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

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Summary: One of the best fantasy series I have ever read!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The first novel in "The Wheel of Time" series (The eye of the World) starts out a little slow and is hard to understand like all new books. However, you soon find out it has its own language and incorporates many societies and worlds. Before you know it you are caught in an intricate web that weaves the story and is totally unpredictable. The series continues to flourish and each book gets better and better. You won't be able to put this book down. If you could only bring one series to a desert island, this would have to be the one!!

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Summary: Butt-kicking fiction writing....
Review: Even if you detest fantasy, if you appreciate good writing you will adore this book. The plots are superbly crafted and the characters are chiseled to perfection. If you haven't started into the Wheel of Time, you're missing not only a remarkable literary achievement, but also a downright great story. Read it. I mean it. NOW!!

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Summary: The best book i have read so far!!!
Review: My cousin told me that if i read this book and I didn't like it, that he would pay me the cost of the book. I never got to pay him because I was so hooked up on what would happen next. If somebody you know is not interested in fantasy or epic books, or doesn't even like to read, give him this book and he'll have a new reason to begin reading.

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Summary: The best series of books that I've read.
Review: This is, without doubt, the most enthralling and addicting series of books that I have ever read. Only one drawback - it's always so depressing returning to the real world after finishing one of Jordan's books.

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Summary: The Wheel of Time is the web and Robert Jordan the weaver.
Review: Never have I read a series so well plotted out as this one. From the first book on you are caught up in world of such complexity and subtle twists of plot that you can never put it down. Robert Jordan weaves so many seemingly meaningless strands of plot into one magnificent web that it leaves you thirsting for not only the conclusion but for each and every word leading up to it. I lost many hours of sleep deeply involved in helping along Rand, Perrin, and Mat as they became intertwined with every aspect of Jordan's awe inspiring creation... :-) if you can't tell i liked the series a lot and can truthfully say I have never read its equal.

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Summary: An addictive start to an all time classic series
Review: This book starts off a little slowly as Jordan introduces the characters and the setting. After the first 100 pages, however, the book quickly evolves into a moving, rolling, epic which draws you in tightly and never lets go. Jordan's attention to detail and character gives his world a richness rarely found in this genre, and the build towards the climactic finale is one that will have you sitting up until late at night just to finish. When you do, you'll be glad to know that you can keep reading for at least seven more books. And if Jordan keeps this up, we'll never get tired of reading them.

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Summary: Guaranteed to appear in book reports for years to come!
Review: In the search for books that high school students are willing to read, few authors can match Robert Jordan. The plot is exciting, and the characters are so finely drawn that one begins almost immediately to care what happens in their struggle of good against evil. A neatly moral tale, with the grey areas so familiar to teenagers searching for their own standards. I have "addicted" all my adult friends after discovering this series! And, of course, the student who introduced me to Jordan got an "A"!

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Summary: An absolute must-have for fantasy lovers!
Review: The Eye of the World is the beginning of what, in my opinion, could be the greatest fantasy work of the 20th century. The characters are well-developed, to the point that you almost want to email them advice at times. The book brings the lost arts of weaponry and magic to life, in a setting so clearly described, you wonder how long Mr. Jordan spent there before writing the book. To me, it's a don't-get-me-started-cause-I-won't-put-it-down keeper. Eye of the World and the rest of the series have made me late for work many times. Fortunately, my boss also reads the series, so he understands.

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Summary: A lukewarm reception
Review: Though zealously followed and highly lauded, Robert Jordan`s Eye of the World (and Wheel of Time series in general) falls far short of the what is expected of it. The enormous bulk of the novel suffocates whatever creative ingenuity Jordan attempts to bring out. Occasionally, some exceptional passage manages to ascend from the murky, unimaginative depths Jordan swims in, but this rare gem sparkles feebly against the inky void of the deep. Like Tolstoy, Jordan attempts to use the size of his work to breathe reality and sensitivity into his world, but the Russian's mastery is not there. Jordan simply cannot summon the genius it takes to paint with both the sweep of panorama or the wisp of the scene; his touch is marked by the unrefined simplicity of (pardoning the cliche) an amateur. Still, like Sherwood Anderson's writing, the very bulk that he forces on his reader imparts a sembelence of reality to his world and creates something that is not entirely prismatic or completely dull. Let us say rather that it is a glossy work, one greater than the average, but far from the supreme of fantasy.

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Summary: Excellent! Exhilirating! Best book in this century
Review: Robert Jordan and his Wheel of Time series is by far THE best fantasy series of this century. The descriptions of people, places & things are magnificently designed. It makes ME want to leave home for adventure. The grandfathers of fantasy such as Tolkein, and recent greats Terry Brooks and Stephen R. Donaldson, better watch their backs