LET'S SUMMARIZE - THE EYE OF THE WORLD (The Wheel of Time Book 1)

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[@TheOther19]

"Mat, Perrin and Rand go off on their own to explore.. like idiots" "Moraine scorns them for leaving in the first place and petty much calls them idiots... which they are."" "Mat actually did take a piece of treasure from the cursed city.. cause he is an idiot." Love those lines... could do with one more. "Rand climbed up on a wall to get a better look at the false dragon and eventually fell over.. cause he is an idiot."

[@matcauthon9669]

Evendur13 what if Rand fell becasue after Logain sees him and the glow Ta Vern that checks off one thing for the pattern and then creates a gusting wind and falls.

[@Gunleaver]

- No, they took off on their own to explore, because Moiraine led them to believe they were in a safe place. - Moiraine scolded them, she did not scorn them, and she calls them idiots to cover her own leadership failures, because her habitual secrecy comes back to bite her in the ass. They are ta'veren, their purpose is to do what the Pattern wants them to do, but Moiraine thinks they should run each and every choice by her. Except they are always better off ignoring her and doing their own things. It ALWAYS works better when they ignore or defy Moiraine. - Mat took a piece of treasure because he had no reason to believe in curses, because there is nothing like Mordeth anywhere else in the world, so he has no reason to think of it. As he points out, Moiraine asks a set of questions that don't cover what he did. It's perfectly reasonable to infer from the questions she asked that the threat was Mordeth and not the treasure. And again, at the time he picked up the dagger, he believed the city was safe, and a place of good, since Trollocs were afraid of it. - Rand fell over because someone surprised him. You try keeping your balance when someone you didn't even know was there suddenly speaks to you.

[@CasualWatcher279]

"You can fight fire with lava." I did laugh

[@Iansco1]

Moiraine scolds three boys who end up being the most powerful being in thousands of years, a defacto king and the last has an army of crazy wolves.

[@adrianlavy1541]

"Gilad's a dick" yes yes he is!!

[@Jamestp19]

Just Reread EotW and (at 8:20) The Aes Sedi (Elaida) doesn't actually tell the queen what she foretold, she actually whispers it so only Rand could hear the part where she said that important part. Then she does some bullshit Aes Sedai thing and says "she has said" everything there was, because she technically did, she just whispered part.

[@pepepepedrinho]

"Because he is an idiot" I love Mat.

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

Pedro Henrique Souza so do I!

[@kylecook7187]

that's the perfect way to summarize him lol

[@elizasbusiness6442]

I hate mat

[@ryanmorgan211992]

Love your reviews although there's a bit of flawed details: 1. @ 5:21 Rand and Mat gave the captain their silver coins which Moraine had given them in order to know where they were at for payment, rather than Thom with his gleeman skills. 2. 9:00 - 10:00 OK so Perrin & Egwene met the Elyas and the wolves. THEN the lot of them together met the "Tinkers". THEN they traveled through the stedding which was where Elyas got split up from Egwene and Perrin. That was when they BOTH got taken hostage by white cloaks not just Egwene. Perrin was SEVERELY beaten with scars he has for the rest of his life. And you went on to say they eventually met up with Lan, Moraine, & Nynaeve. But it was them who saved Perrin and Egwene. Pretty big part of the book. Moraine used the One Power, Lan extracted them, and Nynaeve created the distraction using the horses. That was when it became obvious that Lan and Nynaeve had a "thing". 3. You COMPLETELY left out Rand and Shai'tan's battle which Rand Believes KILLED THE DARK ONE. The Climax to the entire book. 😂💁‍♂️ 4. Also forgot about the dreams that the dark one used to mark the 3 Ta'veren. Rand doesn't learn who beggar was until Fal Dat when he was brought into Algemar's keep.

[@1estel1ch.42]

3. he battled ba'alzamon, who was actually ishamael, not shai'tan

[@sirraf23]

@@1estel1ch.42 that's true but isn't something that's explained in the first book.

[@JJ-nu8qi]

I'm amazed at how much of this book I still retain. Now only if I could keep the names straight.

[@chrissisty992]

@@JJ-nu8qi dude doing a video this short sure fucks up alot...

[@galept]

@@1estel1ch.42 Mark your comment with a spoiler tag, you fucking moron

[@Bachhiavelli]

@11.30, wasn't it the other way around? Wasn't it Agelmar who insisted on sending troops with Moiraine while she and Lan declined his offer, opting for a small party rather than a large escort which would attract too much attention? Also the Green Man was the guardian of the Eye of the World, not the blight. Otherwise very nicely done. Can't wait for you to finish the rest of the series.

[@gallegos3rd]

Yeah I just finished reading this book this past Thursday and you are correct. Agelmar insisted on providing her back up as he taught the boys were warders in training that had no skills and wanted her to be safe. The Green man was the guardian of the Eye.

[@joeporch2882]

Isnt that the " 100 swords would not be enough and 10 too many"..?

[@mfranks4731]

I just finished reading the book today for the first time you guys are right he did mess up a couple of things and lan moraine and nyneve save egwene and perrin from the white cloaks who have them as prisoners they dont just meet up again randomly

[@sirraf23]

@@joeporch2882 "a hundred lances would be too many, and a thousand not enough"

[@kirival117]

You are correct. There's a few things wrong in what he says but still a good video.

[@hikaru99]

*Spoiler* Actually Perrin and Egwene stopped with Elyas and the Wolves in the stedding for water. Then the Whitecloaks showed up and catch them hiding nearby, where Hopper is killed. Perrin kills two whitecloaks in retaliation and both he and Egwene are held prisoner until Lan, Morraine, and Nynaeve helped them escape all the way to Camelyn meeting back up with Rand, Mat, and now Loial. Also! "The Ways" are a very interesting part of the book I found. Loial leads the party through what is described as a pitch black cavern of darkness , winding paths of bridges and islands that connect in ways that wouldn't make sense if you could see it clearly. Even the brightest lantern has it's light dampened in the ways. They travel for days, stumbling in the dark silence guided by Loial(who is an ogier) and followed by someone or something. When they near their destination Rand hears a howling wind off in the distance which Loial identifies as "Machin Shin", The Black Wind, which is an entity created a time long ago who steals souls. They quicken their pace to the exit but the key to the door is missing. Moraine uses magic to melt the door and pry it open where everyone is able to escape. The wind is unable to pass through the portal I just finished reading this book :D

[@MrShaclakclak]

i just finished book one, his line of of events is backwards with the Perrin killing the white cloaks. And the Ways are like one of the best parts visually for me. and we forgot to mention the dreams all the boys have...

[@potentpotables5468]

Rand carrying his dad off into the woods after he told him he wasn't his father would make a great ending for the first episode.

[@sKyWIperzzz]

You left out the climax of the entire book with rand fighting balzamon for the first time

[@amandaofhouserobinson6707]

Yea that's what I was going to say ?? Now I'm wondering if I got it wrong and it was balzamon rand fought at the end ?? I am thoroughly confused ???

[@patrick-okc]

Yes, good point! That battle is confusing, too. Would have been nice to have that summarized. Still, good recap.

[@grafgingula6961]

@@patrick-okc good, I'm not the only one with that notion. Read it literally half an hour ago for the first time and was dead confused.

[@matthewgoss8370]

(Edit: I realize in text form how something is said is determined by the reader, not the author... So, when you read this, imagine two friends sitting down after a long day having some drinks. The one who gave a speech asks about the speech, and the other one just says the following, without malice, or hatred, just says it, then they go on drinking. {I know he didn't actually ask, this is for context of how it was written, not an actual scenario} End edit) I hate that you used the word decimate.... It used to mean to kill 1/10 when taken literally, but it was almost always used when an army was already defeated, then lined up, and while defeated had to watch as their captors killed every tenth person. It is psychologically terrifying. But now people who don't know that exchange it for devastate, or destroy, or annihilate.... And rob the word of its true horrible meaning, watering it down from a truly descriptive and mortifying thing, to just a synonym for devastate. (Edit: I haven't heard anyone use decimate to mean devastate until Disney did it in their opening crawl. {I think it was last jedi}. And if I would be trying to be pompous, I would end up crying a few devaliters into a bowl because I'm not that good at it, after trying to figure it out for a devade. The sound of my tears might reach 5 devabels and be audible for at least 50 devameters. I evolved decs into devs... I feel that's more snarky and winky than pompous, but then again I can hear the laughter in my voice. I never meant to offend Daniel. If I did, I am sorry, good sir. That being said, y'all are right, I should have said... Fun fact! Decimate means.... Blah....End of edit)

[@jujubean9063]

You could have just explained the true meaning instead of acting like Daniels use of decimate is insulting and ignorant. Also, the meanings of words change over time. Happy use to be a term to describe a sort of fulfillment of function and now it is something totally different. If you didn’t know this, then reading Aristotle would lead to misunderstanding. I’d prefer the meanings of words to stay constant, but they don’t. If people’s understanding of the definitions of words bothers you, then you’re going to spend your entire life in misery. Cool Info dump in your comment though, just don’t be so douchey about it.

[@Turtle-Front]

He’s so young! I mean, it has been six years but still

[@0Cleric]

Thank god someone has done this, the show has me wanting to finish the series and after a couple years, starting book 9 was not working.

[@mandasity]

I loved the books, read them twice, both times stopped at book 8 and went onto other things and never finished it. :/

[@brandonr.2807]

Also here to restart from book 9!

[@deadboid3433]

Thank God I'm not the only one!

[@Purkinje90]

Anyone else chuckle whenever a male touches the taint?

[@shoeberrypie]

Almost as prevalent as in the game Two Worlds :^)

[@sh115067]

Purkinje it's kind of ticklish

[@calumrosscameron]

no but I will do now, only 5 more books to go.....

[@ReverendLondo]

It doesn't make you blind, but you might lose your mind!

[@EDME86]

oh I will from now on, ty good sir

[@catherinepin2364]

Bless you, sir, I really didn't want to restart the series for the fourth time just so i could finally read the last book. You have saved possibly years of my life 😂 can't wait to hear the rest of the synopses

[@HectorLeeRodriguezDMin]

9:51 You named the Atha'an Miere (Sea Folk) but described the Tinkers (Tuatha'an). I love your reviews, btw.

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

Hector Lee Rodriguez damn you're right! Also thanks :) the next video should be up next weekend

[@adamsafranek7407]

"Elayne and Gawyn seem like nice people and then comes Galad and he's not a nice person. Galad's a dick." 😂 Excellent assessment there! Fighting fire with lava had me in stitches too. 😂

[@kintopacinn283]

You got Perrin's timeline a bit mixed up. They meet Elyas, travel, then meet the Tinkers, dance with them, leave the Tinkers, then hopper dies, Perrin kills, and they eventually get rescued by Moirane, Lan, and Nyneave.

[@anjiandrada1853]

I am sooooo happy and grateful u made these videos cause they really help everytime my mind gets confused between the books and the show 😊

[@Cazanator6000]

Funny timing this video as I have started to continue reading The Great Hunt (Book 2). The Eye of the World is fantastic, when they split up that was my favourite part of the book and when they finally reunited in Caemlyn that was a nice moment. Fantastic journey Robert Jordan takes you through and The Great Hunt so far is fantastic.

[@carolinehightower4474]

okay... I thought the ending was very.... just chaotic, and hard to follow... you described the craziness perfectly... "am I going to go insane and kill everyone"... "maybe"... haha

[@WalkthroughHorde]

the ending of book one was kind of meant to be. everyone I know who read it states that re-reading it after reading the series made them realize that it IS understandable with the future knowledge.

[@lurnfitness572]

totally agree. I was super confused... Like... did Rand confront the dark one correctly? or... what. Still confused.

[@SatoruwaFeng]

@@lurnfitness572 no. It was just Ishamael. One of the more Ta'veren-y things that Rand does is copy the weaves that Ishy-baby uses during their fight(or flight, as you will) while he's berserking while using the Sai'din reservoir in the Eye. Rand pulls this kind of Ta'veren bullshit in almost every book. Some of it comes from his being the Dragon Reborn, and some of it comes from not having a proper teacher and fumbling around like a blind man.

[@ethantuttle4079]

@@lurnfitness572 ikr like all the sudden they were going to see the green man who never gets mentioned in the later books and then rand suddenly has a fiery sword and he cuts a big rope

[@Graptopetalum]

@@ethantuttle4079 Isn't the Green Man mentioned by a different name in "The Shadow Rising" when Rand is seeing the history of the Aiel in Rhuidean?

[@emmaberger3748]

Love this summary. Turns out I remember most of this one. I think i read the following two not-so consistently but wanted to catch up before I hear on to book 4

[@MyPeanutButtersHairy]

This is very helpful, I read these books years ago and only have the final one left. A summary of each of the books will help me remember all that is going on before reading the last one.

[@johnmartin9846]

“You can fight fire with lava” -Daniel foreshadowing his one piece journey years early

[@warrenjones4497]

Thank you for this! Exactly what I need when I take a break between books. Just a quick recap and some cheeky jokes. Subscribed!

[@Earth_angel_abigail]

Me: *takes 6 months to read this book..* Daniel: *explains entire book in less than 15 minutes...* Me: *Well... I think I'm just gonna go now..* 😂

[@mr.bigzy262]

Omg that’s exactly what happened to me too 😂

[@corymcdowell7295]

A shit summary if you ask me.

[@BrumbleJumble]

@@corymcdowell7295 it was fine. Obviously if he had more time he could do more details but then it ruins the point of the very quick a brief summary.

[@Luciana_McC_99]

@@BrumbleJumble I just finished reading this , it seems like he's giving a summary from memory not after just reading it because he's saying stuff out of order and a few things wrong. So I think that's what the guy meant by shit review.

[@ScootsYoutube]

4:29 "you can fight fire with lava" *cries in One Piece*

[@bowenb6695]

Filling in for the last minute there of the eye of the world: (PLEASE write your thoughts about what you think happened here) - Post Greenman sacrifices himself to kill one of the Forsaken. All the boys & Egwene take off in different directions in blind fear of this last forsaken who is seemingly undefeatable. (Moraine and Lan attempted and were brushed off). Rand seems to be the only one who is pursued by this Forsaken. His dash takes him to a cliffside and is now forced to face the Forsaken. Armed with his Herron sword Rand begs and somehow connects to the eye-of-the-world, channeling the one power. What happens next could be described as a long dream. Rand is channeling the One power and travels to the battlefield and does some lashing out on the Trolloc army (Key point: the army can see him or sees a figure at least but can't identify the person). After he is done there he is taken away to Ba'alzamon to which we hear the same speech you've heard before from all the dark friends etc, "serve the dark lord and you will be rewarded, serve alive or dead". At that moment Rand sees his mom gets tortured and unleashes his one power on Ba'lzy poo and ends up winning (god knows how) and freeing his mother. Rand is back in the present, the forsaken is dead, and he is completely drained of all energy. HE tumbles back into the clearing to discuss with Moraine. Moraine says, "you could go crazy but it might not be best to keep one more secret between everyone since that's exactly what the readers want" *jokes*. The Eye-of-the-world is drained "mysteriously", the area that was holding the dark ones cage, and Rand still holds fast to, "he defeated the undefeatable because he had some weird experience he has never had before". Lan brings out items: THe horn of Illian: calls back heroes of the dead to fight the last battle, an unbreakable - broken circle plate (that is claimed to be so strong that even when the one power is used on the plate, it simply absorbs it), and some banner (made Ikea size). They Leave and Rand is convinced to go off on his own because the book requires him to be a dumbass of large proportions. End Book 1. Please fill in parts I missed or misinterpreted. The ending really was all over the place and I may have missed subtleties and or important connections to how Rand was going crazy with the one power.

[@slactweak]

The objects in the Eye were the Horn of Valere, one of the 7 seals, (broken), on the Dark One's prison, and the Dragon Banner. Otherwise, well done.

[@wa1w511]

You know you get extra cool points for having Hogarth's great defender in the screen shot. I am often struggling with where characters are on the map during certain scenes. It would be cool to see a narration with locations showing where scenes are happening. That would even be cooler than showing pictures of the characters.

[@nediojon749]

Couple things you mixed up Perrin mets wolves and elyise then they meet the tinkers then the white cloaks

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

TheIronGeneral5011 my bad! If that's my biggest mistake, then I'm ok!

[@seanhart2383]

You also missed at the end of the book where rand kinda fights the dark one and thinks he has killed him.

[@korygood6171]

Daniel Greene and moirane, lan and nynaeve save perin and egwene from the white cloaks. and egwebe isn't captured then Perrin looks for her, egwene and Perrin both get captured by the white cloaks at the same time after a white cloaks kills hopper as he tries to save Perrin, pissed off Perrin kills to white cloaks then gets knocked out and him and egwene get captured. soooo, you didn't really get Perrin part of the story correct at all.

[@mrhypnagogia]

Read it recently. I loved it. I love the part in the ancient abandoned city.

[@TomerArmarnik]

Thank you for the great summary, I have found it very useful to as a recap and make sure I did not forget anything critical in particular as this book is pretty long and condensed with plenty of groups. I definitely got the Tolkin vibe at certain parts as you have mentioned. I hope you continued to do these summaries including for the prequel New Spring.

[@elizabethvillalta4461]

Thank you- Ive just seen your first 3 videos. Great summaries of the books! Will keep watching!

[@netwolfstar]

Thx Daniel i read this book and following books when i was in highschool back in the 90s, i read upto the crown of swords and stopped. Only now wantong to pickup but dont have time time to reread the whole lot. Your summaries are good and my mind filled in the gaps. Thank you so much.

[@madisongoodyear5040]

This was a great recap!! I was like “no way he can recap this in 13 minutes” I apologize! Well done.

[@Soturi4k]

Thanks for this, I couldn’t remember if I read the whole book like.. 10 years ago. Perfect refresh for me so I can start the next one and not wonder if I missed anything

[@bladethorn]

Thank you!! I read the 1st a couple years ago and needed a refresher before starting the 2nd. Surprised how bright the memories were, forgot how much I really enjoyed the book!

[@TheDustBunni]

Love your reviews. The Wheel of Time is a series that means a lot to me and you're doing an awesome job. Plus hearing a really attractive fellow utter the words "Touching his taint" always makes my day🤓

[@Kriterian]

Thanks for the recap. Elaida, the Queen's Aes Sadai tells only Rand about destroying the world. She says it quietly so only he can hear and mentions how she's saying it "clearly" like the Queen wanted to avoid having to lie.

[@MrUkrpride]

Thanks for these summaries. I come back to them after taking a break from the WoT series.

[@abeardneglected]

Thanks for this! I just finished the audiobook today and, while I enjoyed it for the most part, my aging brain wasn't entirely sure what just happened. This (mostly) cleared things up for me.

[@TheJasonVitug]

I just finished the first season and wanted to learn more about this world. Thanks for summary of the book. I enjoyed how close the season was to your summary of the book. Look forward to more.

[@michaelsweeney5958]

Its been YEARS since I read through this series .Cant even tell you how long its been .. I was so frustrated with R Jordan for making me wait for the next book in the series I clearly remeber waiting for Crown of Sords (7) and then Path of Dagger (8) like FOREVER.... I understand they are making a series for it .. So I thought I woud find a summerzation to familiarize myself with a story from years past that I LOVED. but didnt want to have to Reread all over again ... Came across your Playlist and was pleasantly surprised of to find your summaries.. Well Done and THANK YOU

[@awesomepossumdude]

4:29 “you can fight fire with lava” 😭 daniel is prescient af

[@TheBookgeek7]

"The Green Man is essentially, in my mind, the Jolly Green Giant." Somehow, I don't know why, that makes him incredibly awesome to me!

[@galept]

I was thinking somewhere between Ent and Jolly Green Giant. Would be cool to see.

[@therainenetwork3510]

I will be honest. You made this story sound very simple which was helpful for me since the book can sometimes be hard to follow. Listening to you, I was surprised by how much I still remember, but the part where Rand destroyed the trolloc army, yeah I think I missed that part. All in all this was an excellent summary.

[@Emma-mp4ci]

This was really good, thank you and keep going! I'm currently in book 10 and for sure by the end of the series will need some form of straight forward summary of each book so I don't have to read the whole series again.

[@JamesI88]

Just power through book ten, the worst in the series, and you'll breeze through the rest.

[@Emma-mp4ci]

Yeah I actually finished it yesterday and half way through the prologue of knife of dreams. I've heard this one is really good :)

[@rogerhuggettjr.7675]

Very well narrated. It was a nice refresher as I'm about 40 pages into book 7 right now. The one thing that can be frustrating about this series is that nothing ever resolves. If I understood some future spoilers correct, even killed Forsaken don't stay dead. Second biggest headache is that no one ever develops trust which would go a longs way to making the books more enjoyable. Even Mat distances himself from his close friend Rand as soon as it's known he's able to channel.

[@joshuamcdaniel6530]

So glad i found this... Again. Old watcher of you and murphy. Thanks for these so much!🔥

[@rteasy]

This was very helpful and entertaining. I’m just starting the third book. Half the time I’m reading I am seriously sleep deprived so your reviews are very helpful.

[@0Arman0]

this is awesome, man. thank you! about to watch the next four as well (about to stat book 5)!

[@debrabroido997]

Please continue to do this. I read the books many years ago, but have forgotten a lot.

[@stig-johnceulemans2722]

Nicely done!!! I hope you did all books ... now in book 9 but sometimes a review of a book is amazing!!

[@tiq6877]

perfect summary, thank you! it'd been years since I read the books so this really helps!

[@Ivy_Robins]

Thank you for these videos!! I am about to jump into the seventh book and I needed a refreshing

[@justinlaboy6837]

Just finished this book after i was recently introduced to the series by a coworker. Amazing so far and looking forward to book 2!

[@josephmort4039]

Lews Therin was never called The Dragon Reborn. He was called The Dragon, which is why Rand is The Dragon REBORN

[@josephmort4039]

@Vox Populi True, but he was never referred to as the Dragon Reborn. Just the Dragon.

[@tomgartin]

So helpful while midway through the series to find this summary and remember why they went to the EOTW in the first place. Thank you!

[@MrAetus]

Great summary - reading the books now for the first time - time video was spot on (and funny). Keep up the great work!

[@marshallcierovola376]

This series is so helpful! thanks for making it.

[@heather173]

Daniel it's funny. I'm 55 and we have almost identical taste in books, I always look for your reviews. Thank you so much!

[@TheNum8274444]

I was JUST looking for this kind of videos! thank you! the fun thing is that I started WOT because of you lol

[@Gingerbeardjenkins]

Thank you for this! I picked up book two after four years of hiatus and I was hoping not having to reread the first book.

[@ross33668]

literally on book six and started looking for reviews :) thanks for making these!

[@nerdieone1]

Excellent recap! I needed this lol

[@DesireeBirdsong]

You, sir, are a godsend. Thank you so much, this is exactly what I needed.

[@christofu92]

Thank you! Picked up the books again and this was so helpful

[@morik3188]

Rewatched this after seeing the first 3 eps of the new show.. read the books years ago.. thank you for doing this... jogged the ol memory locker..

[@minerva9843]

I just subcribed and started your WoT summary. In this video, I wish you went into more detail about The Ways other than "you can move fast". The Ways are purely terrifying.

[@PosDad]

I'm pretty sure Rand drains the power from the eye of the world and that's how he gains more power.

[@elizasbusiness6442]

You can't drain it Just use it

[@PosDad]

@@elizasbusiness6442 When they were at the eye of the world, I think it was Morgona who noted that after Rand connected to it the "well" was emptied. It's been a while since I read it though.

[@piscesrenewed479]

This was awesome! Thank you for doing this 😃

[@thamor4746]

Thank you for this, I am continuing from book 3 so needed recap of book 1 & 2 =)

[@user-os9kv1ip7t]

I read the first two books a year ago and wanted to pick the series back up. I needed a summary cause ya girl isn’t re reading the first two books and this was awesome hahaha.

[@gracefoley5149]

Thank you so much for making these!

[@silverdragon3332]

“You can beat fire with lava” love this for one peace reason

[@sammallory]

I am on book 10. Hope this goes well and refreshes it all to me. So far so good!

[@FindleyOcean]

Dude, this sounds like fellowship of the ring in the beginning

[@someinteresting]

I think even the author admits it was intentional.

[@jamiewilkinson2323]

Yep, that was exactly what Jordan was going for - but he wanted a story where the chosen one isn't necessarily perfect

[@staplesfoley]

Yeah the first few chapters have a hugely strong "shire" feel and small farmers going off to save the world, but within half a book it completely changes and goes onto some amazing original stuff

[@skala8441]

Yes, the same way the fellowship of the ring was inspired by the Norse Sagas. Point being?

[@FindleyOcean]

@@skala8441 Blatant plagiarism

[@allenbird]

That was a great review dude. Great explanations, 13 minutes of summary should be able to be put into film format for sure.

[@timstikkers7581]

Ah this is terrific! I read the first three 6 months ago but I lost the plot in my mind, now I have a good intro to read Shadow Rising! Thnx Daniel!

[@jean-francoisboismenu3743]

Thank you so much for doing these. I read books one through ten before book 11 came out a decade ago and stopped reading when I learned the author got I'll. When Sarandson completed the series I decide to buy the remaining books but quickly realized I was completely lost after a single chapter. I've tried reading various summaries, especially the WoT wiki but that was just too long to read (ironic, I know!) so I stopped. I'm hoping you publish 8 through 10 soon!

[@mitchelschafer1347]

Just re-read book 1 and saw your take on the 'blue carpet,' so I figured I'd do ANOTHER recap before watching this Friday

[@judiperez7376]

Great Summary! Really explains a lot in a short period of time.

[@dethspud]

"You can fight fire with lava". Daniel inadvertently spoils Marineford? I keed!

[@gargamel1940]

This is really useful when picking up later books.

[@ericchiesa1057]

How much can change in 4 years, I remember watching this after I finished the first book. Now recapping before I start the Sanderson books

[@dracmaster]

This was amazing! I just finished reading the whole series and listening to this has reminded me of so much that I had forgotten about. I haven’t check yet but I hope you did the same for the rest of the books! If not regardless after watching a couple of your videos you’ve earned yourself a subscriber

[@dougmarqs]

Dude, thanks so much for this! I started the series last year and forgot some stuff.

[@mit.3254]

This is so helpful. Thanks for making this!

[@carolineford6694]

I read these books in high school. Great summary.

[@christophersykora3601]

It was so good! Thanks for the video! Keep going man. If anything I'd like more detail, and a little longer video. That's about it though.

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

I hope the second one was long enough for you!

[@benjaminkingaus]

So good, love these!!

[@joemarshall4254]

Just listened to the audiobook. A lot of the book went over my head, so this summary was helpful. Thanks!

[@elizasbusiness6442]

How?

[@joemarshall4254]

There are many things introduced in a world I was not familiar with. Just hard to process everything without actually reading the words myself.

[@jeffsmith441]

Nicely done. I know this is old but thank you! I read the first 7 books, but couldn't keep it up because life got busy. I am now watching the show and the story seems different and I desperately wanted this to refresh my memory so I could clear up why the show's portryal felt familiar yet foreign at the same time.

[@jkv15]

Thanks for the summary! Needed that.

[@Nico-of7kk]

I'm currently reading book 5 and it's crazy how much you forget. I've made it a habit to always watch your vids after having read a book. Thanks for your amazing work!

[@ZlothZloth]

This website is VERY handy for reminders: www.encyclopaedia-wot.org/

[@j.s.173]

I'm at book 5 and I've been taking notes every 5 chapters or so.

[@Nico-of7kk]

@@j.s.173 well i finished a few months ago, have fun the best parts are yet to come

[@hani.b8847]

I just finished The Eye of the World less than 30min ago and And i loved. Cant wait to pick up the second book

[@tianamassey8640]

Bless you sir I needed this because I read the book so slowly 😅

[@ItsJustMe0585]

Thank you for this! :). Onto book 3 but read the first two years ago.

[@danicahenry5474]

Literally *just* finished the first book for the first time and came here to review/make sure I didn't miss anything.

[@newchip35]

The 1st season was alright. I haven't read the books... I've tried but can't get into it for some reason. Will give it another try in the future. Thanks for the recap of Book 1!

[@d3rkaderk4]

You got more than a few details wrong. For instance, Ingtar offers soldiers to escort them to the blight and Morraine refuses. They compromise by allowing the soldiers to escort them to the edge of the blight. The soldiers get butthurt because they miss the main battle.

[@charinasimeon9856]

Also Morraine and her party rescued them from the whites. They traveled with the thinkers before all that.

[@FakeAstronomer]

He definitely has that backwards. It was Ingtar? who was begging Morraine to allow soldiers to go with her instead of the "three village boys" so the soldiers can protect her. Morraine refused because too many people would draw attention.

[@slactweak]

@@FakeAstronomer It was actually Agelmar Jagad, not Ingtar.

[@wpalmmer]

This is awesome! Thank you so much

[@hsdurfee]

You’re the big homey for this series, thanks mate