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Summary: The best book I ever got crazy about
Review: I really loved this book. I actually finished the big fat 814-page thing in one day (and night). Jordan makes the characters come vividly alive, fleshes out the places and customs so that they seem real. However, the girls and women consider the boys and men stupid and exasperating, saying, "Men!" in long-tried voices quite frequently, as if males are sub-human or something. They seem to ignore the dignity of men as people, which can be very annoying, though I am a girl myself. (David Eddings does it too, only to a lesser degree.) However, the rest of the book is so wonderful I can tolerate even this! Definitely worth reading.
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Summary: Stop comparing to tolkien
Review: i fhave read this book and i have loved this book. It is amazing from the character desciption to the depth of the new world that is brought to us, i read this book in three days.i have a problem with people though, STOP COMPARING HIM TO TOLKIEN, i am sure that when he wrote this book he did not want to be compared to tolkien, this is different to tolkien, and in my view, having read both tolkien and jordan, this is better!
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Summary: Soap Opera for Fantasy Fans
Review: I thought this book was great and it got me hooked. I have read all the other books in the series and eagerly await the next instalment. While I admit that the story has problems at times, I have reread this book and all the others in the Wheel of Time Series many times. My only complaint is that the new books are not coming out quick enough for me.
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Summary: Extended Family Among Superb Pages
Review: If you have been looking for a series where the characters become your family than this series is for you. Never before have I felt so close to fictional characters. Mr. Jordan has done an excellent job in giving his characters every ounce of humanity that is available to them. These characters are my dearest friends, my closest family, and my secret crushes. I hate reading books where the characters are cheapened by the end. Through eight superb books, Jordan has managed to keep every character distinct, seperate, and true to themselves. You followed them has they grow up, make life changing decisions, and try to remember who they really are and where they really came from. Being a student in her twenties, these books relate to the feelings and emotions that I feel, while trying to find my nitch in this world. This is what these books are about, self discovery. I relate so easily to the triumphs and failures of these characters. Their pain is my pain and their joy is my joy. If you haven't had the pleasure of reading this series, I strongly suggest picking it up, and if you have already read the series, I urge you to get back in touch with your old friends and say thanks for the memories.
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Summary: wonderful plot twists, beautifuly created fantasy world
Review: I highly recomend this book and the rest in the series. They are my favorite books of all time.
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Summary: This is good reading!!!
Review: I was skeptical when I heard people call Jordan the "Modern day Tolkien", but now I know it's true. This is a must for anyone who loves books, even if they hate fantasy (which totally seems absurd to me, but hey, there are SOME people out there like that!). I liked everything about this book. Jordan makes you feel like you're there with Rand, Perrin, Mat, Egwene, etc... I can't say enough good things about this book, but I better stop before I go over the maximum amount of words you can use (I know I'm not even close but when you get me started, there's no stopping me!).
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Summary: not worth reading
Review: Despite what you may see in these other reviews, The eye of the world is not a good book. I gave it one star to acknowledge that it does do an excellent job of maintaining a certain tension throughout that pushes the reader along page after page. Unfortunately there are so many other unforgivable weaknesses in the book that I can't possibly recommend that any one read it. In no particular order, some of my biggest objections are as follows. This is not a stand alone book. It is full of so many loose ends and half-baked allusions to other events that one must wonder if the entire purpose of the novel is to hook readers into shelling out more $$$'s for the next in the series. Jordan is closer to a mercenary working for TOR books than a real writer. More than one character is introduced and then just dropped completely. Despite overcoming incredible obstacles, the main character and those surrounding him hardly change at all when their experiences dictate that they should. The treatment of the main character at the end of the novel by those around him is laughable at best. After he accomplishes what he does (and it is an immense accomplishment of biblical proportions) certain other characters (who full well know what he has done) look at him as if he is still just the boy we saw in the first pages of the story. It is hard to explain this without giving away the ending, but take my word for it, this is a "coming of age" epic where no one actually "comes of age". Women, who are supposed to be stronger characters than in Tolkien are more annoying than strong (with a few exceptions). Other aspects of the book are downright illogical or contradictory (things any half decent editor should have caught). I do not object to many books in this genre which borrow from Tolkien, but The Eye of the World does so with a startling lack of creativity. Just a few examples are the mountains of Doom, spelled "Dhoom" in Eye of the World, or the half human "trollocs" (Tolkin's Orcs were created excac2ly //the same way from elves). The worst rip-off of all is the main "bad guy" and his servants - change a few names and "evil job titles" and your right back in middle earth. I could go on but it's not worth it. Don't buy this book.
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Summary: Why is it so popular?
Review: I don't understand why this book is getting so much praise. It is repetitive, long, and there is no plot. These three young men are taken away by a sorceress, and even in the end of the book, we don't even know why they are important. You have to understand, that it is very good to have questions in the beginning, such as: why are these boys important, what is the dragon? But it is not ok to have finished the book, and still not know the answers to these questions. I can tell you right now, I am not even goig to bother moving on the the second book, it is just not worth it. After all the evidence we see of Ba'alzamon being a dangerous enemy, he is just killed by an untrained boy in about five pages. What's the deal with that? What in the world is ta'valen? we here about a hundred times: they are ta'valen, they are ta'valen, but what in the hell does that mean? I want to address Robert Jordan now: if you want to right a book, at least give it a plot, and character development, not just description of surroundings and clothing. I agree and Tolkien is better, but he is not a god... his books lack character development, all the characters are the same as how they started out, but at least there are no unanswered questions, and the plot advances in an interesting and gripping manner.
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Summary: A Page Turner
Review: Jordans talent is endless. He seems to keep the surprises and new ideas coming throughout the book. Unfortunately the story does sag whenever you expect it to peak and there are more adjectives in this book than in most dictionaries. If you realy like it you should also read Raymond E. Feist and Tolkien
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Summary: Awesome story for all to read
Review: I think this is a wonderful series for anyone who loves a good fantasy novel. From when I started reading the poor old paperback my wife had of The Eye Of The World to putting down the 8th book six months later, I was enthralled by the detail and how well Jordan writes and am looking forward to the completion of this great work. Yes, it is long, but without it, the characer detail, the plotlines, everything would be empty and not worth reading. Enjoy it!
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