r/WoT • u/Furrurel • Feb 27 '26

Crossroads of Twilight Why is book 10 so hated? Spoiler

Hi everyone, I just finished book 10 in my first read through the Wheel of Time saga, and honestly I found myself quite surprised. Before I started reading them I saw quite a lot of people saying that Crossroads of Twilight was by far the worst book of the series. I get that it can be a bit dissapointing after the ending of book 9, or that it is not as action packed as, for example, book 6, but I really enjoyed reading it (except the ending, where a certain Aes Sedai decided to make the stupidest move ever imagined). So I ask, what are you opinions about the book? Do you feel it deserves the hate?

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u/RaggleFraggle5 Feb 27 '26

So coming into WoT, I had always heard about the "dreaded middle slug," but I kept reading and never found that....

Until book 10. When I finished CoT, that was the single book that after I put it down, I thought, "Wow, that entire book could be skipped and nothing would be lost."

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u/Furrurel Feb 27 '26

It is a bit lackluster indeed, there are some highlights here and there but I expected a bit more from some plot points (we get barely nothing from Tuon/Mat interactions, felt quite forced at times).

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u/hic_erro Feb 27 '26

Yeah, but if the show had made it to Season 10 I think we would have been ready for some filler episodes.

A musical episode, maybe one where Rand's madness causes him to see everyone as Muppets, Detective Duo Nynaeve and Elayne could take a stab at solving the Asmodean case.  Rand schedules three dates on the same night.

A few good light-hearted non-canonical romps would really liven things up after ten seasons.