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Summary: The Wheel Of Time
Review: If I were to rate this book, and the entire series, based upon the story line I would probably give it 4 stars. Unfortuantely, it appears that the publisher, TOR Fantasy in conjunction with Doherty Books and Robert Jordan, has taken the path most traveled of late.This series is a remarkable example of a good story gone bad. There is so much "Cut and Paste" and other stuffings in these books to take a good three volume story and spread it out over what will become 9 volumes in November 2000 when "Winter's Heart" will be released. I would willingly bet that this 9th book won't be the end of it either. These editors must be part of the cabal to "Dumb Down" America or leave the readers bored into glassy eyed couch potatos. This series goes on and on and on and on until you nearly die of boredom. The publishers, have done a great disservice in the stuffing process to take a good 3 volume tale and turn it into a bloated, cut and paste, nightmare of repetition. What this series would require to raise it to the 4 star level is to be taken in hand by the Reader's Digest editing staff and have the fat and bloat trimmed away. This would reduce this blimp to a fast moving fantasy saga and not the dress designer's trivia it has become.
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Summary: Unbelievably Regretful
Review: The cover-page looks nice. That's the only thing good about this book. Pages filled with aspects copied from Tolkien and complete BOREDOM. It probably starts good but then you think what you could have done with the money instead. The first page was filled with people claiming that it is the best in its genre (were they drunk or high?)
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Summary: The beginning to the best series I've ever read.
Review: I love this book. I have read it at least 3 times and each time is as good as, or better, than the last. Many people seem to think that Jordan got off to a slow start, but I think that with a series of this length and detail, it was needed. I particularly enjoy how he develops more than one 'main' character. That way, if it's more obvious in which direction one character's path is taking him/her, you might be clueless as to where another is going. I have to agree with some of the others about how Jordan is repetitive as the books go on, always telling you what happened in the previous books and who everyone is. I would definitely recommend reading this book(series), but I think that you should wait and start it when he as actually finished writing it or you'll just be irritated that you can't finish it when you get done with the books that are out already.
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Summary: 4 1/2 Stars, Really
Review: I was in the latter half of my 20's when I found this book. I might have found it sooner, but I'd given up on fantasy years before. This is the book (series) that revitalized fantasy for me. Eye of the World starts a bit slow. Jordan takes his time introducing his characters and his world. I like that, myself, though others may want the action to get going a bit sooner. Wait it out. 150 pages in you won't be able to put it down. While it is certainly true that Jordan has started stretching it out some (Path of Daggers is a majour disappointment), the series is still well worth the (considerable) investment of time and energy it requires. This isn't just because Jordan's found a new take on the genre, or because there are few works that rival its scope. The main and best reason to read WoT is that Jordan has created a cast of truly interesting characters that you sincerely care about and want to spend more time with when the book comes to an end. You'll be entranced by the adventures they find themselves in. You'll rave for or rage at the brilliant or boneheaded decisions they make. You'll feel what they feel and worry about whether or not they'll do what you can see they ought to do, if only they'll notice. You'll wonder what will happen to them next when you get to the end of the most recent installment and jones (hard!) for a fix even though you know it'll be months before there's another. It's true that, as the series progresses, the bulk of the novels increases out of proportion to the amount of adventure in each. Jordan seems to feel it necessary to keep us up-to-date by reminding us a lot of what's gone before. As the series wears on there's a lot that's gone before, so, for those who read the books one after the other, the reminders can get a bit annoying. All I can say is, it beats the alternative - I recently read the second book in the Song of Ice and Fire series and was consistently frustrated by the author's failure to add a single sentence reminding me why the bloody dagger was so significant for half the book. Those single sentences are very useful in WoT, even if, in aggregate, they make each book quite a bit longer. All things considered, this is one terrific series. Read it.
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Summary: Don't do it!
Review: Reading the Wheel of Time series is like getting hooked on drugs - exciting at first but then aggravating and desperate as you go on. After about book 4, the series begins to slow down considerably. Even more detail is given and eventually there is so many things to consider and remember you begin to forget. Like other Jordan readers, I will snap up the new books as soon as it reaches the stores... but I wish he'd been a LOT more succinct.
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Summary: Love Tolkien, now love Jordan even more
Review: OK, I'm a slow reader (been working on the Lord of the Rings for almost 5 years), but this book is awesome. Tolkein is a great writer, but it gets boring after a while and takes a lot of concentration to read all of his detail. Jordan has found a way to use a Tolkein style world and make it more interesting and more exciting. I can't wait for that precious spare time when I get to sit and read this book. I've read half of it in about a month, and I can't wait to finish it and start on the next book. This is a MUST READ for anyone that loves fantasy novels.
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Summary: Great start to a great series
Review: I love the book and enjoyed it alot. I admit it took me a couple of months to buy the book and when I did it stayed on my book shelf another two months mainly because I was reading my latest Dragonlance and forgotten realms books. When I started to read it I enjoyed it I feel that Robert Jordan is right up there with Weis and Hickman work. The book does start off slowly but soon picks up.The characters and details of the world are well done, I know from other reviews that some people feel he over does the details and I do agree he does at times,but I still enjoyed it. I bought all of his books and have read book 2 and I'm half way through book 3. I highly recommend this book and the rest of the series but be carefull the book is so good that it will keep you up late at night or late to work. which happened to me at lest 2 times I was almost late for work and up late at night.
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Summary: Ah, the good old days
Review: It's a killer book: shades of Tolkien and Moorcock abound as Rand has to embrace a magical talent that will drive him mad and eventually kill him...or he could just get killed sooner without magic. A neat system of magic and a cool plotline, except for the fact that both the great Stephen R. Donaldson and the great Guy Gavriel Kay have already done the 'satanoid is trapped on earth with us poor helpless humans' riff over and over, and better. But Jordan's good, and he has surprises, and he was really cookin' there for a while (until the power he was drawing began to affect his brain, poor fellow). This is a strong start for a series which has been rolling on momentum lately....
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Summary: Must read
Review: This book is the first in a great new series by Robert Jordan. Jordan has gotten many complements on his works in these books. This book is very well written with some of the best discription around. It has great plots and you will find that you cannot put it down.Jordan has made a book that must be read!
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Summary: What's not to like?
Review: Four years ago a friend of mine gave me a copy of The Eye of the World, I lost interest after page 150. But, now at age 21, I picked it up and could not put it down. I started the series in Jan 2000 and I finished TPoD the first week of March 2000. I can't wait until the next installment comes out. I think the reason I didn't like it at first was because my attention span was limited at age 17. I agree with the fellow from Scottland who wrote, "anyone who gives this series a bad review cannot bear a long story". In other words, if you are a fantasy fan and can read a long book, these are your books. I have read books from "Anne of Green Gables" to Anne Rice to Terry Brooks, and Robert Jordan and his Wheel of Time series are my favorite by far. I highly recommend Robert Jordan's works to you.
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