Customer Reviews
Love and Hate - By: Dr. R. L. Lee, 14 Oct 2008 
This whole series is annoyingly long & 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 & then referred to later, & 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 originalin many aspects & 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 nextin sequence! Somebody please put a big friendly number on the front cover!
Good first book - By: Simon Wells, 07 Sep 2008 This is the first of the Wheel of Time series & is a great first book. All the main characters are introduced (even if they appearin a couple of pages) & though some times the first bookin a series is slow this is not the case for this book.
Robert Jordan keeps you entertained throughout the entire book & keeps the reader entertained throughout.
Personally I find Rand & Mat the best characters & they are bothin this book for long periods of time (unlike the laster booksin the series).
The plot isn't too complex & I highly reccomend the Wheel of Time series to everyone.
Seems harsh to give it only 3 stars but... - By: S. Baker, 07 Aug 2008 
I've got mixed opinions about this book.
It's well written, got good characters, good plot / story & has obviously been well thought out. I enjoyed reading the majority of it & 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 & want more so went out & bought the second bookin 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 & 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 & the build up is always great & if you can fillin 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 & turns, it just seems like the writer got fed up of writing, abandoned the imaginative thought & 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 - By: Londoner, 07 Aug 2008 I have now read all books so farin this series, having first read this one backin 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 bookin a series until you know it is finished.
Sprinter girl - By: Twilight Dreamer, 15 May 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 & took this book everywhere with me till i finished it...I thought the characters were interesting & the story, though the ending was predictable, was well written & left me craving for more :)
