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Summary: Insomnia Cure
Review: This book goes nowhere slowly. Mat is courting, Rand is resting with Perrin and Egwene dithering.
It takes 30 chapters to say what could be said in 3. At this rate we'll all be dead of old age before the last battle.
Has Robert Jordan lost the plot?
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Summary: For WoT fans, a must read...unfortunately
Review: Simply put, more exciting events take place in the prologue thatn the rest of the novel.After ten installments, it is easy to take a look back at the series. The first four novels could be said to follow the pattern laid out by Tolkien. The same old story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances undergoing terrific trials to save the world from nearly invincible evil forces. But who cared if the formula was rehased Tolkien? The books were EXCITING. I remember staying up until my eyes closed of their own accord just to finish one more chapter. We fell in love with the main characters and were on the edge of our seats waiting to see what trials awaited around the next corner. Now it's different. Now all the immediacy is gone. All the characters seem to sit around waiting for the last battle to come to them. We have gone from a race against time, to a race against boredom. To make matters worse, Mr. Jordan's writing speed seems to echo the pace of his novels. Instead of one action packed rollercoaster ride every year, we are forced to wait two and sometimes three years for the next installment. The other main attribute of the first four novels I loved dearly was the detail. Jordan was able to paint a complete picture of people places and events in my mind. It was almost like I could see exactly what he was thinking as he laid the words on paper. Unfortunately this amount of detail has now backfired on us. For example, in this latest installment, Perrin's secretary Balwer tells Perrin he has something important to say. We are then forced to read four pages describing how Perrin's camp is laid out before we find out what is so important. Is this completely necessary? And the list of characters has grown so large, that even afer reading the same installment multiple times, I can scarcely keep everyone straight. I would love for someone to actually sit down and count the number of Aes Sedia named and intricately described throught the course of this story. Are they all necessary? I think not. I have personally waited over a decade and spent hundred of dollars to find out what happens at the end. And if the sytle of the first books carried over to the rest, I would dread the ending of the story. But Crossroads of Twilight was the last straw. I am no longer the WoT fan I used to be. Oh, I will still read future installments, but only to justify the time I have previously spent on this series, and not for love of a captivating story.
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Summary: Incredibly disappointing
Review: Once again Robert Jordan disappoints with "Crossroads of Twilight". I have been an avid Jordan reader since the beginning and its clear that the quality of his books has gone downhill. If I hadn't read the prior nine books, I would surely not start reading Jordan now. There is very little plot advancement in the Crossroads of Twilight. Rand doesnt even appear until the very end and you only get a glance at Nynaeve. I can't believe it took him nearly three years to write this book! One bright spot is that Crossroads of Twilight is not as bad as Path of Daggers. Wait for the paperback or check it out from the library, its just not worth it.
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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: I own all of the WoT, the last several in hardback. I've read all of them twice or more. I've had CoT on pre-order with Amazon for about a year. Suffice it to say that I'm a fan of the series. However, after reading this one, I'm thinking about just quitting. How an author could do so little in 680 pages absolutely boggles the mind. Glacial would be a compliment. I mean, this is ridiculous. I have no problem with Jordan spending a fair amount of time setting the stage for big events to come. However, he could have easily compressed everything in this book into a prologue or 2-3 chapters. Why bother reading it? I really thought RJ was going somewhere with this series. I thought it might end in 12-13 books, as he's been claiming for awhile. ... Give me a break.
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Summary: This is a very weak book.
Review: There is no progression of the plot. If you are reading the series, you can skip this book and go directly to book eleven and it will not make a difference. I am not exagerating. The book is awfully redundant. An example is mentioning how Elza really wants the Dark One to kill Rand in the last battle. Readers of the series already know that. Why mention it, she does nothing but stand around in this book. Everyone seems to just stand around. It has too much useless details. A page about washing clothes. What does that have to do with anything. There is about 200 pages of meat worth chomping on, and the rest is useless dribble. Very little suspense. The only suspense I felt while reading the book was to see what would be said when Logain met with Rand, and that suspense was generated books ago. Very little action. A few people were killed off screen and two people on screen, one of the two was a nameless fellow and the other was a very minor character. No battles or major fighting. After waiting two years, RJ could have put at least added tiny battle or maybe the gholam on a rampage or something. I read from a customer review that there will be 12 books, I find that hard to believe. Maybe that was the plan at one point, but unless someone else finishes the series, I think it is unlikely.
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Summary: the wheel of time turns...my stomach
Review: "Get to the point, Jordan." That little prod kept echoing in my head as I waded through the tepid pages of Crossroads of Twilight. This latest installment of the Wheel of Time is once again bogged down by the sheer complexity of the Jordan's world. And yet, with this obsessive amount of complexity already on-hand, Jordan still introduces minor character and spends far more time than he should developing their minor stories. Sub-plots within sub-plots abound, relegating the pace of action to a snail's pace. And where's Rand in all of this? The pinnacle of the story is allotted almost no time- probably less than Faile in her struggles with the Shaido. Who cares about Faile? Who cares about exhausting dynamic between the houses in Andor? I want action, and I feel that with the time I've put into the series, I deserve it. Jordan also wastes time with his form fitted and overly simplified characterizations of Women and Men. Women are all scheming and cat like, while men are just plain stupid. I guess that's not a gripe with this book in particular, but it stands out more in this installment (perhaps because of the lack of plot movement). With regards to the relationship between the sexes, Men and women either fall in love, or hate each other. If Jordan's world has to be so physically complex, he should at least make some effort to see that it's emotionally complex. Now don't get me wrong. Books one through six are among the best works of fantasy ever written. I am still a Jordan fan (albeit a waning one), but the last four books have done nothing but set up action that never seems to arrive. Something needs to happen in book eleven. Some confrontation with the Seanchan or the Dark One or *something.* If you've put in your time with the series, then you're going to read this book no matter what the reviews say, but do yourself a favor and skim this one. With the time you'll save, maybe you can write Jordan and tell him to get it together.
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Summary: Left without satisfaction.
Review: I found myself very disappointed with book 10 when I finished. Jordan's wordiness usually entices me, but left me hanging this time. Jordan put massive amounts of description into what women were wearing, or their facial expressions, etc. and came out with a very wordy book with really nothing to say. There was really no forward movement in the storylines making it seem like this book is simply a means to make money and continue to stumble this series forward to no end. His portrayal of women leaves much to be desired with a constant view of females being catty, sly and full of ulterior motives. Even the end (where all the books usually pick up) was a yawner. I feel I wasted time in this text and am not going to recommend the series to anyone else until Jordan shows as much passion for the story as in the past. I think it's gone on even too long for him.
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Summary: Definitely My Least Favorite
Review: I've stuck with RJ through thick and thin. Like most people, I was a little frustrated with the slow plot movement of the last few books, but I also stood up for RJ, claiming the he was simply trying to make a more realistic world. And, well, isn't real life boring sometimes? But I must say that I was quite disappointed with this title. As other reviewers have said, virtually NOTHING of importance happens in this book. Some decisions are made, but the repercussions are not seen. The major events of "Winter's Heart" don't even play a minor role in this novel... in fact, most of the characters don't even know what happened yet! I really had my hopes up for this book after the climax of "Winter's Heart," but they weren't realized. Of course I will continue to read the series, and I look forward to the next book in the hopes that it will be more along the lines of the first 5 or 6 books. I just hope it won't be TOO long of a wait this time!
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Summary: Save your money, skip this book
Review: Nothing happens in the 10 installment. It's a waste of money, time, and anticipation. I've been reading thiese books since High School and my 15th reunion is coming up - at this pace, Jordan will probalby be dead long before Tarmon Gaidon occurs in installment 50! Seriously, if you absolutely MUST buy this book, do as another reader suggested and and just read the quotations. I mean who really cares about the texture of the gravel under Lan's boot as Nynaeve watches him spar with a young Ashaman who has a toothache? DISAPPOINTING.
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Summary: This would be a very good book if it wasn't number 10
Review: First the bad news regarding Robert Jordan's new Wheel of Time novel The Crossroads of Twilight. Yet again nothing happens. I not saying this in a completely bad way. The Crossroads of Twilight isn't a repeat of The Paths of Daggers; a book where I am pretty sure, Robert Jordan had run out of ideas and so released a novel which more fortunate readers (those who haven't already read or re-read the series a few times) might want to consider skipping since they probably won't miss a thing. No, in the current novel nothing happens simply because all of the characters seem to be being positioned for something momentous to occur - soon (or rather: in two to three years when the next novel comes out). The Crossroads of Twilight would actually be an exciting book if I didn't know that I would have to wait so long to get my hands on the next installment. It reads like the third book of a series of five, in other words it is full possibilities and interesting. On a more general note: Some of Robert Jordan's more irritating habits are exhibited here in full force. His writing still goes to incredible lengths to explain around the natural way a character might act. Anybody who has read the series knows that sometimes Jordan will avoid a conflicts in order to add a few hundred pages and a dozen sub-plots. A good example from this book consists of this: Consider that in Winter's Heart saidin was cleaned. BUT in Twilight, the author devotes an chapter explaining why Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne can't meet to resolve - in their minds at least - this issue. Since I have been reading the series for so long, I can understand why Jordan might do this, and I can even see where plot in his next book might go as a result. But understanding and sympathy does not preclude my own personal irritation. On the other hand, one of the two reasons why I continue to read this series, is that it is becoming more and more evident that Jordan plans to do something rather interesting with the way a traditional episodic narrative is handled. In fantasy, or really any type of linear story-telling system there is the inevitable climax. In the case of the Wheel of Time this will undoubtedly be Tarmon Gai'don (i.e. arma Ged'don). But it is beginning to look like, because of Jordan's long-winded and conflict avoiding writing style, the climax of the series will end up being a relatively minor event. Furthermore, because the sub-plots are becoming more and more involved (and with some justification - more and more intriguing), the series will probably continue long after the series has actually ended. This is how I rate it: If this had been the third book of a five book series, it would easily rate either 4 or even 5 stars
If someone had just recommended this series to me last week, and I was coming to the series fresh I would give it either 3 or maybe even 4 stars. However since I just know that everything is going to drag out forever. Since I know that the next book will surely never come. Since I know that anything that may have been resolved here will surely be unresolved when book eleven comes along, I have to reluctantly rate it at 2 stars.
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