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Summary: A Vivid World Awaits in the Wheel of Time
Review: When I began EYE OF THE WORLD, I had no idea what I was getting into. It's the first Fantasy book I ever read, and because of this I hold a certain reverence for it. I absolutely love this series, which I began to read after it was referred to me for the second time about a year ago. Maybe my opinion would be different if it wasn't my first look into the world of Fantasy, but somehow I think not.One thing which stands out about WOT is that everything happens for a reason, and always contributes to future events. I find it so frustrating when authors throw things in that just hang there without reason. I love how clearly Jordan defines each country, right down to detailed dress, manor of speaking and characteristics of the people. While some bemoan the miniscule detail found in his books, I loved the way it gave me a better sense of the world I was reading about. The thought of new worlds always intimidated me when it came to Fantasy, but Jordan makes that part easy. What isn't easy is the complexity of the series. It can be dizzying at times to keep track of everything that's going on at once, but that makes for an unpredictable plot full of great twists and turns. Oh, and let's not forget the excellent portayal of good and evil. I began to appreciate that as I got further on in the series. In the first book I think that Rand and Matt's trip to Caemlyn is wayyyy too drawn out and it takes away from how great the book is. After reading David Eddings's THE BELGARIAD and THE MALLOREAN, (which, call me crazy, but I've found many similarities between those and WOT) I've realized that the characters aren't nearly as vivid as they should be considering how vast this series is. And this is not to say that the characters don't evolve as a result of the things that occur. Well, this is already longer than I intended and with 800 something reviews already posted I don't believe there's much that's been left unsaid. Hehe...
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Summary: What's with the cover?
Review: First of, this is an amazing book. I've read the whoe series 3 times, but what's with the nes cover? And the mail in rebare stuck right on the front? They couldn't push it to the back somewhere, as if 4 dollars is to much to pay. Stick with the old cover, please!
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Summary: Good book
Review: I LIKED THE BOOK, "WIZARD'S FIRST RULE" JUST A LITTLE BETTER. THE "WHEEL OF TIME" IS A MUCH BETTER OVERALL SERIES. JORDAN IS A MUST READ AUTHOR ALONG WITH GOODKIND.
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Summary: Guaranteed Good Read
Review: Robert Jordan is by far the most spellbinding storyteller I have ever read. His ability to place the reader in the story surpasses every science fiction and fantasy writer I have read (and I have read many). If you enjoy fantasy, this is a must read. I worked as a manager for a bookstore in Florida for six years. I recommended the title to many people and told them if they did not like it, they could bring it back to me and I (not the store) would give them their money back. No one ever returned a book.
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Summary: Welcome to Randland
Review: The Eye of the world is a book i'm very glad I read. This is the first book in the WoT series. It starts of in the Westwood forest just outside Edmond's Field. We meet Rand, Perrin and Mat within the first 2 chapters. Later Moiraine and Lan comes to town, and they have to flee, because of an Trolloc raid. Egwene flees with them, and soon Nynaeve follows. At first I thought Nynaeve and Egwene was annoying, but later in the series I find them to my liking, especially Nynaeve who is now one of my favourite characthers, along with Perrin, Lan and Avihenda. The characthers can be a bit one-sided, but they grow with the series. Who would have thougth Lan to have a romantic side? I STRONGLY recommend this book, and the series. The world get more and more complex with the books, and it's described so well, that it seems real! People complain about similarities to Lord of the Rings, and I can't realy say anyting on that, I haven't it yet. (I have read to where they get out of that forest with the scary trees... I just didn't like these Hobbits, cute small dwarfs with big feet isn't my style...) Anyway, back to WoT. Aldough giving this book five stars, I was a bit fuzzed up with the ending. But don't let that ruin the book for you. Just keep on reading the series. I think the ending was hasty, and I have problems with fitting it into the greater picture, but that could just be me, because I've only read it once. Yet.
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Summary: good beach reading
Review: If you like fantasy and your idea of good literature is Grisham or Clancy, you'll probably be one of those people who think The Wheel of Time books are better than Tolkien. If you know better, you'll probably still like them though. Any sophomore English major could point out a dozen ways in which Jordan's writing falls short of Tolkien's - both creatively and technically - but any one the books in this series makes for a good read on the beach or a long airplane flight. Just as an aside though: I find it a little ironic that so many people here praise Robert Jordan for writing strong female characters into his books. Reading them is a little like watching soft porn on Cinemax: Jordan never misses an opportunity to have one of his strong, female characters get naked. Sure, more often than not, they're taking off their clothes as a requirement of some arcane ritual, but after the first 4 or 5 times this happens, one starts to notice that it's always the women and never the men who ahve to strip. Just an observation.
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Summary: An okay book
Review: I bought this book to read to see if there really was any similarities between this series and Terry Goodkind's series. Well, there was, just like everyone said. But they are different, too. I probably would've given this book five stars if the characters wouldn't have annoyed me so much. But I did think it was funny how Rand, Mat, and Perin all think another of them is better at dealing with girls. I am glad I bought this book because it's a good read. Just not an excellant one....
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Summary: Return to the beginning
Review: While waiting for the Winter's Heart, I decided to read the series all over again, just to refresh my memories. Back when I first read The Eye Of The World, I didn't much like it. I thought it was a cheap piece of Tolkien-plagiarism. Fortunately, I kept on reading, and well before the volume 8 I realised I had stumbled over the best epic fantasy series of our time. No contradiction here, since the first book still doesn't seem very original. The amount of plot twists stolen straight from Tolkien is quite amazing. Still, afterwards it's easier to see the originality that wasn't quite in full bloom but visible anyway. The ending is a somewhat rushed bridge to the later volumes, but I can understand quite well that Jordan wanted to get the series in full motion as quickly as possible. We have already seen that WoT will be long enough even with the overly fast-paced opening book. What's most important, this book is a catchy read that keeps you turning pages. Jordan's gift as a storyteller has followed him all the way through. As an independent book, Eye Of The World is not a masterpiece of fantasy, but it surely is a part of a masterpiece, therefore earning its right of existence.
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Summary: I don't get it
Review: Ugh. I don't understand what all the fuss is about. I've gotten countless recommendations on this book, but I fail to see what's so remarkable about it. I managed to drag myself through half the book in hopes that it would improve, but after a complete lack of interest on my part even then, I simply gave up. Ugh. I cannot stand Jordan's prose. It's awkward and adolescent, and the events in the book happen too abruptly and seem somewhat forced. He does do a nice job with details and description, but that's more than offset by everything else. The dialogue was also written poorly, IMO. The plot is okay and admittedly intriguing at times, though some parts are heavily cliched and very predictable. The history of the world did spark my interest, but I didn't get far enough into the book to see much of it. The characters, however, are absolutely horrible. Half of them are completely one-dimensional, and the other half have no distinct personality to speak of. Nearly all of them are stereotypical. I also found it impossible to really care about any of them (except perhaps the main character -- he was okay) and the women just plain annoyed me. Jordan cannot write woman. At all. These flaws might have been forgivable if the book had been gripping or exciting, but it was not. The story was okay, but I really couldn't get into it at all. I don't know, maybe it picked up towards the end, or maybe it's just me, but halfway into the book I was still totally bored by everything. Jordan's worldbuilding is pretty good, though. Again, I haven't read the entire book (too boring), but it seems to be a well thought out, realistic medieval society. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the rest of the book. My parting thoughts? Don't waste your time with this series. It's supposed to get a LOT worse with book 5, and this seems to be the unanimous, undisputed opinion. Even Jordan fans tend to agree. I'd warn everyone to stay away from this series, but I seem to be kind of alone in my dislike of EoTW. To each their own, I guess.
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Summary: Exciting
Review: I found the plot to be very fast paced since the two river's people left their native town. It's interesting looking back on this book and thinking about how naive the characters were. Jordan did a wonderful job developing them from sheperds and farm boys into people who shake the world and nations. In the beginning of the first book, Rand encounters two trollocs and a fade. He would be laughing his head off at that threat later in the series but Robert Jordan was very good at translating his very human fear in the time when he was a simple sheperd boy. The characters are very amusing in this book too. They reach Baerlon and they say "wow, a city!" Later, Rand looks back and thinks that Moirane and Lan must have been laughing at them under their sleeves. I liked the arguments and the bickering, it struck very close to home and people who have been together for long amounts of time do tend to fight about stupid things. You meet the characters in this book, you love them and you can easily follow them through the series, well except Egwene, she started to annoy me about book 4 or 5. The action was non-stop. I particularly liked it when they were being followed by the trollocs and Mat and Rand's journey along the Caemlyn Road. Rand's unaware channeling is written very well, and follows the formula Moirane explains to Egwene and Nynaeve perfectly. These series have so much depth that you can almost believe the world exists. I lent the books to my cousin and she loved them. She said someday she could just see some die-hard Jordan fan holding a "shield" on her because she could "channel." That made me start laughing.
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