Reading The Great Hunt after watching Wheel Of Time Season 1

What was it like to read the The Great Hunt, book 2 of the Wheel of Time, after watching Season 1 of the Amazon Prime series. And a review of the maps!
00:00 Spoiler free thoughts
03:58 Spoiler laden thoughts
07:15 Unanswered questions
08:48 Maps review!
Goodreads: / neville-ridley-smith

[@matthewbeaty4344]

Ive only seen the first 2 episodes but perrin not having his axe was puzzling

[@NevsBookChannel]

There are all sorts of puzzling things!

[@philc2729]

So many questions, so many answers that will be held back. Rafo. I've read the series too many times. RJ was a master as piecing together all the threads, and foreshadowing. He leaves few things mentioned but unused in the future. Enjoy the journey. The pace of reading you outline is very reasonable. You can read New Spring after book 5, should you wish. It will add more background for Morraine, Lan, and a few minor characters, as well as expound on some motivations.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Ooh I was going to read it in publication order, ie between book 10 and 11. Should I read it earlier?

[@philc2729]

@@NevsBookChannel Events in book 5 will make it more relevant to be read directly afterwards, but there is no harm in reading it later, obviously. It adds background as described but is not an action packed book.

[@lucasabdielsampaio3556]

Great review, excited for the next one!

[@LusiferSam1]

Ok, no spoilers. But far more is revealed and foreshadowed in the first book than could possible realize. Once you've completed the series this is worth going back and rereading again to see all of the things that you missed the first time.

[@NevsBookChannel]

That’s going to be so much fun!

[@slidenaway]

Just watched your EotW video and this one, and you've gained a new subscriber! I like your chill attitude and analysis, and the way you share your thoughts. I've read the whole series, (love it a lot) and I thought season 1 of the show was decent and season 2 is good getting great so far (having watched through episode 5 as I type this) -- it has the potential to be amazing in the last few episodes Really glad you're enjoying the books, they're really something special!! And weirdly, your little map review was super cool too! I've never seen anyone do that, but it was a great little analysis. Keep it up!!

[@NevsBookChannel]

Wow, thanks for the encouragement! And it’s nice to know someone enjoyed the map thingy.

[@danmacarro]

I second this! Love another booktube to follow and you have a nice relaxing energy

[@NastySasquatch]

You are one of the few people who gets the references Jordan wrote into the books as a homage to the genre he loved.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Thanks for your comments!

[@asmith1022]

Here after season 2, which was much better than the first and makes me hopeful. Really like your perspective... very interesting hearing your thoughts, I myself didn't get around to reading the whole series until right after RJ passed and Sanderson was finishing it.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Thanks! Hope you enjoy my future videos!

[@andrews6013]

Just wait for book 4. Thats when it gets really good. The world building makes it worth the reread. Hes throwing in stuff that will be answered about 8 books later.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Looking forward to it!

[@MrLemonaiden]

Hope you enjoy the next book, it’s got some of my favourite scenes from the entire series. Looking forward to hearing what you think of other books

[@NevsBookChannel]

Thanks! Third book is coming up soon for me in my TBR pile

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

I enjoyed hearing you list all of your unanswered questions😂 Yes, they all do get answered-- some soon and some not for a LONG time 🤣

[@NevsBookChannel]

Ooh exciting! It’s nice to know they get answered. I’ll need to keep score of when each one gets answered!

[@danmacarro]

Glad to see you jump in!!! And not do not wait! Realistically the plots are so large and sprawling with so many POVs in so many places, I know much will be cut and 1 season=1 book is already out the window. Plus I love seeing your videos so keep them coming

[@NevsBookChannel]

Ok! Yeah, I think the wait will be too long and I’ll forget too much. So onwards!

[@brett88knight]

I promise you’ll never forget Alana once you get to the lord of chaos

[@JamesLorimor]

LOVED the Firefly reference there, you've gained a subscriber!!!! LOL

[@NevsBookChannel]

Hooray, someone got the reference! “And we will call it… this land” Welcome aboard James!

[@HessalamWoT]

not spoiling anything, but in regards of names. There are way over 1000 named characters throughout the series, so even if the names were really different, it's still impossible to keep up with all of them. So a spreadsheet is a really good idea. Especially since googling it can be dangerous because of some spoilers in wiki's an so on.

[@NevsBookChannel]

So true

[@reviveithomeimprovement2495]

2,750 named characters!

[@Talking_Story]

I am at book 6 or 7. Think I will get back to this series next year. Thanks for the video.

[@osnatashtaralevin8944]

I love your journey with the books. I hope you continue reading them after the second season and not wait, as it seems like they are condensing books into seasons and mixing some things from the prequel also (which you should not read until after the series has ended - in my opinion). I also take Sanderson's stand that the show is just another turning of the wheel, and I enjoy it very much. The wheel of time is my favourite book series and I enjoy reading it anew with the show.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Thanks for your comment! In all likelihood I’ll just continue reading them without waiting. Re the prequel do you mean you recommend not reading it until finishing all 14 books?

[@osnatashtaralevin8944]

@@NevsBookChannel I took Daniel Green's recommendation and waited with it (he said not to read it before finishing book 5) - I ended up waiting the whole series, as when each book ended, I just immediately wanted to jump to the next one in the series, but I'm glad I did for 2 reasons. 1 - Jordan himself wrote it towards the end of his life, meaning even though it comes before the events of _The Eye of The World_ it benefited from having most of the story essentially written (in my opinion). Secondly, because Robert Jordan never got to finish the series, the last 3 books were completed by Brandon Sanderson, and even though he is one of my favorite authors, especially towards the end, I could feel his "energy" in the story. I think he did a phenomenal job with the series and I came out of the book fully satisfied with the ending, but I craved more - so having this, rather short story (it is significantly shorter than Jordan's other Wheel of Time books), which was fully Jordan's felt very satisfying, and because the Wheel has no beginnings and no end - also very fitting in my opinion 😉

[@NevsBookChannel]

Interesting take. I generally like doing things in publication order, so that’s what I’ll likely do

[@Guardian582]

the show being "just another turning of the wheel" is the TV crew, saying we want to do whatever we want and the source material be damned, and a copout for being outright bastards....in the words of the book "i win again Lews Therin" because that is basically what they are doing

[@osnatashtaralevin8944]

@@Guardian582 Hey, it sounds like you really don't enjoy the show, I am sorry you feel that way - I honestly do. I got my criticism and thoughts, but on the whole, I think they are doing a really good job. If you feel this strongly about it, I can only make this suggestion to you - don't watch it.

[@seapeajones]

Sanderson's interpretation is very generous. I think I'll adopt it.

[@JamesLorimor]

The problem I have with that interpretation is that Jordan specifically said that Padan Fain was unique to this turning of the wheel. If they're doing a different turning, change the character names. Birgette remembers her previous lives and they all had different names. She wasn't always Birgette.

[@heavysetmedia1904]

the show and the book are their own things. the TV show has made many changes from the book. Many Characters from the book are missing. others have been added, so I don't think it matters if you read ahead cause it will be somewhat different. season 1 of the show was done during the lockdown, so I have to give season 1 a pass for that and im putting more weight behind season 2. I hope you enjoy!

[@konradjaschke1931]

I'm on Book 8. Always wanted to rad the series, but its hard to start when you know there are so many books! :)

[@meydelarquier7566]

Hi! What a surprise for me to see your content and to discover we have consume WoT content in the same order (im a newbie fan of wit) Watching your videos is so much more fun! Right now I hesitating between keeping reading WoT3 The Dragon reborn and after that watching season 2, of like you watching season 2 and then reading the dragon reborn. What do you think??

[@NevsBookChannel]

Hi Mélissa! I think it would be fine either way. There’s not a lot of book 3 in season 2 - it’s mostly just book 2 with a bunch of changes. Welcome aboard!

[@aldan7812]

Man we're on episode 7 of Season 2 now and there is quite literally zero Dragon Reborn in it, and i cant see any way that could change in 2 episodes lol - you are safe to watch it then read TDR. Don't expect to see an adaptation of The Great Hunt though.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Oh, interesting. I’ve only watched the first two episodes so far

[@jan2bratt]

I've only read the first two books and haven't watched the tv show. I'd like to continue the series, and hope to watch the show some day.

[@NevsBookChannel]

I’ll be reading the 3rd book in Oct-Dec if you want to read along

[@joeramulders]

mapmakers within the world would likely not show or even know the location of Shadar Logoth. The author being very conscious of perspectives could be a reason. Or it just fell in the fold. Or .....

[@NevsBookChannel]

Yeah, I guess that makes in-world sense. Good point!

[@konradjaschke1931]

Weird, I just recently figured out I have the same problem you do, can't imagine an apple. I've got the concept in my head, but no 3d picture, no colours. I'm a 5. :(

[@NevsBookChannel]

Yeah, it seems pretty common. Still totally enjoy reading though!

[@kmoustakas]

The books dip horribly between five and it's very obvious books twelve and thirteen are ONE giant book. Book thirteen is probably one of the best books or at least finalle's ever. Glad season two of the show picked up, season one really wasn't good but season two is very easy to go through.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Looks like at least took in some of the feedback and tried to make the second season more faithful to the books? Had to deal with the consequences of their season 1 decisions though

[@Mahalleinir]

Yeah the map in your book sucks honestly, the maps in the hardcovers and the ones you’ll find online are much better and you can follow everything on them

[@christianefiorito3204]

I read all the books and I hatehow the, slaughtered the Characters.

[@NevsBookChannel]

I’ll assume you’re just trolling. Anything otherwise would be very poor form

[@nicodemogawronski2052]

If i were you, I would keep on reading with book 3. Season 2 will have some elements from book 2 but it might go in a completely different direction considering how Season 1 was and you won't find that many connections to the books. I might be very wrong though.

[@NevsBookChannel]

My TBR is full for the next couple of months anyway, so I’ll be watching season 2 before reading book 3

[@nicodemogawronski2052]

@@NevsBookChannel Looking forward to your next videos!

[@casualcommentor]

Completely agree scene setting is one of Jordans strengths, it's just plot, character development and dialogue he has trouble with. I would love to see you do a recap of how many of your questions were answered after reading book 3. Great review, keep them coming!!!

[@NevsBookChannel]

Thanks! Yeah, will definitely do an unanswered questions recap

[@casualcommentor]

@@NevsBookChannel brilliant can't wait 😊

[@erenbecomesdovecrying6016]

Rofl what an insane take

[@JeffPenaify]

WoT has some of the best plotting and character development in the fantasy genre lmao, people use the fact its a long form narrative as a mark against it when really thats one of its strengths imo

[@robinirie98]

How is it clear in book one that Rand is going to be the Dragon Reborn when the closest we came to dragons was rumours of false dragons? I mean we know that he was the one the shadow was after but not why.

[@NevsBookChannel]

I think it’s clear in that meta sense of, ok I’m reading a book where some guy is going to be the dragon reborn and the main pov character in a book is 99% usually the chosen one. (Unless you’re reading Game of Thrones - then all bets are off!)

[@robinirie98]

@@NevsBookChannel I don't mean to quibble but we don't know that the dragon reborn is a thing. All we know is that from time to time, some men declare themselves Dragon and some can channel while some can't. And that's a tangential detail far from the main plot.

[@NevsBookChannel]

@@robinirie98 except the third book is literally called The Dragon Reborn. I mean, yeah, if you want to think about it in-world, then we can’t know. Then again, I may be wrong! I’ve kept myself fairly spoiler free so I don’t know how it all ends up

[@robinirie98]

@@NevsBookChannel I'm halfway through my umteenth reread of EoTW. Apart from the epigraph: "let the promised one be born again", "let the dragon ride again", there is no discussion of the dragon reborn as a thing. If we go into the book cold with no lore exposure or having watched the show, know that the dragon is to be feared etc. But we don't really know that it's a thing and connected to Rand. We retrospectively read this into the book but all we know is that the dark one wants one of these boys and we know that it's Rand. Not even Moiraine who had reason to suspect made it known until the epilogue.

[@NevsBookChannel]

@@robinirie98 yeah, fair comments

[@DutchGreyBeard]

Like your style! Strongly agree with you on Jordan and the naming of his (too) many characters. At points I don't even know where to place someone who's speaking or doing something. I find The Wheel of Time Companion very helpful, although it is a bit weird to consult an 'Encyclopedia' while reading a work of fiction.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Thanks Ed! I’m worried about the name thing getting worse as the books go on

[@DutchGreyBeard]

I'm very much afraid so. I made my case in my Wrap-up of August. Starting at about 5min:25, spoilerfree of course ;-)

[@NevsBookChannel]

@@DutchGreyBeard ah yes, I rewatched it and now recall that page you show

[@ArthurSullivan-cq4uw]

The second season of the Wheel of Time TV series is amazing. Excellent TV. I hope you enjoy it.

[@NevsBookChannel]

From the couple of episodes I’ve watched so far, it seems to be an improvement on season 1

[@potentatewags]

The changes they make in the TV series is just horrid. Bad changes to the characters, trying to make it seem a female dragon reborn could actually be, etc. It's not all bad, but the changes are by far for the worse.

[@Hangry_Sasquatch]

Amazons Wheel of Time is a bad show on its on merits, over acting, bad directing, bad story telling, inconsistent logic. As a wheel of time adaptation it so horrendous that everyone in the writers room and show runners should never get hired again (hopefully the writers strike helps with that). the only people that like the show either never read the books, hate the books, or are youtubers that get paid directly or indirectly by Amazon. (i am not saying this channel falls into this group, but the big WOT channels that profit are pretty evident)

[@NevsBookChannel]

Heh, definitely not getting paid. All opinions my own!

[@Hangry_Sasquatch]

I honestly did not mean that for you@@NevsBookChannel . There are many large accounts that claim to love the books, defend every changed and get access to behind the scene promotional material or interviews which they get tp use to earn clicks.

[@erenbecomesdovecrying6016]

They don't get paid directly but if they participate in the positivity circle jerk they will.

[@slidenaway]

@@NevsBookChannel don't listen to this jabroni, we call these people "bookcloaks" for good reason. They just can't imagine someone genuinely likes the show without being paid to say that, which is MIND BOGGLING

[@NevsBookChannel]

Ha, I had to look up the word jabroni.

[@Hangry_Sasquatch]

Wheel of Time tv show is 100% gonna make them all the dragon

[@NevsBookChannel]

I would not be surprised at anything they do