Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan

The stakes may be a bit higher in this book, but the Wheel of Time continues to turn a bit too slowly for my taste. I appreciate the vast complexity of the world, but the significance of this installment to the overall plot continues to elude me. I often lose track of which character is which, and on whose side they're fighting, if I'm even supposed to know. I'm very interested to see how the series plays out, but it's not as immediately compelling as some other long series I'm embroiled in at the moment.