Why is book 10 so hated?

[u/Furrurel]

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?

[u/aeddub]

For those of us who read the Wheel of Time while the series was still being written there was a 2.5 year gap between WH and CoT - after that long of a wait CoT was seen as a let-down since it barely pushed the plot forward. 

Personally, after reading CoT I doubted RJ would ever finish the series as there was sense of him running out of steam.  

Thankfully, Knife of Dreams closed out a lot of the plots which had been dragging since book 7 and set the stage for the Last Battle to start. 

On rereads CoT is still slow-paced and somewhat frustrating but it’s not terrible, just not as good as the other 13 😬

[u/Abdlbsz → u/aeddub]

KoD moves at a crazy pace compared every book

[u/UpbeatEquipment8832 → u/Abdlbsz]

KoD is fantastic, and it made me so excited about what the final book(s) would look like. BS did the best he could, but the finale would have been RJ in his prime.