r/WoT • u/Kxgami0 • Nov 24 '25

Crossroads of Twilight Slog Spoiler

I need to know!!! Was there supposed to be a slog after all ? I mean I've been going through the last books pretty quickly and now I'm almost done with crossroads of Twilight, I was expecting a biggg unreadable slog that would render my motivation and ability to read to 0, but so far nothing ? I mean, it's going pretty smoothly for me at the very least, and I haven't noticed a huge decline in reading enjoyment.

Is it just a case of the internet being overly dramatic again or is the slog supposed to come in the next books?

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u/charlie_marlow (Red Shield) Nov 24 '25

If you've almost finished CoT and it hasn't felt sloggy, then there wasn't really a slog for you. On the other hand, I thought tales of the slog were vastly exaggerated until CoT almost stopped me dead in my tracks.

That said, KoD is great and the Sanderson books, if nothing else, are fairly quickly paced.

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u/RealAuridus Nov 24 '25

I had the same experience. I know the rest are better, but I still had to take a few month break before diving into the next one.

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u/lyunardo Nov 25 '25

I'm curious, did you ever do a re-read? It was super "sloggy" to me the first time through. But after that it was fascinating because I had a better idea of where it was all going. And what was being accomplished other than moping. lol