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A review by theinquisitxor
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
4.0
4.5/ 5 stars
I'd been putting this series off for several years now, as I wanted to read A Song of Ice and Fire, Brandon Sanderson, and possibly some Robin Hobb first. I was waiting for a time in my life where I would have enough time to read this entire series. And as a college student, time is not something I have a lot of right now. But, my brother recently finished the series, and strongly, strongly, encouraged me to read it. So I started.
I really enjoyed reading this. Yes, this first one is a little tropey, with the 'farmboy from a backwater town realizes he is not who he thinks he is' and the 'dark one threatening to destroy the world' and all that. You can definitely see what influenced this book, but many parts still remained fresh and new and exciting. I love love the worldbuilding and the lore and history surrounding this book. I enjoyed all the characters, and the concept of only women being able to use 'magic' is really neat and original.
If I read roughly one book per month (and maybe two per month over the summer) then I hopefully can get this series done within a year!
I'd been putting this series off for several years now, as I wanted to read A Song of Ice and Fire, Brandon Sanderson, and possibly some Robin Hobb first. I was waiting for a time in my life where I would have enough time to read this entire series. And as a college student, time is not something I have a lot of right now. But, my brother recently finished the series, and strongly, strongly, encouraged me to read it. So I started.
I really enjoyed reading this. Yes, this first one is a little tropey, with the 'farmboy from a backwater town realizes he is not who he thinks he is' and the 'dark one threatening to destroy the world' and all that. You can definitely see what influenced this book, but many parts still remained fresh and new and exciting. I love love the worldbuilding and the lore and history surrounding this book. I enjoyed all the characters, and the concept of only women being able to use 'magic' is really neat and original.
If I read roughly one book per month (and maybe two per month over the summer) then I hopefully can get this series done within a year!