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Summary: Tokein vs. Jordan, Tolkein vs. Homer, who cares??!!
Review: I would like to clarify one thing -- if you get down to the fundamentals, there is only one story, and it is told many different ways -- ordinary guy has to stop the Shadow, gets cool powers, does cool things, etc. Read up on your Joseph Campbell (Hero with a Thousand Faces, etc.) if you don't believe me. Go on. This is Amazon.com, it shouldn't be too difficult. The thing that matters most in a writer is how well he tells the story and how detailed and intersting the story is. Jordan has succeeded fantastically in both of these, and he continues to do so in his later novels, though you must be patient with him in some places, even as you must with (gasp!) Tolkein (no, I just insulted THE GOD of fantasy...oh wait, no i didn't).It's all a matter of taste. I, for example, loathed Tolkein; The Hobbit was okay, but it just got worse from there. You might as well say that Tolkein copied Homer. Or that Homer copied some other (now-forgotten) writer, storyteller, etc. All "hero" stories are permutations of the same thing. Read Joseph Campbell, he's right. And he's another good author, too. Eye of the World is wonderful. Read it. Read the next book. Don't stop until Jordan drops dead or finishes. P.S.: to those of you who are fanatics with different writers and will take a bullet from them: it's OKAY if someone else has a DIFFERENT OPINION
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Summary: Just can't put it down
Review: Not having really like the fantasy genre too much, I was a little slow to pick up the book after a friend recomended it to me. But after I started reading it, I just had to keep going. At points I wanted to go to sleep, but I couldn't until I finished the chapters. Within 3 weeks, I read all the way through "Path of Daggers." I can't wait to see th next book in the series.
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Summary: Jordan is the absolute best of modern fantasy.
Review: I first picked this book up on a cold winter day, I was sick, and I needed something to keep me entertained. I took the book home hoping it could at least help me get to sleep which it did not do. I read that book the first day. Never having heard of Robert Jordan before then I was amazed at how great the novels were. Jordan, is absolutly the best modern fantasy writer there is. Since the fateful day in 1994 I havent found one book that has captured my attention quite like the WoT series. If your a fantasy buff, this and the books that follow it are for you.
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Summary: the best of an overrated series
Review: By now any and all fans of fantasy writing know of, and have probably read some of, Robert Jordan's 'The Wheel of Time' series. For those who have not, let me say this: this is possibly the most overrated work of modern fantasy that I have ever read. This first book is the best of the bunch, which speaks *volumes* about the quality of the rest of the series. If you are not willing to leap into an "epic" that will span 10,000 pages (with about 750 pages of actual story), stay away...stay far, far away.
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Summary: The best series ever
Review: I have read up to a path of dagger, i will start it soon, and i think that the whel of time is the best series of books ever!!!!! Even surpases starwars! (not in the movies (although a movie on the wheel of time would be dope))!!!!!!!
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Summary: Stunningly good book.
Review: Although I have been reading fantasy books for over ten years, somehow I never picked this series up. After MONTHS of nagging from an obsessed coworker, and after owning the book for four months, I sat down yesterday afternoon to read it. Guess what? A little over 24 hours later it was done. I could not put this book down. It's fabulous. I HIGHLY recommend it to any fantasy reader. I can't wait to pick up the next one.
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Summary: I was disappointed
Review: Jordan's language does not evoke the grandeur of Tolkein. I read 150 pages of this book and found several patches of poor writing. I gave up when I read the word "nervous-making."
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Summary: The Best Fantasy Series Ever Written
Review: " Once you enter Robert Jordan's world you will never want o leave"
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Summary: Finally, one comes who can wear Tolkien's mantle
Review: The best books are those who tell their story without allowing the reader to remember that he is reading. Jordan is a master at this; superb flow, pace, and character development epitomize the essence of good writing. An incredible world with complex problems reveals itself quickly and without confusion. It is amazing to me that Jordan was able to come up with all of the history and background and still tell this story at such a pace (approx. 1 book per year).
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Summary: A saga of epic proportions
Review: A saga of epic proprtions. The characters were very strong and almost seemed to evolve on their own as the novel progressed and the story proceeded to unfold. Rand al'Thor's character made an interesting metamorphosis from a naive neophyte to a responsible adult. This was very well done by Jordan, especially as the character only had a few weeks to make this prodigious change. Overall this book was excellent. Not to read it would be a travesty for fantasy novel writing around the world.
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