Pros: Richly detailed Cons: Too much detail, boring at times
The Eye of the World is the first of many novels in Robert Jordan's mega-epic Wheel of Time series. It weighs in at nearly 800 pages and includes an index for the reader to keep up with all the new terms introduced in this series. Jordan has ...
Pros: Lured me in. Thrilled me. Introduced me to a remarkably detailed world. Cons: If you find it addictive, you'll have a long wait before the last volume.
I remember when this book first showed up in the bookstore back around 1990. I was a high school student at the time and didn't have much money to spare for purchasing new fantasy novels by authors whose names I did not even recognize. Still, this one...
As an avid fantasy reader, I’ve heard a lot of stuff about Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series. Some said it was good; some said it was lousy. I’ve decided to check out for myself, so I’ve purchased a copy of Eye of the...
Pros: Well Detailed Characters, An Epic Journey Cons: Merciless Stealing From Lord of the Rings
The world of fantasy novels, much like the RPG genre in video games, is basically all about recycling. It’s about telling basically the same story over again, only adding hints of interesting new flavors in the form of characters and...
Pros: Great story and characters Cons: Will it ever end?
Imagine if you will......you're a young man, working on yer pa's farm fully expecting this to be your lot in life. Of course theres the lass in the village you want to marry (and probably will!), but till then the odd 'tumble' with some of the other...
Pros: can stun buffalo with them Cons: fatuous, tedious, dull, derivative, can stun buffalo with them.
The Eye of the World is the first novel in possibly the most interminably tedious fantasy series ever written. There are rumoured to be 11 or 12 of these monsters (book number 9 is due out this fall) each one weighing in at about 800 pages. So if...
Pros: Characters, story, almost everything! Cons: A little difficult to follow at first
Ah, the joy of birthdays. You're one year older, (hopefully) one year wiser, and one year closer to adulthood. I anxiously awaited opening my presents, and, on September 18th (the day before I turned 15) I shook around the presents I had received. I ...
Pros: Deep, well-constructed, engaging characters Cons: female protagonists can be annoying
November 7, 2000, is a date that I await with more eagerness than I can convey to you. It is a date that for the past two years has constantly been, if not in the forefront of my mind, at least always skirting the edges. What, you ask, is going to...
Pros: One of the most complex series ever, terrific writing Cons: Characters are a bit one dimensional
Just as an up front warning this review is on the entire Wheel of Time series and not just the Eye of the World. It just seems a bit odd to review each book separately when in reality it is one continuous story.
Pros: Exciting, interesting, imaginative, descriptive, excellent writing Cons: Just a few spots that are quite graphic
A friend lent me his copy of "Eye of the World," the first book in a series of about nine. I am on the second book, "The Great Hunt," and in retrospect, am surprised at what Robert Jordan has taken me through already.
Pros: Wonderful characters with and equally well done plot Cons: It's 700 pages long!
Young Rand al'Thor is minding his own business at his home village of Two Rivers in the foothills of the Mountains of Mist. He and his friends, Mat Cauthon and Perrin Aybara, are all excited by the unannounced appearance of a single Aes Sedai, the...
Pros: Endless amounts of Pros Cons: The series is not finished yet
The Wheel of Time series is just an amazing set of books so far. (I just finished book 4 - the Shadow Rising). I haven't read any other fantasy books but from the sounds of it, if I did I would only be disappointed. From what I hear, and what I've...
Pros: Epic story, richly detailed world Cons: series is addicting!
This story begins like many fairy tales with three young men in a small, sleepy village tucked away from wars, monsters, magic-wielders and other facets of Robert Jordan's world, which in this village are merely rumors, legends, and tales told by mothers...
Pros: Detail, absorbing, lots of magic Cons: long, series tends to drag.
...There was "The Eye of the World" by Robert Jordan and it was good. This book, kiddies, kicks off what appears to be the longest, most ambitious and most detailed fantasy series of all time. Yep. Right here. In this little 688 page...
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