series. Though some were certainly better than others, I liked every one and have reread the series numerous times. But, Mr. Jordan has finally written a book that even I can't say I like. I was unaware that it was possible to write a 700-page book about ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. But, I now know that it is possible. I look forward to the next work in the Wheel of Time series. I hope that Mr. Jordan can return to his previous standards of excellence. And, for those of you who plan to continue the series to its finale, I would recommend reading this book just so that you catch the bits and pieces of seemingly important information that Mr. Jordan sprinkles in. However, don't go into this with any high expectations.
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Summary: Wake Me Up Please
Review: Wake me up when Mr. Jordan decides what the ending of his book will be. I am one of the millions of people hooked on this series, yet I just spent 700 pages hoping that something important would happen. The only thing that kept me turning the pages was the hope of the elusive plot twist visting me on the next page. I can't help but think that the author doesn't know what direction he would like to take with his characters. I really think that the intelligence of his readers was insulted by this thinly veiled excuse for literature. You could have skipped this book in the series and then had someone explain who "Tuon" is, and you would be all set for the 11th book in the series. Or is it the 17th??? I forget.
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Summary: Slow, Slower, Slowest.
Review: Thinking back on this book I can't help but get the feeling this book is filler. I hope Jordan killed the momentum to establish setting (all be it in the tenth book the series), because the only other reason I can think of for this book to exist is to drag out his sales. This book CRAWLED. Although there were two or three occasions where the plot or a character were developed three-fourths of the book is describing setting due to the constant shifting from character to character. Jordan has spread himself too thin. The intricate details that once gave life to his world now choke it. His characters are spread across the world thus he is describing his world, acre by acre. Unless characters start coming together, he's going to have to either neglect some characters or leave the series unfinished he having died of old age. I like political, social and inner struggle as much as a good fight but an occurrence of any of these left me with a feeling of, 'Finally,' instead of the 'Wow,' I got form the first books of the series.
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