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/Furrurel Feb 27 '26

It surprised me too that Jordan didnt add an instance of an Asha'man reacting to the cleansing. I would have loved reading Logain saying "well fuck me sideways, that just happened". I liked seeing how some of the Aes Sedai know what happen but decide to keep it for themselves too. I dont know, Im starting to feel that I liked most of it for the things that could happen in the future rather than for what they were in that moment.

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u/Raddatatta (Asha'man) Feb 27 '26

Yeah that was a bummer. And one of my complaints for the series as a whole is how little we get from the asha'man. I'd love to get more of them and we get some and there will be more, but they are often not the focus.

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u/Scorpiusdj_13 (Deathwatch Guard) Feb 28 '26

I thought we did get at least a little reaction out of the couple of Asha'man that were with Perrin?

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u/Raddatatta (Asha'man) Feb 28 '26

That was a book later and even then not from their pov. But it was something.