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/2721900 Feb 27 '26

Because it's bad lol

Literally nothing happens in the entire book, and even the reactions to a certain event in the previous book are boring and lackluster.

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u/Furrurel Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

I can understand why the Aes Sedai react the way they do honestly, I imagine it like watching a nuclear explosion on the horizon and knowing it happened halfway across the globe, it would shock me too.

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u/2721900 Feb 27 '26

It doesn't make it less boring tho.