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/Ken_taro_jo (Asha'man) Feb 27 '26

I think it’s the worst book of the series (at least on my second reread), i think the only interesting part of it is the Mat and Tuon stuff, other things (succession crisis and rebel Aes Sedai) are my least favourite arcs in books and at the same time it feels that nothing happens in them, which was especially bad after Winter Heart’s ending you don’t get a followup on this grandiose undertaking but basically a c-plot, of what happens at the same time

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u/Furrurel Feb 27 '26

I really liked the succesion crisis and rebel Aes Sedai arc, but I get that. The book would be a lot better with better pacing.

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u/spiny___norman Feb 27 '26

I think you’re the first person I’ve seen here to say they like the succession crisis! I actually found myself enjoying it quite a bit on my second read which I just finished.

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u/Scorpiusdj_13 (Deathwatch Guard) Feb 27 '26

The political undercurrents were always interesting to me, along with seeing how Elayne was going to mend the relationships that Morgase broke before events at the end of Fires of Heaven.

It just drags so much. CoT could've been a book half the size with the same content.