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Summary: DING DING, We've got a winner!
Review: This book is awsome. No doubt about it. If you can read 70 pages, then you will like it. Thats how long it will take, just 70 pages and then you find yourself neglecting chores, work, and sleep to read the next page. The world is so engrosing and real that all the characters begin to dance around in your head. After I read at night, and I feel sleepy I put the book down, and close my eyes. But the story continues behind my eyelids and I have to wake my self up and remind my self that what I just saw didnt happen. No other book has done this to me. But please, dont pick up this book unless you are willing to read, to comit, to all of the 8 books that are out now. But if you are you wont regret it.
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Summary: Brilliant, refreshing stuff!
Review: In the month or so since I started reading the series, I must say that I've become a fan. Robert Jordan has been accused of being too wordy, but every word is there for a purpose. I'm only 14, but highly critical, and as often as not, slightly pessimistic. This book gets the thumbs up. Brilliant!
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Summary: Startingly brilliant and well written.
Review: I first bought this book back in 1990, I thought so boring and meaningless that I stopped after chapter 3. Then 1995. A friend said, I must read it, I did, expecting the worst, yet it turned out to be a brilliant journey, marred only by a bad ending.
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Summary: A Classic book...Ive read it about 10 times in one year!
Review: I love this book. While I didnt like the begining I kept reading and got HOOKED! I couldnt stop reading the series. I had never read a fantasy book (actually ANY book) before and at the insistance of a Jordan crazed fan I picked it up. Its a perfect first book to read. The charecters develope and change and you either grow to love or hate them. I cant wait for the 8th book. RJ ROCKS!
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Summary: unparralelled in excellence
Review: Rober Jordans story of three boys growing up is incredible. He manages to bring the world of Tolkien and the world of Arthur together like never before. this book is a must read for any fantasy fan.
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Summary: Over-rated
Review: It speaks of the sad state of fantasy literature that his mound of hack is touted as its pinnacle. Granted, Jordan can do one thing quite well -- write descriptions. That does not necessarily make for a good literature, good characterization, or a good plot. As a matter of fact, Jordan has no concept of how to create a plot and his characterization is atrocious. The book is full of superfluous characters and pages of filler. There is no climax or conclusion, and the action scenes are unengagingly writtne. It is too bad, really, for once in a while there is a glimmering of an idea or a nice scene. Mostly -- boring, derivative, and over-long.
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Summary: 2nd Best series ever!
Review: Other than Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, this is the best series that I have ever read. The detail that Jordan shows in the creation of his world makes this a series that truly captures your imagination.Detailed, evolving characters and a plot that deftly weaves seemingly insignificant details into an interlocking whole as well as a complex but understandable system of magic - all create an exceptionally well balanced and riveting series for readers of all ages.
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Summary: decent reading to pass the time away ...
Review: I bought this book because my car blew up, forcing me to ride the notoriously slow Tulsa Transit. I enjoy fantasy, but this is the first contemporary series I've tried. It wasn't impressive enough to instill a desire to read any of its sequels; reading the other reviews here really makes me wonder. Those who praise it highly should read around a bit perhaps! It isn't at all original in premise (Star Wars crossbred with The Hobbit), but what is? everything borrows from something, yes, even Tolkien! The one bright spot as opposed to much other fantasy is the feel that the author actually thought out the plot, and its sub-plots, an revealed it little by little, as opposed to the fairy-tale paradigm where things just sorta happen. Characters and world are well thought through, but the execution is predictable.
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Summary: Why couldn't I have read this sooner?
Review: I was introduced to the Eye of the World by my father, who, having read the entire series, was searching for someone to discuss it with. "I'll read it," I told him. "I swear." I eventually started the Eye of the World - and put it down after the first chapter. I already live in the country, and the description of a pair of farmers who seem extremely similar to the ones living near us wasn't very interesting. However, I had really liked the prologue, so a few months later I came back and reread it. This time I stopped after chapter two. I kept doing this off and on through chapter four until one winter night. (I'm aware of the irony.) I had nothing else to do, so I started reading. Midway through chapter five, I was hooked. I stayed up past three that night to read. During the next few months, I read the rest of the series as fast as possible. The Eye of the World is a great beginning to my favorite series - even if its own beginning leaves something to be desired. It's amazing to watch how the characters slowly change as the book and the series continue. I know that many people dislike comparison between Jordan and Tolkien, or for that matter between Jordan and any great literary figure. However, I can only give my opinion. I have read Tolkien, I have read Shakespeare, I have read Dickens. I've enjoyed them all immensely. I recognize their literary merit. But I simply like The Eye of the World and the rest of the Wheel of Time series _better_.
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Summary: One of the best books that I've ever read.
Review: I don't usually read fantasy, but one of my friends insisted that i read this one. This book hooked me on the series, and I'm still going strong. Be warned: the series is addictive, and you won't want to stop, once you start. You won't be able to guess what's coming.
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