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The Eye of the World : Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'

The Eye of the World : Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: After reading 260 pages I gave up.
Review: I started this book with great expectations. I have to admit I failed to read this book. I was waiting for catching up with the story line, but pages after pages it was still boring. It is completely narrative, the story is straightforward like a motorway, and the amount of excitement raising from this book can be compared to a phonebook. It is simply plain. Maybe I gave up to early (on the 260th page).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best book I've ever read
Review: This is the beginning of the most enchanting, enthralling, magnificently alive fantasy saga I've ever read. The characters are as real as they get, and as the series goes on they become your best friends and your worst enemies, and it seems you miss their company when you're not reading. Jordan demonstrates superior world-building, creating a home for his characters as solid as our own. The plot is thick and intricate, a massive external struggle spiced with the internal conflicts of all the characters, as they begin something of a scale they -- nor the reader -- cannot possibly imagine. Jordan introduces original and exciting fantasy concepts and creatures, making his work completely unique. You must read this book.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Entertaining and addictive
Review: Robert Jordan's work is capable of standing as its own defense. However, I can't resist adding some words after reading some other reviewers comments. The Wheel of Time series succeeds in being what it is obviously intended to be - entertainment. The well developed characters are archetypal, not derivative. The pace is tantalizing, not boring. Mr. Jordan's art is to take a deceptively simple story line covering a surprisingly short period of time and through digressions,diversions and delays bring the reader to a fever pitch of anticipation for the resolution and beyond. Thank the light. There are seven books in the series. After reading Eye of the World, you will want to know more about the fascinating realm Robert Jordan creates

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Read
Review: It's a big riveting story and I enjoyed it immensely and continue to recommend it to fantasy reading friends. I think the first three books are the best, after that I think the story gets a little strained.

Please stop COMPARING these books to Tolkien and Star Wars. All good fantasy writers use the same mythological, religious and sociological structures as a source, which is the ONLY similarity between Tolkien, 'Star Wars', Jordan and hundreds of other authors - which is why you see similarities between characters. Anyone who reads a lot of fantasy/science fiction will eventually figure this out!

Relax and enjoy the books. I look forward to Jordan's next installment.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great !
Review: I can not (and will not) say what ever I like Jordan or Tolkien the most. I will however point out what i feel is the most important thing in The Wheel of Time serie: The WORLD. Never have I read a fantasy-serie where you feel like stepping into another world as I did when reading WOT. Jordans world is not just a place where the story happens, but a 'real' world with lots and lots of history behind every place. Tolkien's Middleworld came close (and he did invent the monsters that many people have used after him), but I had to read the Silmarillion before Middleworld really became alive for me. Feist's MidKemia serie is good too, but his books spans several generation of heros and therefor we know most of the historic people mentioned. Jordans trick with giving the monsters different names depending on where you are in his world works very well (f.x Myrddraal a.k.a Fades, Halfmen, the Eyeless or Shadowmen.) In short I can only recommand this serie of books (Yes some of the books are better than others, but all is worth reading).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Probably the premiere modern fantasy series
Review: Like most Jordan fans, I look in puzzlement and (I must admit) a good deal of frustration upon those who don't enjoy the series. Obviously tastes differ, evidenced by the fact that it's not hard at all to find people who consider even Tolkien's great trilogy crap. (I won't even comment on THAT one!)

A few points :

1) Overly wordy? Verbose, yes, but it all flows well, and his grasp of the language really enhances the series.

2) Derivative from Tolkien, Starwars, etc. Bah. every author has inspirations and works that he draws from. You think Tolkien's work was original? To paraphrase Gandalf, "even Sauruman's wisdom must have a source." (a butchered paraphrase, I know)

3) Various critisicms about flat characters, etc. Well. I don't know what to say exactly, since I think the series has probably the most dynamic, in-depth characters of any I've read. (and yes, I have read alot of fantasy and non-fantasy literature)

to those who haven't read the series, I can recommend it above any other books I've read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I am sick and tired of these complaints.
Review: Okay, there is some lack originality but I'd like to see one of those complainers make a better series. And yes Tolkien's work is original but unlike Jordan he never hooked me also his characters aren't that well developed and his shorter but still written series was a migraine and a half to finish...and please don't say he's not the best of his generation or time whatever term you use...because he is, oh sure there's Goodkind, Feist, Lacky, Anthony and Atanasio(I didn't count Tolkien because they aren't in the same generation)but there stories aren't quite as large(except Atanasio).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A long awaited Sci-Fi book that offers maturity to readers
Review: From Dragonlance to DarkRealm, no chronicle has taken me this far into its reaches and kept me reading till well into the morning. Jordan take the reader on a journey from Two Rivers to Tar Valon and keeps the reader at the edge of their seat. It is impossible to miss pages in this book, because his style keeps you reading. Jordan develops each character in way that encourages the reader to long for the next chapter to tell a tale about him or her. In many other chronicle works, like Dragonlance, I felt too mature to read them, but I have finally found a book that I am proud to read. A book that offers creativity and imagination to take root in each reader. I have read only the first three, but I hope that I can finish the eight books that I know of by next year. A must read for science fiction readers that have graduated from Gerber science fiction books! -Matt

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Absolutely Brilliant.
Review: I love this series of books, careful though there are seven that I know of to read and they are addictive, but worth it. I like fantasy (Tolkien etc.) but I think that this book is better than lord of the rings. Don't get me wrong I loved Lord of the rings, but I like this book more. It says 'authentic high fantasy' on the back (uk version) and they are not lying. This is my favourite series of books yet!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: WOW
Review: That just about sums it up...WOW... I haven't been THIS into a series in...well...NEVER. I have never found an author that wrote so well that I lasted past the 3rd book. I am now on book 6 and have no intention of slowing down. I just hope that book 8 comes out before I finish book 7! :)


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