The Great Hunt : Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'

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Summary: Buy this book, or miss the next great fiction writer!
Review: The Great Hunt is quite possibly one of the best books I've ever read. In my short life of only 15 years, I have tried to read as much as possible, and can only comapair the feeling in the book to books considered to be for childreen, but if you haven't read them you are really missing out. When Jordan wants us to, we cry. I have never cried with a book, save for the immortal Where the Red Fern Grows, and then it was nothing like what I did with this book. When Jordan wants up to question (and I question everything I read) there is a need to stop and think, much like Tuck Everlasting, another childs book, but still charged with questions I only see in aftersight, and anwsers that lie in the heart of humanity, a veil I do not want to peer under at this time of my life. Jordan is one of the best wrighters I ever had the pleasure to read, and Conan was hardly the begining, to say the least. The Great Hunt made me feel like Sebastian in The Never Ending story. if you do not put this one in your cart now and check out, along with the first book, and the third and all of the other books in the series, then you are missing out on the best fantisy books since Tolken weaved his web.

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Summary: How does he do it!!!!!!!
Review: The Great Hunt is by far the best of the seven released books in the Wheel of Time saga. I have read this book several times and it still sucks me in to this magnificently detailed world that Robert Jordan has created. How does the man do it? He has developed not one, not two, but three main characters up to this book, and a whole battalion of supporting secondary characters who have the depth of most authors main characters. I highly suggest not only this book but the entire series, to anyone who likes to read. Though it is set in the Fantasy/Sci-Fi genre, the Wheel of Time saga has no boundaries as to who can read it. be on the look out for book 8: The Path of Daggers

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Summary: A great sequel
Review: I think this was a wonderful way to further the plot of the series. First it gives the reader something to cheer the heros and heroines on for...with the urgency of Mat, Rand , and Perrins quest for the Horn of Valere, but more importantly to Mat the Ruby Dagger. Then it gives you the perfect Enemy. Fain. He's easily the scariest of ANY enemy that the 3 have to face because 1st he's human, 2nd he doesn't have any special powers like being able to channel the one power or anything, but rather he can kill or corrupt with just a touch and is linked like Matrim to the ruby dagger. The book ends superbly introducing a 3rd forsaken and seemingly ending the confrontation with Baalzamon at yet another standstill. Paying attention to detail will pay off when reading these books for many characters are introduced by visions of Tel'aran'rhiod where the one seeing doesn't know them and can only describe them by their looks. Overall this is a wonderful sequel with many plot points that will stand out much more clearly when the series is re-read

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Summary: Could have been a 10
Review: This book is a worthy successor to The Eye of the World, but just doesn't give enough bang for the buck. Most of the time the reader is left drooling in anticipation, to be disappointed in the next chapter. Another grudge I have is that Jordan's volumes don't stand by themselves - only a very superficial conclusion is reached in the last chapter. It shows Jordan's writing skill that he can make even this insufficient ending so enjoyable. But I don't give up my money for a single chapter's worth of enjoyment

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Summary: More top notch fiction/fantasy from Jordan
Review: This book improves even over the top-rate The Eye of the World, developing more complex characters, and having previous ones return. A brilliant ending sets the stage for the next book.

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Summary: WATCH OUT!!.........HERE COMES ROBERT JORDAN!!!!
Review: My lord, watch out for this series is picking up speed that will take more than a brick FLAW to slow it down. The characters feel like my best friends. I got my girlfriend actually reading it. She doesn't even read fantasy. This should be on the FDA list for drugs because it will kill you if you try to read it to many times in a row, because 'The Great Hunt' will keep you away from food and water and even sleep. Read it at your own risk......Or for a great story

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Summary: The best written and most exiting book of the series
Review: THE GREAT HUNT is the stunning sequel to THE EYE OF THE WORLD, one of the best fantasy novels I've ever read. In this book, the plot grows increasingly more thick as it is divided down the middle when the women head off for the White Tower while the men run off to find the Horn of Valere, which has been stolen. In this novel, we become more aquainted with Rand, and we are introduced to many new and interesting characters. The ending of this novel is probably the best ending of all the novels in the series of seven that have been published so far. It is not only thoroughly exiting, but it gives a satisfying conclusion which leaves you hungering for book three. This book is a must read

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Summary: Great Hunt is great fun
Review: The "Great Hunt" was riveting reading. In this book the glimmerings of a great story unfolds into a fantastic mesmerising web of plots. It is rare to see such a great number of plots where each thread of the story keeps you waiting on the edge of your chair (or bed). Don't read this series if you have major school or work committments, you may regret it since there are seven books each averaging around 700 pages and it's a one way street. The start of chapter one in every book bears the "Eye of the World" trademark where Jordan follows the wind into the scene of the plot in prose that reads like poetry (or is it visa versa?) The characters are full of wit and lend to a vivid story as only a master could write. If you like predictable plots then don't read this book. The great hunt is full of great creative twists (perhaps more so than the other books in the series) Somehow everything weaves into a grand finale at the end of the book while it still leaves you hanging for the next book leaving you with withdrawal syndrome when you are done. The soft-covers are flimsy and often come off, perhaps because the books are so thick. Its best to buy the hard-covers instead. Although its hard to compare great fantasy novels (by definition each will be great but different), I found the Amber series by Zelazny, Earthsea series by Le Guin, Magician series by Feist, Glen Cook's Black Company and Hyperion by Simmons as great works of Fantasy and Science Fiction. We can't leave Tolkein out of this list of course. -Shahin M. Movafagh ([e-mail] or [e-mail])

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Summary: You go Robert Jordan!!!!!!!
Review: The twists and turns of the search of the Horn of Valere made me stay up all night reading what will happen. I haven't read any Tolkien books yet, but even if I did, I would still think Jordan is the better Fantasy author

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Summary: A very good book; filled with Tolkiensque elements
Review: As i read through this book, Jordan displays a child-like sense of wonder. In the final scences in the Battle above the Sky, and the approach of the Whitecloaks is particularly captivating. However, at sometimes the book seems to forget to describe something, and describes it later; which i found my self reacting my seeing if i was missing pages. But the descriptions always came, which i guess must of been Jordan's little suspense ploy, but over all i really really enjoyed the book. Right now i'm looking to find the sequel. Overall i think this is better than the first book but i have only one question. Is "Bors" Fain? Who is Bors? I'd apprecite your email opinions on this topic