Hank G (BookWyrm) reviewed Eye of the world by Robert Jordan (The wheel of time -- book 1)
Verbose but well written tale
5 stars
I was introduced to WoT by the TV show. A lot of my visuals for main characters comes from it. I didn't read it with expectations of it following the books too closely though. In fact the very beginning of the book followed it much closer than I thought possible. The longer the book goes on the further the two diverge. Though you can see the essences the show was trying to bring. This is my first Robert Jordan book. Upon starting his verbosity was concerning to me. I had the quip the Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey used once going through my mind, "He never uses one word when ten will do." Even though his verbosity didn't abate his writing does have a good readable flow about. I found the book to be a very engaging read. Like with almost any work of fiction there are some eye rolling …
I was introduced to WoT by the TV show. A lot of my visuals for main characters comes from it. I didn't read it with expectations of it following the books too closely though. In fact the very beginning of the book followed it much closer than I thought possible. The longer the book goes on the further the two diverge. Though you can see the essences the show was trying to bring. This is my first Robert Jordan book. Upon starting his verbosity was concerning to me. I had the quip the Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey used once going through my mind, "He never uses one word when ten will do." Even though his verbosity didn't abate his writing does have a good readable flow about. I found the book to be a very engaging read. Like with almost any work of fiction there are some eye rolling pieces of the book. They were few and far enough between to not detract from the overall piece. Based on how the book wraps up you can tell that he wrote this book expecting to write many more in this series. I'm looking forward to starting the second book in the near future.
