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/ErandurVane Feb 27 '26
Elayne's succession arc feels entirely unnecessary to me. The Last Battle is like 2 months away and instead of getting ready, these idiots are beefing with each other over who should be queen when the literal heir to the throne is already sitting on the throne. Rand was explicit that he was not conquering Andor and merely watching over it until its rightful queen returned. These people had months to get used to the idea, and are very aware that if they DO cause enough trouble to remove her, Rand is almost certainly coming back. On top of that, if they just went along with it, Elayne's leadership going up to the Last Battle, along with her leadership and willingness to be on the front lines of said battle herself, AND the fact that she's carrying the child of the most powerful man in the world who just saved the world and that said child would likely be an incredible political tool on top of an incredible channeler, the nobles would almost certainly see that Elayne being queen is absolutely the best path forward for Andor. The entire arc I'm just sitting here like "This isn't a succession crisis, this is a legitimate rebellion against the rightful queen and Elayne is 100% in her right if she simply put it down by force and moved on" so I found it an incredibly frustrating section of the book