Get Hold Of The Eye Of The World (The Wheel Of Time, #1) Authored By Robert Jordan Accessible As Document
Wheel of Time, book: Is there anything left to say about thisdebut book of the The Wheel of Time series with its extremely detailed magicalfantasydarkagesesque constructed reality Well, I guess as you're reading this, there must be! With huge shadings of Tolkien the story begins in a remoteish village situated far from the main cities and lands of this reality.
It's where we meet most of our cast of either natives from rural community, or visitors seeking those self same natives.
The story sees the mixed group set on a trek, where storywise we get to read about a fair amount of the history, structures, legends, rites and more of this world, as our protagonist push forward whilst being chased and hounded by the followers and forces of the 'Dark One'.
Back in, I suppose this was a gigantic kick up the arse for the fantasy genre It does have lots and lots of world building, but the truth in the matter is that I learned just as much, if mot more about this reality by reading thepage glossary at the end of the book! Unfortunately the book also really annoyed me by doing what always irks me about magical fantasy frequently using magical powers to push the story on, with no real context or explanation of the rules of magic in this reality.
And for the trifecta the whole book dragged for me, with lots of fat paragraphs and undoubtedly non essential detailed descriptions of thoughts and actions.
But even magicalhating me has to conceded that this is a wonderfully detailed reality spanning not just centuries but eons is worth reading.
. . but saying that I still think that there is probably too much world building in this book for me! Things can only get better, of that I have no doubt.
I give thispage mammoth of a book a scraping Three Stars'out of
It's really difficult for me to write an unbiased review of this because there's a fair bit of nostalgia involved for me.
I began reading The Wheel of Time in, and it was the first fantasy series that I really fell in love with.
It captured my heart and held my imagination for a long, long time, I reread the series over the years as new books were released up until Robert Jordan died it was too heartbreaking that he wasn't able to finish it himself and I've waited until the series is finished and the mourning period is over to read it again.
Even on myth time through thispage tome I know, I'm crazy, it had the power to grab me again.
There is so much action, so much danger, and I love the feel it has of a world and history much larger than what we are introduced to here even though we already get a lot!.
Even knowing exactly where it was going, I still wasn't bored,
This has everything you could possibly want in a classic, epic fantasy: humble beginnings reluctant selfdiscovery prophecies creepy, dark, evil enemies of various types good guys with unknown motivations a unique magic system swords and fighting men and women memories and relics of old things cities remote places survival on the run a vast world with many glimpses of what is to come.
. . I could go on and on, This, to me, is Fantasy at its best, There's not just a country or two, a city or two, There are several countries, cultures, peoples, and races that are each vividly described so that it feels like an entire world.
You can get completely absorbed in it if you want to, It is so welldeveloped as the books progress that I almost believe I've been there, I love the feeling of being in this world, andbooks gives me that long to soak it in.
Another thing I've always enjoyed about The Wheel of Time is that it has both male and female lead characters, and really great supporting ones as well.
The female characters can be annoyingly bossy at times, but they are also often sympathetic depending on whose point of view you're reading at the time.
The women are strong, just as strong as the men, and I especially love following Egwene's story in the future out of those we meet in the first volume.
I love the variety of characters, and I can never decide whose point of view I like best,
Many people are afraid to start the series because it's so long, I can see how that would be intimidating, and I'm glad I started when there were onlybooks, I believe it ended up so long mainly because the story has more than the usual one or two protagonists.
main characters are introduced in this book, as well as a few minor ones, With that many characters, and more to come,books is what it took to play out all their paths in sufficient depth although I will agree that some of the later books could have been less detailed.
I really don't mind the length, though, I love this world. I love to have plenty of time to live in it, I don't claim that it's perfect, but I do believe it's worth some effort, Now that my memory is stirring, I can't wait to relive the rest of it again, So, this is the book, actually the series that started me on my quest for fantasy,
Robert Jordan had just died, I was at the time sick, I was offered his series for free, "Just read them. If you like them, then come back and pay me,. "
Yep, I came back! Then I pestered Mr, Nice for years! I read, then reread, then did it again, I never kept a notebook, "though I should have!" What I did was keep notes in the back of all of these books.
I lived, breathed and dreamed these books,
I've
read the firstbookstimes, Crazy So what I was in love with everything!
I loved Dancing with Jako the shadows!
I adored watching everyone come into their own! My favorite characters at the end All.
I just love them all, I hated the deaths.
If this isn't my favorite story of all time Well, it's probably tied in top place with a few others.
The ultimate worldbuilding wheel written and continued by two of the biggest fantasy prodigies
Randsthousands of pages long story begins grim and dark
Not much time to get an immortal positive high elve fantasy kick, because desperation sets in before hope has a chance.
But at least its a great option and possibility to take a longer, sometimes death, undeath, or just necromantic I differentiate between just primitive being a zombie and sophisticated zombifying, walk and meet the not just stereotypical, but simply necessary, never stop a winning system, crew.
Some readers are fed up with the always same combination of characters, abilities, and Sandersons laws of magic
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but
What is the alternative
Well, see, there isnt any, or at least not many satisfying ones.
Not stereotypical characters would seem unlikely for many fantasy readers and crush the suspension of disbelief, The same would happen with drastic changes to the distribution and power of magic abilities, rock paper scissors war concepts, and many other cornerstones of fantasy tropes.
Without it, the protagonists couldnt
Find an amazing cast and see their powers and mental struggles in action.
By this, the first book perfectly explains everything, opens many clear and easy to find and remember story paths, and leaves the reader hungering for more and an expansion of the already amazing universe.
In later parts,
Jordan expands the same concept of one gang members exposition, backstory, tragedy, ideology, etc, the same way Rand is finding new friends and foes,
I still dont feel genre savvy enough to give an objective analysis, if this is even possible
But I dont worry too much about good, clean reviewing practice and yet do it, who cares This thing is so mindblowing, entertaining, complex, and thrilling that just George R R Martin and the first parts of some of the all time best listed fantasy series come to my mind as comparison options.
Vivisecting and reconstructing Campbells' heroes journey in ultra slow mode
See in awe how each step is taken in extreme detail to better understand how freaking amazing fantasy and science fantasy unfold.
Thats how it was, is, and will be done forever, because it seems to be the millennia old best way to get the audience hooked on, no matter how illiterate in the past or gaga by social media they are in the present.
Jordan began but Sanderson finished
And I guess many could have found the way to the original Jordan series by Sandersons meanwhile legendary epicality and one of his amazing universes.
A unique case in fantasy history, two of the biggest minds brought together by death,
The reason why I stopped at the moment, although the whole original series by Jordan is screaming to be continued
Its just too absorbing, I cant and dont want to read anything else, so the only option is to stop for a while cold turkey style.
Which isnt really that easy, because, well, Ive the whole original series still without the Sanderson expansion package addon stuff after Jordansdeath lurking right beside me justMeters from the desktop pc, and sometimes strangely even whispering from my bookshelves to read them.
Its a bit of a problem that
Fantasy series are sometimes just too long
One could read hundreds of other books in the time spent in some fantasy universes and thats truly somewhat a first world problem.
This I dont know how I should best spend the massive amounts of free reading time in my cozy house.
This stress is truly killing me“ sounds ridiculous, but Im strangely really spending time I could read thinking about what to read next and doing too much research, review reading, and literary price checking to find the best and strongest stuff.
Damned compulsion neurosis.
Stoneage storytellers inspired ancient myths that inspired Tolkien who inspired Jordan who inspired Sanderson who inspires
Lets say multi k aspiring fantasy authors at the moment.
This idea is fascinating because its comparable to epigenetics and old school evolution of living consciences big and small, a trip to the future each human being plays a role in, by interacting with and thereby manipulating and forever changing its physical and digital environment.
As I just did it with you,
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
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Thoughts: sitelink be/jeKyJRrtgfor the benefit of the doubt, because I DNFed this shit at page, This is my new record,
Look, I'm sorry, This is another one of those LordoftheRings moment where I appreciate the effort, but this is not for me.
Within the short amount that I read, I had names and random bits of history thrown at me and maybe it's because it's this early in the morning, but I nearly fell asleep and I honestly can't recall anything that I've read.
I have a feeling I'd have a better time reading a textbook, Wauw , I realy enjoyed this quest with rand and the crew ,I love story's where they are traveling and having a old grand adventure , I read a lot that this is compared to j.
r. tolkien but I don't mind that , My only hope is that this serie better be worth it because it is massive but we will see , for now is this realy good if you love ' high' fantasy and great world building ,
Aptly titled.If you like fantasy stories with lots of wandering around, have I got the book for you!
Wheel of Time, as in you will never get back the time it will take you to read thisbook,ebook pages, milquetoast, fillerfilled, rip off of TLOTR.
Bottom line, friends should not let friends read WOT,
The Eye of the World has:
Roving
Trekking
Jaunting
Roaming
Sneaking
And, occasionally
Stops in cities, castles, etc.
for a few pages
Just kidding! But, really, I am not!
I did enjoy this book, but the majority of it is discussion between characters while they are travelling long distances to both escape baddies and make their way to mystical places.
While I dont believe they actually make it anywhere they were intending to go over the course of the book, they do face off against quite a few nasty evil dudes! In the end, I plan to move on to the next book because it is not really a cliffhanger as much as it is the end of just another chapter.
In general, fantasy usually involves questing ever since the Godfather of questing, Tolkien, sent the Fellowship towards Mordor.
But, for me and this is a very specific “Me” opinion, I like a good balance between action and questing.
Many fantasy novels have been recommended to me that are obviously heavier on the questing and less on the action.
These are very adored by some, but I think it takes a little more to get me engaged, I will continue this series because I enjoyed it enough despite the excess of questing and I have been told it may click with me more by book three.
I took a long time to read this because I think the excess of wandering made it a bit of a slog for me.
Even though I liked it, I really could only stay interested for aboutpages at a time, I plan to listen to the rest of the series, which I think is the perfect plan as it includes at leastvery voluminous tomes.
If I just read them I probably wouldnt finish until I am,
Thank you to Melissa for sending me a copy of this book for Christmas, It was one I have been meaning to read for over two decades and it was just the push I needed! Onward to the next part of the journey!
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