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Title: Jordan is out of control
Review: Robert Jordan came up with a great story, however, reading his work is like watching hours of the neighbor's home movies: He may be very interested but we can't wait until it's over. For every 5 pages of Crossroads, 4 are devoted to how the characters are dressed or the history of the tea cups being used. I'm getting the feeling that the author is hiding Rand the way Disney hides Mickey at Disneyland. And, what's with 95 pages of prologue to the TENTH book in a series? Why doesn't he just pick up the story where it left off in book 9?The many comparisons of Jordan to Tolkien are misguided. Tolkien took us on the adventure with Frodo and the Fellowship. Jordan's work, particularly in the last few books, has all the adventure of a flight delay in real time. I would like to know what happens to many of the characters, but it is simply not worth the sheer tedium of the writing.
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