The Wheel Of Time series - Robert Jordan

cjkace 10.03.2001 (12.05.2001)
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Review of The Wheel Of Time series - Robert Jordan

...I had to see if the books really were as good as people said and bought the first one. After reading the first book I felt that the series deserved all the hype it had received, the story was interesting and I was truly drawn into the world, however many of the future books just don't live up to the first few. --Storyline-- The storyline is complex and has a large number of themes running at once, because the series is quite long and people won't ...
...into too much detail on the storyline here. Currently spanning 9 books, the story and character really do evolve as you progress through the books and in many ways aren't even recognisable to how they initially appeared (as they like to tell you over and over again in later books :). 3 boys, all of whom appear no different to most other people find themselves thrust into something they would never have imagined possible. All 3 are to play a part ...

Defiler 28.08.2001 · Read full review
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Having only started reading the Robert Jordan ‘Wheel of Time’ series and thoroughly enjoying it I decided to buy the compendium of the history, geography and sociology of the world where Jordan’s books are set that accompanied the novels. The book illustrates how the world in which the books has been shaped to the current time and is excellent in illustrating what is not fully explained. The compendium itself is split into three ...
...from the Age of Legends. The style of writing is that of someone actually living in Jordan’s world recording the history and, therefore, there are many references to the lack of sources and contemporary accounts. The history takes in account the War of the Shadow and the Time of the Breaking giving accounts of the Dark one and the Forsaken as well as Lews Therin and the hundred Companions. The rest of the history tells of how the world was ...

Saul_Walker 22.05.2001 · Read full review
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...are able to agree on The Wheel of Time. Some say this series grows more exciting with each new volume. Others say that the first three or four books held promise and excitement before the series descended into a complex mess of boredom. Some view the female characters as being so strong that they believe Robert Jordan is actually a woman writing under a pen name; others say the women inhabitants of Randland (as fans refer to it) are dull caricatures ...
...notch with Stephen King at the very top of my authors-to-worship list. But in truth, there is really only one work created by Jordan which I hold in such high regard: The Wheel of Time series. Almost every other work of fiction I have read pales in comparison. If not for the Wheel of Time, I never would have touched the genre of fantasy. There are certainly some elements in this unique series which have sparked legitimate criticism. In The Eye of ...

abbyuk 22.10.2002 · Read full review
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...should be noted, that at the time of writing, I have only read 5 of these books. Ok. Now, let's do a leetle expurriment, shall we? I'll say some words, and you think of another word. i) Fantasy ii) Prophecy iii) Young Man on a Daring Quest iv) Good vs Evil v) Epic Now, let's see which of the following matched your answers: i) Geek ii) Cliche iii) See 2 iv) " v) Boring Ok, now, WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS?! you all cry, while reaching for ...
...High Fantasy series, which tells the tale of a young man (or young men AND women) on (a) daring quest(s) to win the battle of good vs evil. No! WAIT! don't leave quite yet, let me validate all this before you flush this book from your 'to read list' faster than last night's curry. ALTHOUGH Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series has a premise that's a little... let's be kind, here, well-used, and, although his writing is a bit... 'Familiar', the Wheel ...

Dream_weaver 20.06.2002 · Read full review
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...faced with eight books ( the ninth one has only just been released ), each three inches thick. However, I was assured by my better half, that they were well worth the read, and I haven’t been disappointed. I am new to fantasy books, I started with the obligatory “Hobbit” & “Lord of the Rings” and though I found these a good read they were hard going at times. The “Wheel of time” series has kept me gripped ...
...The basic storyline is of a group of youngsters from a sleepy farming village. They have rarely left the safety of the village, and are unaware of the world outside. As it turns outs, three lads from the village are very special indeed – in very loose details – only they can save the world from the clutches of the Dark One. The girls in the village are also quite special they are learning to be Aes Sedai – again in loose terms ...

purpleangel 31.03.2001 · Read full review
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