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Summary: Surprisingly Excellent
Review: I'll admit that when I received this 700+ page book for Christmas a year ago, it was one of those forced thank you smiles I gave in return. But, when I had nothing else to do, I picked it up and read it in 2 days. I now own all 8 books of the series so far, and am eagerly awaiting the 9th.
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Summary: Enter an incredible world, get stuck reading 1000's of pages
Review: I have read 7 of the 8 books in Wheel of Time and have thoroughly enjoyed the world created by Robert Jordan. A world without electricity and pollution, a world where good and evil are at war. This first book introduces interesting characters who are confronted with important problems to solve. Much of the book covers their unending journey to battle the Dark One. My complaint is that the wonderful complications are not brought to a satisfying conclusion. With each book, I think "Boy, this will be great when all these interesting characters resolve all the problems they face". Unfortunately, the reader is teased and left hanging wondering what will happen, and so on to the next book. I wanted to a nice climax to the action. I keep hoping, book after book, that some conclusions will be reached. Why not conclude the story already and have the next book start a new story?
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Summary: Best book ive ever read
Review: Man this book is totally awesome i mean ive read dragonlance before but when i picked up the eye of the world and read the back cover i was instantly hooked and i have not been able to stop reading. I suggest buying this book today.
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Summary: True Classic
Review: Jeepers! Wow! This series is, in my 17-year-old mind's opinion, THE series to read if you are a fan of the epic fantasy genre. The storyline is fast-paced and character development is central in each novel in the series. I can't recommend this book enough, nor can I recommend this series enough! Read this book and the following books if you crave an intelligent, exciting, well-thought-out fantasy novel. Just read it, okay?
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Summary: Excellent
Review: There are so many people who put this book down for not being original, but nothing has been original since people began telling stories. The Bible, Tolkien, and all the "greats" you can think of are quasi-plagiarized, but they're still great, and so is this book.
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Summary: I don't get it!
Review: I mean, I know this is suppose to be a classic of fantasy literature but I found it utterly boring. I've read Tolkien and Goodkind and found them to be much more satisfying reads. The characters in Eye Of The World were flat and I found myself not caring about any of them. This is one of those books that after you've read so long you are in the terrible situation of either giving up and deciding you've wasted your time or seeing it through to the bitter end. I wish I would've done the former because it was indeed a bitter end. Depressing. Maybe the other Wheel Of Time books are better but I'm not taking a chance with another 1000 page book by Robert Jordan.
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Summary: Been there, done that...
Review: The repetition in this book started geting funny after the first four hundred pages or so. Every time one of the village boys encountered a serving-maid, I'd say along with them, "Wish ____ was here, he knew how to talk to girls!"I'll bet the book could have been shorter without all the deja vu events, not to mention the neverending journey to Tar Valon, or wherever they were going. Jordan has good ideas, but that's some massive overwriting. And there was nothing original about the characters. Lan's the usual strong-silent type who falls in love with a woman he can't have. Rand et al are the innocents loose in the big dangerous world, discovering their talents. The villain (or villains) is never developed either. What settled it for me was the glossary, where the main clans of the Trollocs were named. The names are fancy misspellings of Devil (Dha'vol), Goblin (Ghob'blun), Golem, Demon, Banshee and other fantastic creatures. Great puns. Ha ha. Terry Pratchett did it better.
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Summary: above and beyond the standard story.
Review: I have noticed that many people who read the sword of truth swear by it and dont like the wheele of time. and people who read WoT dont like SoT. All I have to say is that one of the best ways to know how good something is is to look at how many people try to copy it. sure other people have writen long 5+ book stories but the current popularity of in them is all because of Robert Jordan and the Wheele of Time. so ask your self. Do you want to read stories that may be ok but are basicly people jumping on the band wagon. Or would you like to read the storie that will go down in history as one of the greates works of fantasy ever writen. one of those stories known not only in Sci-fi fantasy circles but world wide? Buy it, read it, put it down and say 'WOW!' than pick it up and read it again because I garantee you missed something.
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Summary: Very long and tedious
Review: I know I'm going against the grain of how people have generally thought of this book; but I found it to be just a long, tedious plod. There were real elements within it where I found myself thinking that all that Jordan had done was to plagurise a Tolkien concept and call it by a different name. The plot just seemed very thin to me; a bunch of people move from point A to point B whilst they find themselves bumbling into less and less believable situations. The characters were two-dimensional and instantly forgettable. I would much prefer a shorter book with good character development and interaction and a much better thought out plot.
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Summary: A Good Book
Review: The Eye of the World is the beginning of an exciting adventure. It starts off a little slow but if you hang with it you will enjoy the end and the other seven books of the series. The only problem I have with the series is the fact that book nine isn't out yet
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