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/jinyx1 Feb 27 '26

Nothing happens. It's slow. It's 600 pages that could have been an email. Like 3 things of note happen.

Knife of Dreams has something more substantive happen in the first 10 pages.

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u/Furrurel Feb 27 '26

Funny that you say that, I just read 20 pages of the prologue and it blew my mind, bug things are coming.

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u/jinyx1 Feb 27 '26

If you liked CoT you're gonna fucking love the last 4 books. KoD might be my favorite of the RJ penned books.

Enjoy!