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Submitted by Louise 
(Oct 19, 2003)

I first started reading Eye of the World shortly after it was first published. I fell in love with the series and I have followed it religiously ever since. I have always read as many authors as possible, including the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien, David Eddings, Katherine Kerr etc. But it was Robert Jordan's the "Eye of the World" and the ensuing series which inspired me, all those years ago, to start writing. I am now in my twenties and still re-read the series from start to finish, his style of writing is remarkable and a gift to budding young authors, like myself. Robert Jordan is truly an inspiration, the comparison to Tolkien is well deserved! The Eye of the World is a magnificant piece of fantasy and captures you from the first moment that you are introduced to the Emond Fielders. I recommend reading this novel and I guarantee you will become hooked on the series.

When I was handed the "Eye of the World" all I could think about was how thick it was and about what other have said about the book. I put the book down and didn't pick it back up for a while, but when I did pick it up I couldn't put it down. In my opinion it is an instant classic. I always say that if the book isn't interesting by the second chapter it probably won't get interesting at all. Boy was I glad I followed my Own rule. The book got sooo interesting that I wasn't able to put it down "EVER." When I say that I mean it, I had teachers taking it away and some even threatened to keep it till the end of the year. One of the most fascinating things to me were the twists and turns he threw you through out the book, which kept me enraptured throughout the whole book. People who say that this is just a rip of of the LoTR is full of hops. The two books are so totally different its not even funny, They just don't know a good quality science-fiction/fantasy book when they see one. I would recommend this book to any one without any reservations and am almost certian that is you like sci-fic/fantasy books youll enjoy "Eye of the World."

I'm sorry, but I found this book to be incredibly boring and unorigional. Reading a Calculus textbook would be more intresting, and reading the first half of this book alone feels longer than every bok I have ever read in my whole life put together. When will this drudgery end? It is so monotonous that it feels like reading the same few pages over and over again a thousand times.
On top of all that, there is not one single element of this story that is at all origional: Characters, places, trollocks- you name it. Don't get me wrong, I love fantasy (If I didn't, I wouldn't have gotten past the first page of Eye of the World!), it's just this book I don't like.
Bottom line- Read something worthwile rather than accompanying these incredibly cliche characters on their endless, mindless journeys. Unless you like that sort of thing.

I recently finished the book "The Eye of the World" (first book in "The Wheel of Time" series). I myself have always found that reading a series is much better than reading a single book because it allows the story to move along at an excellent pace and allows the characters to develop in ways that wouldn't be possible in a single book. This series of books however is different. I have read many series of books including:
1. Everworld
2. All the Harry Potters(and waiting for the fifth book)
3. Indiana Jones
I am on the second book in this series(The great Hunt) and already I can tell you that Robert Jordan has captured my full attention. Although the other series of books I've read are outstanding "The Wheel of Time" series does something that the other books could not, It has made me want to read instead of playing or even sleeping! On another note Anyone who tells you otherwise either has a poor imagination or just has a different style of reading but if you every get the chance do what I did read just the prologue of "The Eye of the World" and if that doesn't catch your attention then don't continue.(In my case I continued and am very happy I did) And finally don't be worried about the size of these books. I have always read above my reading level and it doesn't bother me but for anyone else I have one thing to say: The bigger the book the longer you read it and the longer you leave this world behind and journey to a world that you might not ever want to leave.

I found this book hard to get into at first. But, I told myself that I shouldn't judge a book by the first chapter. Thank goodness I obeyed myself. I found Eddings on the same rank as Tolkien in my mind, but Jordan was higher... When I read Tolkien I thought "this is the best book in the world", when I read Eddings I thought the same thing, but when I read The Eye of the World I thought "this it really the best book in the world!"
I loved being able to get into the books like I'm actually there, and detailed character descriptions make it even better. Gosh, I was dancing to Thom Merrilin's flute and I was running from Fades and Trollocs!
However, there was no surprise when I found out who the Dragon Reborn was. I looked back and could not find any hints to it, but I did know... odd. I don't know if it was me or the books.
I highly reccomend this book to anyone who is willing to read a lot! I can't believe I let it sit for so long without starting it!