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Loading... Crossroads of Twilightby Robert Jordan
None. The slowest book in the series so far. Bleh. (  ) journeyguy | Apr 2, 2013 |  I think this is in fact my least favorite book in the series. The Egwene stuff - fantastic, if a little slow. The Mat stuff - I love bits and hate bits; I like Tuon quite a bit when she's not being, you know, a slave-owner, but Mat's "Women! Can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em" exasperation got old a good couple of books ago. The Perrin bits - haaaate. Hate! Which sucks, because in The Shadow Rising he was easily my favorite character. But the whole thing is just oddly paced and unsatisfying, although certainly less so when the next couple of books are at hand. Note: In general, I can't review this series with any objectivity. I've been reading it since I was eleven years old, and it's thoroughly embedded in my brain. (  ) JeremyPreacher | Mar 30, 2013 | Jordan himself acknowledged that the way he tackled this book was a mistake. It was an interesting idea—to watch the events of book 9 from everyone else's perspective—but it just didn't work. Also, the fact that in one chapter, he spent two thirds of the time describing the dresses of the women coming into the Hall of the Tower before actually getting to the reason the Hall was meeting? Terrible. Gladly, 11 and following are much, much better. ( ) chriskrycho | Mar 28, 2013 | The tenth installment of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, Crossroads of Twilight, has been maligned from readers since it's publication and with understandable reasons. The story arcs of Perrin, Mat, Elayne, and Egwene are given the emphasis throughout the book with only a touch of Rand near the closure of the book. The majority of the book's time period leads up to and during the climatic final chapter of Winter's Heart before finally advancing when Egwene's story arc begins. Though out the book, everything seems to be moving pieces into place for something big to happen but it never really materializes. In each of the last chapters for Perrin, Mat, and Egwene a dramatic turning in the plot happens but leaving the reader to wait until the next installment to find out what happens resulting in frustration. Crossroads of Twilight is a mixture of positives and negatives, with the latter emphasized because of the two year wait and the fact that Prologue was almost a tenth of the book even though some of the bits within that were interest. However, even though this book can be frustrating at times (my came in about three-quarters of the way through waiting for something to happen) it is a necessity to read as The Wheel of Time draws to it conclusion. ( ) mattries37315 | Dec 10, 2012 | I like that this book focused on all the big characters in one book but each gets many chapters (except Rand; he's been put on the back burner here) so it makes for many plots stacked on next to each other. I don't like have the characters anymore - you can take a guess: the women - so half the book I wished had been condensed. But you have to admit, Jordan pays attention to the details and settings. Things seem to be coming to a head slowly, I can see it, but there are a lot of small events to slog through, and yet more in the next book. There are flaws, and there are rewards. It's a hate-love relationship. I'm interested in the overall story and I am looking forward to seeing how it comes to an end. ( ) Kassilem | Sep 18, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
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