Jolteon reviewed Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #10)
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2 stars
Literally nothing happens in the entire book.
English language
3 stars
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Crossroads of Twilight is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the tenth book of his The Wheel of Time series. It was published by Tor Books and released on January 7, 2003. Upon its release, it immediately rose to the #1 position on the New York Times best seller list for hardcover fiction, making it the third Wheel of Time book to reach the #1 position on that list. It remained on the list for the next three months. Crossroads of Twilight consists of a prologue, 30 chapters, and an epilogue. Lord of Chaos, Knife of Dreams, New Spring, The Gathering Storm and A Memory of Light are the only other Wheel of Time books to have an epilogue. Many of the events of Crossroads of Twilight take place simultaneously with the events of the previous book, Winter's Heart.
David reviewed Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #10)
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2 stars
So....do you want the good news or the bad news?
Ok, bad news first.
1) This is mostly a really dull read. The first two-thirds of this book are completely superfluous. Nothing much happens until Chapter 19, which is more than 2/3 of the way through.
2) A large portion of this book has to do with Aes Sedai politics and in-fighting. This is completely unremarkable, especially as it typically does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to advance the plot. Prepare yourself for lots of passive-aggressive insults and dress-smoothing.
3) Something huge happens at the end of Winter's Heart. I won't say what it is here, because spoilers, but it is monumental. It changes the direction of the plot and the fates of many characters entirely. Instead of continuing with this very interesting development, however, Jordan barely mentions it here.
4) Mat, Elayne, and Perrin are wasted here. Their storylines are not interesting …
So....do you want the good news or the bad news?
Ok, bad news first.
1) This is mostly a really dull read. The first two-thirds of this book are completely superfluous. Nothing much happens until Chapter 19, which is more than 2/3 of the way through.
2) A large portion of this book has to do with Aes Sedai politics and in-fighting. This is completely unremarkable, especially as it typically does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to advance the plot. Prepare yourself for lots of passive-aggressive insults and dress-smoothing.
3) Something huge happens at the end of Winter's Heart. I won't say what it is here, because spoilers, but it is monumental. It changes the direction of the plot and the fates of many characters entirely. Instead of continuing with this very interesting development, however, Jordan barely mentions it here.
4) Mat, Elayne, and Perrin are wasted here. Their storylines are not interesting and pretty poorly written. Rand barely appears.
The good news:
1) Nynaeve DOES NOT APPEAR IN THIS BOOK!!! She is mentioned a couple of times but we are spared her braid pulling, her incompetence, and her bitchery. Unfortunately, this also means that Lan is absent, but that's something I'm willing to accept.
2) Once things start happening, they REALLY happen. The last third of this book contained two amazingly good WTF moments that hold a lot of promise for upcoming volumes.
3) When Rand does finally appear, it is very good. His character becomes more and more complicated and interesting with each entry in this series.
4) Very little time is spent in the dream world, which means we are do not have to read extensive descriptions of dresses and Egwene's sex life.
5) Speaking of Egwene: when the book starts cooking, she really comes into her own for (possibly) the first time in the series. She stops being a caricature of a caricature of a woman and becomes a powerful, interesting, intelligent female character. This book is largely about her, and that focus pays off in spades.
So, overall, not a book I ever need to read again, but I still look forward to the next installment.
RxBrad reviewed Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #10)
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1 star
The entire list of events that actually took place in this book can be completely summed up in about two sentences. Instead, it was 700 pages of lame, catty conversations about absolutely nothing in particular.
This book was a turd. A huge stinking diarrhea dog turd. A huge stinking diarrhea dog turd that someone gave you under the pretense that it was a delicious piece of chocolate candy. I want to kick the author in the nuts, but apparently he's dead. So I guess I could settle for calling his wife rude names.
Anyhow, 10 down, 4 to go. I was going to read the prequel, but I can't take any more than I have to. I'll find the cliffnotes online somewhere.
Alex Keane reviewed Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #10)
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4 stars
As always Mat is awesome, and Perrin's desperate search for Faile makes just as much a mark for his character. I wish that more of the aftermath of the cleansing could have been seen, but in a way, the tension from that event colored everything going on in Crossroads and it just wouldn't have had the same effect if you just knew everything about it.
