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Summary: Second time is just as good
Review: This book is just as good as The Eye of the World, if not better. I loved both of these books, and while The eye of the world has the thrill and originality of being the first book in the series, this book answers many questions remaining from the first book, and is just simply a great read. The hunt for the horn, how the balance keeps constantly shifting back and forth between the light (rand and co.) and the shadow makes for great suspense (ill admit that i near screamed when it was stolen...). I also like how Jordan gradually introduces the Forsaken (I can't say too much without spoiling it but you'll understand when you read it). Highly Recommended.
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Summary: The Great Hunt is a GREAT book
Review: This book, being the second in the series of THE WHEEL OF TIME, is one of my favorites. It involves 3 MAIN characters, Rand, Mat and Perrin. Rand knows, along with 3 other at the start of the book, that he is the Dragon Reborn. He is one of very few Males who can channel the one power since the Age of Legends (a lot of women can do it though). He needs to find The Horn of Valare which will be blown at the last battle. It summons all the dead heroes of Artur Hawking's army. He does not like the thought, and doesn't want to beleive, that he is the Dragon Reborn. (At the end he finally declares himself though) Through the story he fight himself over that issue. Wether they find it or not, it is a fabulous book.
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Summary: Same characters, new adventures.
Review: The story in this book is obviously the search for the horn of valere. the action and storytelling are great, but what makes this book so special is the ending. i didn't even want to blink!
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Summary: What's with all the hype?
Review: First of all, I would like to say that I am not the most experienced fan of Robert Jordan's books, having only finished The Dragon Reborn, but I have a fair idea about what's going on, and second if you have not read the Great Hunt please don't blame me if you find something you didn't already know. Of the three I have read, I find The Great Hunt the worst of them. The Eye of the World set up things well and was an entertaining read, but The Great Hunt, despite also being entertaining, was also rather flat. A previous review has mentioned that it was linear and focused, but this is the problem, as I see it. There simply was not enough going on, and the Horn being stolen seemed just an excuse to write a book. Okay, fair enough, some things were brought in (Rand's first experiences of channeling, Verin, Seanchan...and not much else really) but on the whole there only seemed to be one thing happening, and that was the Hunt. I can hardly even remember what happened. Despite my grumblings, it is an essential piece of the series, but I got the impression it could have been summed up in a few pages. You could read up to say, chapter 5, then read the last couple of chapters and not miss much. All you'd need to know were a few things, including the oh-so-obvious Selene (raise your hand if you didn't have any idea she was Lanfear, I knew that and I had only just finished the book) and about Nynaeve's raising to the Accepted.Mind you, the ending made up for it. What a FANTASTIC finale!
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Summary: The Great Hunt
Review: I have a confession to make...I started reading Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series out of order, and was instantly hooked by Book 2. The Great Hunt is what brought me back to reading science fiction, and am I glad that I have returned. I have not been so enthralled by a series since Anne McCaffrey took readers to the planet of Pern, and introduced them to dragons. After meeting with some of the main characters(Rand, Egwene, Lan...) and fighting with them from Fal Dara to Tanicho, I was hooked. Robert Jordan's characters seem to come alive as I read through this book page after page, and I was glad that I got to travel with them through their various adventures, as they fought Trollocs, talked to wolves, and met with the Seanchan. Robert Jordan has set the Wheel of Time turning, creating a wonderful new Pattern for readers to follow.I am glad that he is the reigning master of science fiction. I have read several pieces of science fiction while waiting for copies of his series to be returned at my local library, and none come close to his spinning of the Wheel. One of the wonderful things about his books are the fact that it doesn't matter where you begin...the Wheel never stops turing, and according to Thom Merrilin, there is always a story to tell.I hightly recommend The Great Hunt to all lovers of adventure. And while you are at it, feel free to read the rest of the series as well!
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Summary: The Hunt for a Great Book is Over!
Review: In The Great Hunt, Robert Jordan continues the sage from where it left off in The Eye of the World. After discovering his true identity, Rand al'Thor is determined to disconnect himself from Moraine Sedai and other Aes Sedai permanently. Having retrieved the Horn of Valere, an ancient talisman, Rand is destined to joining another quest after it is stolen by Padan Fain and his Trolloc soldiers. With the help of Eye of the World alum Loial the Ogier and some new friends, Rand signs on to another journey while Perrin and Mat, some old friends, try to follow them. Meanwhile, Nynaeve and Egwene are led to the White Tower to begin their Aes Sedai training. In this book, the character groups are consistently right and an improvement to the Eye of the World groupings. A step up from its predecessor, The Great Hunt continually surprises and pleases.
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Summary: A great book
Review: I am a big WoT fan and i love the series. The Great Hunt starts of slow but picks up speed. Soon Rand,Loial and Hurin are of chasing the Horn! And it just get's better, Mat blows the horn at the end of the book! Very exciting.
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Summary: could be better
Review: This is a fairly good follow-up to the first book of the Wheel of Time series. The author seems to be getting bogged down in the plot though.
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Summary: Great Read
Review: Second in the Wheel of Time series, this book can be viewed as the first in this saga because the first book was pretty well contained. The Great Hunt, however, opens up this series as we are introduced to some great charactors, twists and surprises. The writer here has done an excellent job describing a place and time which seems so accurate, if you let yourself go, you can believe it is real. In, the Great Hunt, we start shortly after the last book ended. Rand, and his friends, are up north recupperating after their last battle. Rand, in particular, is becoming moody because of his struggle with his power and his destiny. I am not sure why, but why do so many fantasy figures struggle with their power? In most books it is latent but here, at least, it is very openly expressed. If Rand, or anyone man, uses their power they will go crazy. This, for me, is a distraction, but a minor one. There are alot of good things happening in this book. For example, since Trollocs come from the North, I expected Rand to lead, or be involved, right away, in some type of invasion of their land. But very quickly we learn that Rand must go South, for a surprising reason. At least, I was surprised. We also learn that Moraine has problems with the other Aes Sedia. Another surprise to me. We learn more and more about this land, time and people. And every bit is interesting. My only criticism, a small one, is that there may be too much here to digest. The last book had a great appendix which explained more about the lands and people. Here, the appendix is less detailed. As such, from time to time, when I was confused I didn't really have anywhere to turn. It didn't happen often, but it was a little annoying. Compared to the overall scope of this book, however, it is a small complaint. The Great Hunt is, well... it is great. Well worth reading.
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Summary: A Great Second Book for this Remarkable Epic Fantasy Saga
Review: The second book in Robert Jordan's epic "Wheel of Time" saga is another fantastic book in this series. Set in the most vivid fantasy world ever created, Jordan takes readers further into this world, weaving new plotlines, introducing new characters and growing the roles of characters first met in "The Eye of the World". This series continues to work on multiple levels, containing nuances which have clearly been missed by the few critics of this series. (Critics of this series often focus on its length, reminding one of the emporer in "Amadeus", who complained that Mozart's concert had "too many notes.") In the first book, Rand, Perrin and Mat, 3 young men from the village of Emond's Field were forced to flee from minions of the Dark One, accompanied by Egwene, a village girl who wanted adventure, and Thom Merrilin, a gleeman who had come to the village to entertain at the village's spring festival. Guided by Moiraine, a member of the mysterious order of Aes Sedai, women who can channel "saidar", the female half of the One Power, and Lan, Moiraine's Warder, the group was soon joined by Nynaeve, the village's Wisdom, who had followed them to protect the young people from her village who had been had been swept up in an Aes Sedai "scheme". The group, minus Thom, would eventually be joined by Loial, an young member of the long-lived race of Ogier, a gentle giant of a bookworm who had left home to see the world. One of the joys of the first book was the maturing of the characters, all of whom would change in significant ways: Perrin discovered he could talk with wolves, and now has the yellow eyes of wolf, and has also run afoul of the Whitecloaks, an intolerant military order of zealots; Mat had been uttering the Old Tongue in moments of battle & stress and was then tainted by a cursed dagger from the foul city of Shadar Logoth; Egwene discovered she had the ability to channel and now desires to become an Aes Sedai; Nynaeve learned that she could already channel, having survived what only one in four women do, channeling on her own without Aes Sedai training; Nynaeve has also fallen in love with Lan, a love he also feels, but does not believe he should return; and Rand has discovered that he is a man who can channel. Men who channel inevitably go insane, and have ever since the breaking of the world some 3,000 years ago. "The Great Hunt" picks up shortly after the end of "The Eye of the World", with everyone in the borderland town of Fal Dara. The Amyrlin Seat, Siuan Sanche, head of the female order of Aes Sedai, arrives, purportedly to meet with the three young men from Emond's Field, all of whom are "ta'veren". A person who is "ta'veren" has a certain ability to manipulate events and chance, e.g. a leader who intends to reject a treaty might end up signing it. But the Amyrlin has arrived for reasons of her own, with plans she means to make with Moiraine. But before any of these plans can be implemented, a sudden raid by Trollocs and Myrddraal, minions of the Dark One, results in the freeing of the peddler Padan Fain, a Darkfriend who had been altered to hunt for Rand, Perrin and Mat, and who had been further changed by following them into cursed Shadar Logoth. The raid resulted in Fain stealing Mat's tainted dagger, and the Horn of Valere, which is locked in its own box. Whoever sounds the Horn of Valere will bring forth heroes of legend who will fight for the Light against the Dark One. Or so it is believed. In truth, these heroes will fight for whoever sounds it. Rand, Mat and Perrin, accompanied by Loial, set out to recover the Horn and Mat's cursed dagger. Mat is still linked to the dagger and it is needed for him to be fully Healed by Aes Sedai. They will be joined by Verin, an Aes Sedai who has motivations of her own. On this journey, Rand will meet a beautiful woman, Selene, who has also has motivations of her own. Egwene and Nynaeve head to the White Tower in Tar Valon, to begin training to be Aes Sedai. They will also meet an Aes Sedai with private motivations, Liandrin. They become friends with Elayne, Daughter-Heir of Andor, and Min, a young woman capable of seeing auras around people, both of whom we briefly met in Book One. But people who are "ta'veren" have a way of drawing to them people of whom they have need and our characters may well meet before this book is over. In this book, readers learn the fate of Thom Merrilin, the missing gleeman; learn about the mysterious invaders called Seanchan; meet up with ship captain Bayle Doman again; learn more about the mysterious Aes Sedai; get involved with "The Game of Houses" in Cairhein; witness the plots of Darkfriends and Ba'alzamon; and meet an Aiel for the first time. Jordan has created the most fully realized fantasy world to date, and it is a pleasure to visit again. With stong, complex characters, including numerous strong female characters, vital cultures, and skillful, intelligent word crafting, this series cannot be recommended enough.
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