| The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time) | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Jordan
Publisher: Orbit
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  121 reviews
Sales Rank: 8108
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 832
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.3 x 1.8
ISBN: 1857230760
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781857230765
ASIN: 1857230760
Publication Date: July 15, 1992
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Condition: externally worn and first few corners turned - inside clean tidy and solid - - will be dispatched in a bubble padded postage pack (box 220)
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 Love and Hate October 14, 2008
This whole series is annoyingly long and not yet complete. I hate it when fantasy books are released this way. The series suffers from being written too quickly, whole sections are missing and then referred to later, and being difficult to follow at times.
That said, it is a damn good story, the characters are engaging, the plot really does hold out for the whole series of books so far, is original in many aspects and has me sitting here waiting for the next volume every couple of years. Which is what I am doing now. Come on Torr Books!
However, the worst aspect of this series is that I can never figure out which is next in sequence! Somebody please put a big friendly number on the front cover!
Good first book September 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the first of the Wheel of Time series and is a great first book. All the main characters are introduced (even if they appear in a couple of pages) and though some times the first book in a series is slow this is not the case for this book.
Robert Jordan keeps you entertained throughout the entire book and keeps the reader entertained throughout.
Personally I find Rand and Mat the best characters and they are both in this book for long periods of time (unlike the laster books in the series).
The plot isn't too complex and I highly reccomend the Wheel of Time series to everyone.
 Seems harsh to give it only 3 stars but... August 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've got mixed opinions about this book.
It's well written, got good characters, good plot / story and has obviously been well thought out. I enjoyed reading the majority of it and would recommend it to any fan of the genre. It's one of the better books i've read of this type for a while. In fact when I was getting near to the end of the book I was worried i'd finish it and want more so went out and bought the second book in the series (which I haven't read yet).
One of the things I like most is that when you read it, you feel like there's a real history behind the story. You can imagine other books telling of events before this as there are many references to times past and legends of old. You always get a taste of what was that leaves you wanting more.
So why only the 3 stars?
Well for a start it has taken a bit too much from Lord of the Rings. Many books of this type will have something similar to ogres, orcs, trolls, elves, wizards, etc, which I actually usually like. But this takes it further than that. The completely out of the way village where our heroes start out from, the "wizard" (for lack of a better word) who visits, the fact that they suddenly have to leave, the dark riders chasing said farmers, the dark one employing all manner of beasts as spies to track them, the race to reach the ferry to cross the river to mention a few.
Secondly there are several times when you end up skimming pages. Whilst its nice to have a good description of the surroundings, it does at times seem to go on a bit too much to the point of breaking up the story. This is probably more of a personal thing as i'm sure some readers will like it, but for me it did seem to bring the book down a bit.
Thirdly the action / fight scenes are not the best i've read. Don't get me wrong on this, the idea behind them, the setting and the build up is always great and if you can fill in the blanks you'll be loving it. But they always seem to be over too quickly or seem to jump ahead of themselves. There is just something missing.
Despite all this I still would have given this book 4 maybe even 5 stars, but then comes the ending.
Don't worry, I won't ruin it for anyone by saying what happens. It's just that after such a long but enjoyable build up, after everything that gets thrown in, all the twists and turns, it just seems like the writer got fed up of writing, abandoned the imaginative thought and crammed everything into 2 pages. After enjoying so much of the book, i'm now not sure if i want to read the second.
To be honest it is a good book. Just don't be suprised if your left wanting more for all the wrong reasons by the end of it.
Wheel of time August 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have now read all books so far in this series, having first read this one back in 1992.
Good book. Not a bad series. Lost its way a little after book 3. Waffling for the sake of more money I suspect. In my opinion books 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 could have been condensed into a few paragraphs. Then maybe the author could have finished this series before he died. A touch cold, but true.
A lesson learnt for me - do NOT buy a book in a series until you know it is finished.
 Sprinter girl May 15, 2008
I thought that this book was great! It took some time to get into, but once I'd passed the first chapter I was completely ingrossed and took this book everywhere with me till i finished it...I thought the characters were interesting and the story, though the ending was predictable, was well written and left me craving for more :)
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