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Summary: THe Eye of the World
Review: If you are a type of person that loves action and is a fantasy lover you will love The Eye of the World. It is about three young boys that go on a journey and one of the boys named Rand finds out that he is the Dragon Reborn, a person that will have to save the world from the Dark One at the final battle. This book is the first book of the series so read this first before reading the rest. Throughout the series Rand for fills prophesies without trying. If you are a person that loves series books and like over detail stories, this is a book you will like. This is by far the best book I have ever readied and it has one of the best plots, too. BY William
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Summary: Where's your editor?
Review: This starts as a nice tight story. It has a lot going for it. But I get the feeling that the author has gotten the opinion of Himself that He is to good to be edited. Let me at it with a big eraser and a magic marker!!!!!
Is there nobody at TOR with a backbone? Face up to this man with EL MARKO drawn and cut the soap opera stuff out (How many ways can I describe a flinty-eyed look) and let the story take over, let the characters actually DO something. I have been in plays like this, when the director worships Shaw, you're in trouble. This is MY windy way of saying= Good Story but Too Many Words. Read it with a pen in hand. You will need to keep a character list going, who they are, which side they are on etc. They will show up a few books later. Every one of these books is at least twice as long as it needs to be.
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Summary: Great Fantasy
Review: This book is a prime example of good fantasy writing. Robert Jordan makes the book come to life. The story is developed, interesting, and creative. The only con to this is that it is lengthy. Robert Jordan has ten books now all over 600 pages I believe. For impatient readers, or those pressed for time, a shorter book might suit you better at this point. The good thing is that you can read this book quickly. It's intricate but not as confusing as J.R.R. Tolkein for example (not that I'm dissing him, he's a genious). Highly recommended!
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Summary: Please stop comparing this book/series to others
Review: I have read Eye of the World and am halfway through The Great Hunt. A friend told me about the series and I only know of one other person who has heard of it, so I thought I'd check out what others thought of it.The number of comparisons to other fantasy series, especially to Tolkien, is ridiculous. Don't let those reviews make your decision about reading Jordan's series. Yes Tolkien and Jordan write fantasy novels, but that is where the comparison ends. Jordan does not use Dwarves, Elves, Orcs or "little races", ie halflings, hobbits, kender, gnomes, etc. There are plenty of other fantasy series in which those races are used, and those series are not compared to Tolkien nearly as much as Jordan's series is. More examples are the political differences with men and women and the use and existence of magic. The Wheel of Time has its own world of races and stories and it is just not fair to compare it to anything. Sure, it may have been inspired by Tolkien. Many fantasy series have. But then again, Tolkien was inspired by mythology of hundreds of years ago. My point is, if you are a fantasy reader then pick this series up. I can't say it stays as good as the first two books because I'm not that far yet, but I can say I got hooked within the first few chapters. Jordan throws stuff out there with minimal explaination so just to figure out what is going on, I had to read furthur. This is because Jordan's material is new. If the Aes Sadai didn't channel, but were simply magic users, the story would lose its intrigue. If you can pick up this book with an open mind, not looking to compare, contrast or find parallels, then you will definitely enjoy it.
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Summary: Great
Review: This book at first I was comparing to tolkiens lotr. But as I continued i thought that it left no boring part at all where in some of tolkiens i thought would neva end.
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Summary: Overlong but well written
Review: I suppose it was because this book came so highly recommended that it was somnething of a disappointment. Jordan's writing style is extremely readable but he fills entire chapters with uneccesary and occasionally boring description. It started out well enough and by page 100, I was absolutely hooked; intrigued by questions without answers and characters with lots and lots of potential. The settings were fantastic, the Trollocs and Fades wonderfully and creepily portrayed. Then the characters were split up and for a large portion of the middle section of the book, I plowed through endless chapters about Rand and Mat meeting a Darkfriend in every village they stopped at (I started to kinda notice the pattern early on; one has to wonder why the characters did not) and Perrin communing with wolves and lusting after Egwene. (It should be noted that this observation was quoted by a recent reviewer erroneously; Perrin does think often about Egwene during this portion of the book and admonishes himself at what Rand would think. "Lusting after" was used as comic exaggeration.) While these parts drag on for pages, Jordan shoves in vital exposition in bursts and spurts, introducing the idea of the Queen only about 250 pages towards the end of this 782 page books. I'm also told by a critic in a quote on the back of the book that: "Women have a stronger role than in Tolkien..." And yet, we're never shown events from Egwene's point of view, only briefly do we from Nynaeve's p.o.v. and then it is only facts, no emotional insight. Both the Emond's Field girls turn into the horrendous stereotype of a feminist character, bossing everyone around as the men role their eyes and put up with their silly behavior. Moiraine remains so aloof and mysterious that we never really get a good feel for her as a person; she and the Aeys Sedai order remind me very much of Frank Herbert's Bene Gesserit. So did I like the book? Yes, very much so; I'd definitely and gladly recommend it to a friend. But it is not without its flaws.
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Summary: Do NOT Get Into This Series (Try A Song of Ice and Fire)
Review: This and the next four are the ONLY good books in this series. At about the sixth book, the story hits a brick wall. It's sort of like drowning youself. I think that Jordan is a good (not great) writer, but honestly, the last six books could probably be condensed into three. Read the reviews for the later books, and you'll see what I mean. If you are looking for a truly great series, read A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin. Those books are my favorite by far and never let you down. I don't know what is wrong with Robert Jordan, but the last half of this series are flops.
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Summary: Starts good, fades fast
Review: When I inititally read this book I thought it was great despite the unoriginality of the plot but after I waded through to the third book and realized there was no end in sight I gave up. To me, this series is a great example of how commercialism has ruined fantasy. Maybe, at one point, Robert Jordan was going to write 3 or 4 books, but once he got a bestseller he decided to milk it for all it was worth, and he has been doing it for the past 13 years. These books are so padded and bloated it is hard to know where to start. Unless you have an amazing amount of time to invest and don't mind skipping every other chapter I wouldn't bother with this series.
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Summary: It's going to be a great summer!
Review: I just finished "Eye of the World" and am glad to have the summer ahead to dive into the other 9 books! I am not a fantasy reader but I decided to read LOTR after seeing the first two movies. Someone told me that if I liked Tolkien, then I would really like Jordan. I bought the first book but really hesitated reading it because it looke dull. The first time I read the prologue I was totally lost but now it makes sense after reading the book. Once you get about 4 chapters in, you are hooked! Many say this book is slow but I say it is much more interesting than the Fellowship of the Rings -- nothing happens in that book until the Council of Elrond! So far, I'm not all that crazy about the two main characters Rand and Mat (both kind of whiny) but I LOVE all the supporting characters. Nynaeve seems to rub many reviewers the wrong way but she is my favorite character. Once I got into the book, it pulled me right through. Yes, there are many similarities to Tolkien. There is much traveling from village to village but it's somewhat more interesting than Sam and Frodo's endless journey. There is never anything as completely boring as the Tom Bombadil chapters in this book (although I'm still perplexed about what Mashadar is). Anyway, I can't wait to read more -- I have already bought 3 more in the series and am addicted enough that I read all 403 hardcover reviews of the book when I should have been eating lunch.
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Summary: Duller than expected.
Review: "The Eye of the World" was supposed to be THE definitive fantasy piece next to Tolkien, so what happened? Maybe it was because I came in with very high expectations, but the book quickly became seven kinds of bland for me. It would've passed with a 4 if it had been around 300 pages instead of the actual 800+. After awhile, it just got annoying. I started wishing Moiraine would conjure up a car or maybe a jet plane so that Rand et al could just finish their pointless "quest" to the Aes Sedei city, which by the way, was not reached by any of them at. all. Also, I had hoped that more characters would die. The only one who did (supposedly) was Thom, probably because he was old and therefore couldn't be manipulated into some kind of lame three-way romance. I really had my fingers crossed for Egwene or maybe the Wisdom to bite the dust, because eventually they both became two interchangeable, angry feminists. Especially the Wisdom. And the romance with Lan? Where did THAT come from? So I'm supposed to buy that a stoic, hardened warrior has gooey-mushy feelings for a whining, naive farmgirl? Oh yeah, because that's so logical. Also, for about halfway through the book, I could have sworn the Wisdom was a lesbian. It certainly would have been more interesting that way. The only character i did not want to die was Perrin. His whole wolf/shape-changer ordeal was entertaining and at times sad, because it reveals him as the true outcast of the bunch. Too bad Jordan decided to concentrate most of the story on the tragically misguided character of Rand. Ah, Rand, how completely pointless you are. He's supposed to be the big bad "Dragon Reborn", but he remains clueless about the origins/magnitude of his powers, and instead keeps himself amused by doing such things as angst about his cheesy dreams and falling over walls in order to meet pretty princesses. And the Trollocs STILL don't catch him. Someone needs to tell the Dark One to hire better help, because his minions are grossly incompetent.
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