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Summary: He did it again!
Review: I loved "The Eye of the World," and I continued to read The Wheel of Time series with "The Great Hunt." I was scepticle at first, it would be hard to follow up The Eye of World, but I still read it, and I was surprised by how pleased I was. The book starts out with the Amrylin Seat riding in to Fal Dara, and Rand tries to excape her. The story is quite interesting despite my opinions before I read it. Yes, Jordan can blab on and on about things, and when other authors do that than the turns out to have little plot and uninteresting. But when Jordan goes on and on, you really enjoy what he's saying bacause the world that he created in the Wheel of Time series, is an excellent world, and the people and characters are fascinating.There aren't many new characters popping up in this book. Rather Jordan tries to develop most of the previous known characters. The character development doesn't really change the way you think about a character, or it doesn't change their moods, it simply molds all of the characters, fleshes them out. Loial, the Ogier, is getting a lot neater in this book, he's very fun to read about. You can always relate to what Rand is thinking, he is probably my favorite. Mat, is very pleasing, because of his funny character. Also, the evil Aes Sedia, Liandrin, was quite fun to read about. The ending was probably the best part of the book. The action is very well-written (everything is well written in The Wheel of Time series). The duel with The Dark One and Rand was the best duel from the first two books. I strongly suggest anyone who likes fantasy to try The Wheel of Time series, but start with the first book, The Eye of The World. I hope you'll enjoy them!
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Summary: A really neat-o story
Review: This book is very very good. It takes all of the good parts of the Eye of the World and expands on them. I really like the way Robert Jordan paints pictures with words. I won't give away any of the plot, but I will tell you that it is very well done and has some surprising developments, especially towards the end. After this, I can't wait to read the third volume of the series.
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Summary: #2 is hard and Jordan makes good
Review: Jordan's second book of the series gives a clue as to the scope he is attempting, in charactrer development and hints at prophesy. Like the first book in the series, this one is VERY engaging and provides a satisfying ending to a portion of his epic tale. Where the first leaves you wondering if you really know who the main character is, this one lets you know that EVERY character he includes has interest and importance. Though I have lately become disgruntled with this never-ending series, I cannot begrudge that, even on a third reading, this and the other early books truly hold their own. It is these early master-works that keep me buying the latest on the day of it's arrival.
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Summary: Good Sequel to fantastic first book
Review: The second book of the Wheel of time was as good as the first one. The only problem was that the number of main charecters have increased again. I do not know how the thread will be maintained in future versions. From the way it goes this does not look like a triology where the story will end in the third book. This looks like a good long series and therefore an enjoyable read for everyone. But will Jordan be able to maintain the same standard through out?
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Summary: Better than Eye of The World
Review: This book is much better than the first. In this, you care about the characters. The bad guys are still a joke. Jordan makes the Trollocs out to be tough fearsome monsters, yet not even a horde of them even come close to harming our heroes. The whole thing is mostly predicatable, but a few things stand out. The last quarter of the book is excellent and contains many surprises, with the Seanchan's damanes, Ingtar, and the battle. The funny thing about this book is that is basically another fantasy chase across a "fantastic" land. In the first book the good guys get chased by the bad guys. In the second book, the good guys chase the bad guys. In the third book, which I just stared, it seems now the good guys are chasing each other. Will the series stop with the chases already? I really hope so... but despite all that I did enjoy the book, even if I had to suffer through the middle of it. My favorite cheesy line: "At dawn the day was born, just as twilight gave birth to night, but at dawn, night died, and at twilight, day."
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Summary: Best book of the series so far (im on book 5)
Review: This is a great book that sticks to the theme of the great hunt really well the other books seem to have nothing to do with thier titles and Im not to cool with that but they are still all a great read
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Summary: An improvement over the first book in the series
Review: "The Great Hunt," representing the second volume in Robert Jordan's apparently never-ending series "The Wheel of Time," is a great deal like its predecessor, "The Eye of World." Jordan's narrative style is the same (straightforward, linear, and utterly lacking in judgement as to what to show and what not to show), his characters are the same (resolutely refusing to change in any way, regardless of events), and the basic story elements are the same (mostly an extended chase, although in this case the heroes are the chasers rather than the chasees). As before, the imaginary world Jordan has created lives and breathes more convincingly than any of his characters, though it should be noted that this is true for most writers in this particular genre. "The Great Hunt" does manage to improve on the first volume in several ways, however. While some of the devices Jordan employs to move his characters around seem contrived (the Waygates and Stones, for example, are little more than excuses for teleportation), he uses fewer of the "deux ex machina" escapes from hopeless situations that characterized "The Eye of the World"--though, of course, they are not eliminated entirely. The climactic meeting with the Dark One near the end of the novel seems more like an earned outcome and less like a lottery win as it did in the first book, though again, the lottery "feel" of the ending is not entirely missing. It is also in this volume that Jordan gives the first hints of how complex he can make things, and how he'll be able to stretch this series to 8+ books, with the introduction of the Seanchan, the Black Ajah, the Aielmen and other elements. Like all writers of epic fantasy, Jordan owes an unpayable debt to Tolkien, and is half the writer besides. Still, I suppose the same could be said for this book as I said about the first one: if you go for this sort of thing routinely, you'll enjoy this book. Otherwise, this is not inspiring material, but might be worth a read, if only to experience another fully realized imaginary land.
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Summary: The Review
Review: I love this book. It wasn't as good as the first but it is still a must read.
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Summary: A wonderful sequel to "The Eye of the World"
Review: Many times, sequels (or in the case of Jordan, subsequent books in a series) don't measure up to the level of the first book. "The Great Hunt" does. With each page and each chapter, one feels as though one is being drawn into a world bigger than one's self -- and the tension mounts with each passing page. I felt that the ending of this book was particularly dramatic and effective. One of the best of the series.
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Summary: A Wheel of Time Addict.....
Review: I have to confess, I was already a "Jordan Junkie" long before I found this site. I bought books 1-2-3 at the same time, and read them straight through. Since then I've spent several long years being slowly tortured as I wait for each painfully drawn out release date. Now to the book: I have read many of the reviews where people complain that Jordan seems to stretch out the story or wander a lot. I can only say that I believe it makes the story better. Every extra sentence allows Mr. Jordan to add yet more detail and clarity to his stories, and allows us-the readers-to relish this great story for that much longer. Life itself would be much less interesting if we were to remove "a sentence here or there" and as for wandering, can anyone tell me what their mind does on nearly a non-stop basis anyway? Especially for those of us drawn to the Fantasy genre. Mr. Jordan creates a world that you can almost see, feel, smell, and hear. you find yourself drawn to the characters like friends, and can identify with the feeling and emotions they have. In some ways they seem very real, Jordan gives them the same thoughts and feeling we all have-be they good or bad. As each new book is released, I go back and reread the entire series first to last. Given the fact that I have read the entire series now at least 4-5 times, and still look forward to the next time, you could say that I feel it is a very good set of books, and well worth the time to read. You will be a better person for it.
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