Crossroads of Twilight (Wheel of Time, Book 10)

Rating:
Summary: Potboiler that WON'T end
Review: This series had a good start for the first three books or so, but it has devolved into many plotlines that are sometimes skipped for entire books. That would be okay if the story kept moving, but instead we are subjected to multi-paragraph long descriptions of characters dress and beliefs and then the character is never seen again. That isn't good writing, that is fluff and filler.

The only reason I bought this book is because I had thought there would only be 10 books in the series since the pre-quel is out. Foolish me. Not only has Jordan given up putting serious effort into the series, he will NEVER FINISH IT. I not only suggest no one read this series, I suggest no one read this author unless you are into masochism.

PS: How do you look at a ceiling and see that the square tiles "interlock"? I mean, how can they be squares, yet be seen by an observer to interlock?

Rating:
Summary: The Most Awesomely Bad Fantasy Book Ever
Review: I could not believe how incredibly bad this book was. I never finished it. When my bookmark fell out and I tried to find my place, I literally could not differentiate between what I had and hadn't read because it is so unbelievably monotonous. I am done with this evil farce called Wheel of Time, more appropriately Waste of Time.

Robert Jordan is plauged simultaneously with description diarrhea and plot constipation, a lethal combination, resulting in a book that should realistically be about twenty pages long for the complete lack of anything happening. Jordan is bogged down in this stagnant pond of his with useless minor characters that nobody cares about that are as numerous as mosquito larvae on the surface of the stagnant pond. This book is actaully slower than stagnant, because it takes place in the time frame of the ninth book over three drawn out uneventful days. Something sort of useful happens at the end, according to my friend, but I will save myself three or four words and not be a spoiler. The characters, main characters at least, are annoying as ever, and I won't even start with the five thousand other characters the story tracks without purpose and that won't die or go away. Jordan should take a hint from George RR Martin, who keeps his cast in check by killing off characters, even main characters occasionally.

Crossroads of Twilight is horrible in every sense of the word, so horrible that it does not even deserve the one star I was required to give it. Simply put, it sucks. Don't read it. I recommend it only for insomniacs who might want to read themselves to sleep in two seconds flat. This book is not worth the eight dollars you pay for it. In fact, it's not even worth getting paid eight dollars to read it. So please don't read it. Please don't encourage Jordan to write more stagnant books in what could have been a great series. Wheel of Time had little potential after the fourth book, but Book Ten killed it once and for all. So it goes.

P.S. My friend's sister read the 9th and 10th books out of order and did not even realize it. Goes to show that this book is totally worthless.

Rating:
Summary: Skim reading is the key and even then it might not be enough
Review: Loved the first four books...end good review.

To tell you how bad the latest books in the series are, the hardcover edition of winter's heart or is it winter's gate, I forget, has been on the same shelf in the bookstore at a bargain price of $6.99 and still hasn't sold. I believe it has been lying there for over six months now in the bargain books section. I skimmed crossroads of twilight. AVOID IT!!!

I pity newbies who are pulled into the first books of the series. The one star ratings aren't jokes.