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Summary: Very DULL, long winded catch up.
Review: Seems like Jordan is milking this series for all he can. This is the second time that he has not really moved anything along in a book. Nothing MAJOR at least. Now we must wait another 2+ years for a book that will have some substance to it. I have also noticed that the first few books were much thicker. Now that he is getting nearer the end the books are half the size but not half the PRICE.
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Summary: Crossroads of Boredom
Review: Now I have been a huge fan of the WOT series. Books 1-6 were absolutely awesome. After "Lord of Chaos" the series started to die down. "Crown of Swords" was an ok addition, "Path of Daggers" started the slow movement of the plot, "Winters Heart" almost brought the story to a standstill, but with this new addition "Crossroads of Twilight" RJ has brought the WOT series to an all time low. This book contained 678 pages of pointless detail. The highpoints in this book as far as im concerned were Mat's brief encounters with the Daughter of the Nine Moons, and Rands VERY brief appearances. To summarize you could read about three chapters of this book and still know enough not to be lost when the next one comes out. And since RJ is taking his sweet time releasing these you can expect the next one some time in 2007!!!
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Summary: Big Fan Disappointed
Review: I don't know what is going on in Mr. Jordan's life, but I hope he can pull this series out of the nose-dive it has taken. I like a complex and intriguing tale as much as the next person, but tWoT has gotten a bit out of hand. The numbers of characters (in different locales) are such that you can't spend enough time with the ones you like. On top of that, when you finally come to a chapter containing a character you care about, they mostly just eat, take a bath, or talk about needing to make a decision on some obscure point. The rest of the time reading is spent trying to remember who one of the hundreds of minor characters diffused throughout the book is. With each page I got more frustrated. When I got to the mid-500's, my hope rose for an instant, only to come crashing back down. I'm no writer, but I know what I like as a reader, and I didn't get it with this book. My hopes are that this book was written in order to bring the major characters back into one or two groups in the next book. Then maybe they can accomplish something worth reading about. I will read the whole series, because I have come this far already, but I have come to expect very little based on the last few books. Mr. Jordan, if you happen to come by this review, I am certainly glad you began this series. Whatever it is you have to do to breathe life back into it, please do it. Take as much time as you need. I don't much like waiting for things, but I would rather read good work than rushed worked.
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Summary: I liked it
Review: Contrary to most I liked the book. It really sets everything up very well for the last battle. I can't wait for the next 2 books.
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Summary: Twilight itself is more exciting!
Review: I am so disappointed! I have followed this series since the very beginning and have waited patiently on each new volume. In the last few I began to become worried, the pace had started to slow, and the waiting in between each new volume had become almost painful, but at least they all had built to a climax and something had happened in the end .
In Crossroads, nothing happened , nothing ! I just finished it and I am stunned and , and ........ I am at a lost for words .
Mr. Jordan I think you are amazing but this book is very disappointing!
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Summary: The slowest book in the series
Review: Reviews of Jordan's WOT books usually complain about the slow development of the plot. Although the first five books are definetely more exciting and better written then the last five, until this novel I was still a satisfied reader. Book 10 however was a complete dissappointment. Jordan spends 850 pages on description of how a riding skirt looks and which fringes the Aes Sedai wear and less then 50 on actual plot development; "slow" is a nice way of describing this one. Personally, I don't know if I have the patience to wait another two years for the series to continue.
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Summary: The Wheel of Time Turns Slowly Indeed
Review: I am very disappointed with ~Crossroads of Twilight~. The last book, ~Winter's Heart~ took forever to get somewhere. ~Crossroads of Twilight~ takes forever to get somewhere very close to no where. In his tenth installment, Mr. Jordan gives us almost 700 pages of vignettes concerning some of his characters. If you've developed a passion for Nynaeve, this book will disappoint you. I won't give a play-by-play. I will say that Rand's cleaning of ~saidin~ is barely mentioned, the Aes Sedai remain divided both within and without the White Tower, Egwene has not yet grown up, Elayne does not become Queen, the Aiel still have Perrin's wife, Faile, and Mat makes little progress towards matrimony with the Seanchean heir apparent. If you haven't been following Mr. Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, this is NOT the place to start. If you aren't more or less up-to-date, there are very few guideposts to help you through this book. Even if you have been following since ~The Eye of the World~ came out in 1990, you may need to have at least ~Winter's Heart~ nearby. At this point you really do need a score-card, and the author fails to provide it. Mr. Jordan seems to be using this book to set-up the conclusion of his epic opus. Much as ~Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back~ made ~Return of the Jedi~ possible, ~Crossroads of Twilight~ is slowly leading us to Tarmon Gai'don (the Last Battle). Some may dismiss my low rating as a dislike for this sort of tale. Don't you believe it! Jordan's ~Crossroads of Twilight~ does not suffer because it is a point of transition in his story. It fails because next to nothing happens, and you have to slog through hundreds of pages of mostly superfluous description to find that out. I can't tell you to buy it unless you've got to complete the set. I would borrow a copy, or check it out from the library. There are a dizzying number of minor and not-so-minor characters to remember from previous books, and you may want to use John's Mediocre Wheel of Time Glossary (link below) or something like it as a Who's Who.
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Summary: A bit slow
Review: While I'm a huge fan of this series I must say I wasn't very happy with this book. After the long wait (as always) I was hoping to see how the story would advance from the ending of the last book. Well, it didn't, not much at least. With the characters as spread out as they are just catching up with each took up the entire book and then nothing really happened to any of them, just more of what they were doing at the end of the last book. There was a lot hinted at that could happen in the next book but that's about all this book was filled with, hints of what was to come. Being the fan I am of this series I know I'll be out there buying the next book, but not with the same hope that I had for this one.
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Summary: Unquestionably his worst attempt
Review: This book plods along and goes nowhere. I finished it only because I could not believe how Jordan could screw up a great story so badly. After reading the great books (1-5), this is like watching a senior tour golfer shoot 90 from the ladies tees. There are now thousands of storylines speeding to no foreseeable conclusion. This was an epic tale that should have ended four books ago. The remaining installments should come with $100 bills attached to pay you to read them. Can TOR resurrect the author of the earlier books?
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Summary: End It Now Please
Review: Oh for crying-out-loud, give it a rest will you Mr Jordan? Either kill someone out or close of some of these sub-plots 'cause I've found reading your pedantic novels mind-numbing. I've spent my last dollar on this series, and I suggest to you to STOP MILKING IT. As a writer, when you place unsolved/unresolved issues out there for the protagonists, you put the reader into a state anxiety. "Will so-and-so overcome this one? Will so-and-so sucumb/triumph?" Haven't really seen that yet. Just more pain and more un-resolved issues and a greater amount of anxiety as the "journey of reading pain" continues. I kept hoping you'd get somewhere. You're Lost. Stop by the side of the road, ask for directions. Buy a ...map! Take a page from other authors in Fantasy - Characters die, issues get resolved, character development advances - it does not stagnate. I give this work 0 stars (but am not allowed to) and wouldn't mind a rebate on my time and injury to my wallet. Just because folks don't understand what you've written, it does not make you a artist.
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