Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

Well it took me six and a half weeks, but I made it.  “Eye of the World is now on my read shelf.

Considering the time frame it took me, I think you can tell I enjoyed the story...because, otherwise, I would not have finished it. The fact that I read the last 40% of the book in the last week and a half means two things.

 

1. Reading on my kindle can sometime be far better than reading out of an old book with my dyslexia and;

2. It took me a long time to get used to Robert Jordan’s style of storytelling and the unique language that he used.

 

To the story itself, it’s a four out of five star job.  (As a side note, I really need to develop a rubric to decide on my star system, if anyone has one or knows of one, please tweet me the link, I would really appreciate it.)

 

Rand Al’thor was a really well developed character.  Jordan constructed his main character well enough that we could anticipate his decisions in the different challenges. I never really doubted that Rand would resist the onslaught of mental torture from Ba'alzamon, although I had my doubts about Mat.

The twist of Perrin being linked to the wolves was also quite intriguing.

However, I thought the development of all three main female characters was two dimensional at best.  Egwene's training with Moiraine didn't seem to continue after their reunion. Also, Nynaeve's developing feelings for LAN just popped out of nowhere. Jealousy does not love make! Really, how weak does he think we on are?

However, I will read the next book in this series even with these criticisms as I enjoyed the overall story arcs and want to see what comes of these characters.