Hi
Crossroads of twilight
is the tenth book in The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
My copy has 660 pages and I’ve got it for quite some time now so I can’t remember where I got it.
This is a reread.
You can find all my Wheel of Time reviews here.
My copy has 660 pages and I’ve got it for quite some time now so I can’t remember where I got it.
This is a reread.
You can find all my Wheel of Time reviews here.
* SPOILERS! *
Right now, I’m actually
regretting my decision to reread the series.
Why does Jordan think
it necessary to recount everything that happened in the previous nine books?
We’re not stupid. This is book nine; we know what’s happened so far. Who would
start a series with book nine?
The plot in this
installment goes nowhere. It’s at a complete standstill and this book is almost
superfluous because so little is happening. Whatever does happen is only the
aftermath of the previous novel. Endless rehashing of the channelers’ reaction
the the cleansing of Saidin and little else.
Tuon and Egeanin are
unrealistic, egoistic, self-important, stupid and self-involved.
I can only admire Mat for coping with those women the way he does. In his place they’d have gotten a few slaps a long time ago.
I can only admire Mat for coping with those women the way he does. In his place they’d have gotten a few slaps a long time ago.
Perrin bores me to
death and I absolutely hate Faile. I wish they’d both just die so we could get
rid of them. Or maybe Faile could die so Perrin could go back to being the
strong character he was before he got involved with Faile. Even reading about
Perrin actually doing something would be a nice change. I hate this plotline
even more than the first time I read The Wheel of Time books. I don’t see why
they should have such a big part in these books. Both are
disconnected from the rest of the world and they aren’t really important for
the overall plot too.
Elayne seems to be the
main focus of this book and though I don’t really hate her, I really dislike
her. She’s so stupid! And Aviendha’s attempts to adapt to the court are
cringe-worthy. Their plotlines really don’t work for me. Countless eye rolling
moments to be had with these two characters.
Taims plans for The
Black Tower are Rands fault. He left them alone for too long without even
checking in on them from time to time.
I’m tired of reading
about Egwene’s wobbly chair. I like her storyline, even the truly mundane
things like the papers on the provisions and the army. It gives us a view of
how much work a camp that size is. But I hate to read the same thing over and
over again (like the wobbly chair). I would have liked to know more about her
plan so the suspense would be higher. Now she’s captured a few pages after
revealing the plan to us. I was surprised (the first time I read it) but now,
upon rereading it, it would have worked better had we had more foreshadowing.
Crossroads of Twilight
is definitely a slow book that doesn’t add anything new to the series. You
could almost skip it to be honest but I do wish you wouldn’t because the series overall is pretty good and enjoyable.
3 STARS
Happy reading
Helena
Helena
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