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Alright, already - I'll read it

Advantages: great story, well written, and a handy pronunciation guide and glossary
Disadvantages: hmmm... I don't like the cover much!

...I’m always wary of anything with a huge cloud of hype surrounding it, and Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time certainly has that. A friend of mine, however, was given the currently available nine books (out of a planned twelve, I hear) for Christmas ...

Calypte 29.08.2001 · Read full review
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A whole load of Trollocs

Advantages: Fantastic characters and storyline
Disadvantages: 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 maide ...

Emma1973 21.02.2002 · Read full review
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Jordan evelopes you in an Epic World

Advantages: Great setting for the book, Excellent Characterisations, Very Descriptive to the point of reality
Disadvantages: Long- 1000 pages or so, Long seires (9 books), Not to be read in one afternoon

...I enjoy nothing more than a great fantasy book from some of this genres great authors: Tolkien, Feist and Magaret Weis to name a few. So when I got recommended The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan by someone on Dooyoo, I couldn’t wait to give i ...

Saul_Walker 06.05.2001 · Read full review
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This book has a magic of it's own...

Advantages: Great characters, creatures and plot.
Disadvantages: The series that it is part of drags on rather.

The first in a so far nine book series, of which my Dad has seven, not including this one. So I had to buy it, and read it to a) Find out what the hype was about and b) Be able to make use of my Dad’s books. So, there are probably some people o ...

jeocar 22.11.2001 · Read full review
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You might stay awake all night

Advantages: amazingly detailed plot and setting
Disadvantages: takes a lot of concentration

..."Epic" usually means that a book is about five times longer than it should be, and has a fight between good and evil in it.... usually. Sometimes books are actually epic in a good way. "The Eye of the World" is the first enormous novel in a serious of hug ...

Bryn_Pearson 05.03.2002 · Read full review
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