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Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, Book 10)
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Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 704
Publication Date: 2002-12-31
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Book Pages: 704
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Editorial Review of Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, Book 10)
In the tenth book of The Wheel of Time from the New York Times #1 bestselling author Robert Jordan, the world and the characters stand at a crossroads, and the world approaches twilight, when the power of the Shadow grows stronger.
Fleeing from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, whom he is fated to marry, Mat Cauthon learns that he can neither keep her nor let her go, not in safety for either of them, for both the Shadow and the might of the Seanchan Empire are in deadly pursuit.
Perrin Aybara seeks to free his wife, Faile, a captive of the Shaido, but his only hope may be an alliance with the enemy. Can he remain true to his friend Rand and to himself? For his love of Faile, Perrin is willing to sell his soul.
At Tar Valon, Egwene al'Vere, the young Amyrlin of the rebel Aes Sedai, lays siege to the heart of Aes Sedai power, but she must win quickly, with as little bloodshed as possible, for unless the Aes Sedai are reunited, only the male Asha'man will remain to defend the world against the Dark One, and nothing can hold the Asha'man themselves back from total power except the Aes Sedai and a unified White Tower.
In Andor, Elayne Trakland fights for the Lion Throne that is hers by right, but enemies and Darkfriends surround her, plotting her destruction. If she fails, Andor may fall to the Shadow, and the Dragon Reborn with it.
Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn himself, has cleansed the Dark One's taint from the male half of the True Source, and everything has changed. Yet nothing has, for only men who can channel believe that saidin is clean again, and a man who can channel is still hated and feared-even one prophesied to save the world. Now, Rand must gamble again, with himself at stake, and he cannot be sure which of his allies are really enemies.
Fleeing from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, whom he is fated to marry, Mat Cauthon learns that he can neither keep her nor let her go, not in safety for either of them, for both the Shadow and the might of the Seanchan Empire are in deadly pursuit.
Perrin Aybara seeks to free his wife, Faile, a captive of the Shaido, but his only hope may be an alliance with the enemy. Can he remain true to his friend Rand and to himself? For his love of Faile, Perrin is willing to sell his soul.
At Tar Valon, Egwene al'Vere, the young Amyrlin of the rebel Aes Sedai, lays siege to the heart of Aes Sedai power, but she must win quickly, with as little bloodshed as possible, for unless the Aes Sedai are reunited, only the male Asha'man will remain to defend the world against the Dark One, and nothing can hold the Asha'man themselves back from total power except the Aes Sedai and a unified White Tower.
In Andor, Elayne Trakland fights for the Lion Throne that is hers by right, but enemies and Darkfriends surround her, plotting her destruction. If she fails, Andor may fall to the Shadow, and the Dragon Reborn with it.
Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn himself, has cleansed the Dark One's taint from the male half of the True Source, and everything has changed. Yet nothing has, for only men who can channel believe that saidin is clean again, and a man who can channel is still hated and feared-even one prophesied to save the world. Now, Rand must gamble again, with himself at stake, and he cannot be sure which of his allies are really enemies.
Customer Reviews of Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, Book 10)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: uhhhh
Review: I started "reading" this series of books about 2 weeks before Robert Jordan passed away. At that time I was on the second book and was disappointed that he wouldn't be finishing the story. I've however been more and more disappointed with the books since the 5th book and can barely stomach them now. I will continue to "read" them, actually audiobooks for me, until they're completed by B.Sanderson, the new author assigned to the story, in the hopes that he will be able to pull it all together. There are FAAAAARRRR too many useless, uninteresting characters and plotlines in this series. I think that someone could abridge the whole series to date into 3-4 decent books that would be more cohesive and better reading.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Book 10 is like fine wine.
Review: It gets better with age. I don't mean the age of the book. I mean the age of the reader. The largest amount of complaints about the book come from readers who want to know the plot. The plot is interesting. However, the prophecy and foreshadowing in the first books have already revealed the ending. Then there are complaints about a lack of action. Action is exciting but it is not what makes a book great.
I know that this seems pedantic. The Wheel of Time is about characters. It gets better with time. After reading the books a second time, the characters get more interesting. Knowing the plot, it is possible to focus on the smaller things, characters, culture, hints, details. Great books have great characters. This book does. The series is worth reading several times. It just gets better.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: This book was pretty much just fill.
Review: I love this series so read the book, but I have to say that I was quite dissapointed by the time I finished it. It didn't seem to answer any questions or really get anywhere. I was rather unimpressed with it actually. I am a big Robert Jordan fan and have a hard time writing a negative review of this book, but I felt urged to be honest about it. I hope the next one is better. Rest in peace Mr. Jordan.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Deserves maybe 3, but someone has to get the rating up to there
Review: I'll start off by saying I'm somewhat mystified by the anger-filled invective that gets hurled at this series in 85% of the reviews here. This is not the best fantasy book in the world, but come on-I've read stuff that was way harder to get through than this book was.
I think part of it would be how I read the series-I first discovered WOT a little less than a year before Knife of Dreams came out. I got to read 7-10 without waiting for them, and with them all in front of me, so if I liked a storyline I could skip ahead and follow it into the next book, then come back and pick the others up later. Also, books 7-11 share a plot and should really be thought of as one book, that reaches its climax in the final chapters of Knife of Dreams. I can certainly understand how someone who waited years between the books could miss this, and feel let down after waiting so long for what was basically 20% of a book. Nevertheless, I suggest people go back and read the books the way that I did-they'll fit together, make more sense, and you might come to like them a little bit.
None of this is to say that RJ didn't get really carried away with the series after book seven, and took five books to tell a story that could easily have been told in 3, or maybe even 2. I don't think, as some on this board have suggested, that he was deliberately doing it to bilk his readers-he just got convinced that every subplot, every minor character, every little diversion, was important, indeed necessary. This is the sort of attitude that makes editors necessary, and I'm seriously wondering what happened to RJ's. They seemed to have come back for Knife of Dreams, and hopefully they and Sanderson will do a good job on book 12, and restore the reputation of what really is one of the best fantasy serieses out there.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: As bad as everyone says it is
Review: And maybe worse.
Absolutely nothing of interest happens. For hundreds of pages. Just lots of skirt smoothing, and hair fussing. Oh yeah, and there are weevils in the grain.
I should stop here. Robert Jordan has used up all of the extra letters out there.
Review Summary: uhhhh
Review: I started "reading" this series of books about 2 weeks before Robert Jordan passed away. At that time I was on the second book and was disappointed that he wouldn't be finishing the story. I've however been more and more disappointed with the books since the 5th book and can barely stomach them now. I will continue to "read" them, actually audiobooks for me, until they're completed by B.Sanderson, the new author assigned to the story, in the hopes that he will be able to pull it all together. There are FAAAAARRRR too many useless, uninteresting characters and plotlines in this series. I think that someone could abridge the whole series to date into 3-4 decent books that would be more cohesive and better reading.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Book 10 is like fine wine.
Review: It gets better with age. I don't mean the age of the book. I mean the age of the reader. The largest amount of complaints about the book come from readers who want to know the plot. The plot is interesting. However, the prophecy and foreshadowing in the first books have already revealed the ending. Then there are complaints about a lack of action. Action is exciting but it is not what makes a book great.
I know that this seems pedantic. The Wheel of Time is about characters. It gets better with time. After reading the books a second time, the characters get more interesting. Knowing the plot, it is possible to focus on the smaller things, characters, culture, hints, details. Great books have great characters. This book does. The series is worth reading several times. It just gets better.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: This book was pretty much just fill.
Review: I love this series so read the book, but I have to say that I was quite dissapointed by the time I finished it. It didn't seem to answer any questions or really get anywhere. I was rather unimpressed with it actually. I am a big Robert Jordan fan and have a hard time writing a negative review of this book, but I felt urged to be honest about it. I hope the next one is better. Rest in peace Mr. Jordan.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Deserves maybe 3, but someone has to get the rating up to there
Review: I'll start off by saying I'm somewhat mystified by the anger-filled invective that gets hurled at this series in 85% of the reviews here. This is not the best fantasy book in the world, but come on-I've read stuff that was way harder to get through than this book was.
I think part of it would be how I read the series-I first discovered WOT a little less than a year before Knife of Dreams came out. I got to read 7-10 without waiting for them, and with them all in front of me, so if I liked a storyline I could skip ahead and follow it into the next book, then come back and pick the others up later. Also, books 7-11 share a plot and should really be thought of as one book, that reaches its climax in the final chapters of Knife of Dreams. I can certainly understand how someone who waited years between the books could miss this, and feel let down after waiting so long for what was basically 20% of a book. Nevertheless, I suggest people go back and read the books the way that I did-they'll fit together, make more sense, and you might come to like them a little bit.
None of this is to say that RJ didn't get really carried away with the series after book seven, and took five books to tell a story that could easily have been told in 3, or maybe even 2. I don't think, as some on this board have suggested, that he was deliberately doing it to bilk his readers-he just got convinced that every subplot, every minor character, every little diversion, was important, indeed necessary. This is the sort of attitude that makes editors necessary, and I'm seriously wondering what happened to RJ's. They seemed to have come back for Knife of Dreams, and hopefully they and Sanderson will do a good job on book 12, and restore the reputation of what really is one of the best fantasy serieses out there.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: As bad as everyone says it is
Review: And maybe worse.
Absolutely nothing of interest happens. For hundreds of pages. Just lots of skirt smoothing, and hair fussing. Oh yeah, and there are weevils in the grain.
I should stop here. Robert Jordan has used up all of the extra letters out there.