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Crossroads of Twilight | Rating | |
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| Robert Jordan | |||
| Series | Related Books | ||
| The Wheel of Time | The World of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, New Spring, The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos, A Crown of Thorns, The Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart, Crossroads of Twilight, Knife of Dreams | ||
Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Jordan got so involved with setting things up and careful incremental progression of the various plot threads that he forgot to have a climax. There is no climax in this book. At all.
This, the tenth book of the series, spends nearly equal time with each of the major plot threads that had been established. Mat is making his way north from Ebou Dar with the Daughter of the Nine Moons. Rand is recouperating from cleansing the Source in the last book. Egwene and her army are camped outside Tar Valon trying to figure out how to take the city. Elaida is inside the White Tower trying to regain control over the Aes Sedai. And Perrin is still trying to get his wife back. I thought surely that last one, at least, would be wrapped up in this book, but there's only a bit of progress along those lines. Really, nothing is wrapped up in this book. Indeed, thanks to Egwene's talent for Dreaming, several new plot points are anticipated. The series may be only two thirds done, possibly as little as half!
I can understand all the detail, and normally I can excuse it. It is very well-written. But it is still boring, incremental progression. The contents of the book could probably be cut down to two hundred pages, and the stuff that actually moves things along even less. Come on, Jordan! You have to make things move significantly in a book, or at least provide an exciting climax if you don't! Crossroads of Twilight instead is an excercise in incrementalization. Get on with it already!
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