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The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

29 reviews

valdemort's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Violence

hallawarner's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved it. The adventure continues, book two draws you even deeper in to the weaving of the wheel. Like the first it had me on the edge of my seat! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, War, and Suicidal thoughts

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

randanopterix's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Trafficking, Torture, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Chronic illness, Self harm, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

lavandula's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Slavery, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Colonisation, and Child death

maiagaia's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.5

The Great Hunt is such an improvement on The Eye of the World. Since Rand is probably my least favorite of the main cast, spending less time in his head was a big plus for me. I don't dislike him, but I find the other characters more compelling.

Nynaeve is the best character in this series. I love her and all her bitchy stubbornness. Egwene has such a wonderful and heartbreaking plot that solidly moved her out of the "love interest" archetype. The time we spent with them in this book was my absolute favorite.

Perrin continues to be my favorite of the boys, and Matt had more glimmers here of some interesting depths and possibilities in the future.

I missed having Moraine around, but when we did get her POV, her and Lan had some great interactions. Speaking of Lan, god, I love him.

Now for some negatives:
I get that Rand is a young guy (like 19-ish?) But he is a grade A idiot when it comes to a particular woman that he needs to trust for plot reasons. It makes no logical sense, especially since he's already seen that women can be Darkfriends. But I give it a little lee way because he's supposed to be thinking with his dick. It's still annoying though.
Continuing with Rand, there's an entire plot having to do with polictical maneuvering that is totally contrived and nonsensical. Not terrible, but definitely worth skimming through because it doesn't add much but takes up a lot of pages.
Min Min Min Min. She went from an interesting, enigmatic character to a lovesick puppy out of nowhere. I don't care about prophecy; she shouldn't have such a sudden about face. That was truly some of the worst writing I've seen for a woman in a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Blood, War, and Violence

noah_hinds's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

After The Eye of the World I was unsure how I would feel about this one. I had heard that the story would pick up around the third to fifth book, however this one started opening more to exploring the magic, world and characters giving what felt as a more solid promise for the series as a whole. Where the first felt too much like the Fellowship of the Rings in its pacing, this The Great Hunt started solid and swept me along. The only drawback was the pacing slowed down in couple of places and there was a couple of conveniences given to bring the characters back to the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Violence and Suicidal thoughts

fionac326's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Torture, and Violence

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

Original rating: 5 stars
Overall rating, 2022 reread: 4 stars

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 3.5 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 3.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: War, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, and Torture