Wheel of Time Reviews: Eye of the World & The Great Hunt

[@sandy23stories40]

Awesome !!! I will start very soon 😊 great video.

[@tasosalexiadis7748]

From everything I have read this series of books is the apex of the Dark Lord vs Chosen story, the main plot (Dragon vs Dark One) expands into great depths and offers a beautiful climax in the last 3 books.

[@1971stevan]

Would love to see your reaction to the WOT trailer!

[@MetalGearChief]

Great that you are back Sam. I have this series on my list but it is going to be a while before I get to it.

[@williams456]

Jordan does more than take inspiration from arthurian legend, with the cyclical nature of time, Artur Hawkwing is King Arthur, it’s a legend in our time that is a reference to an actual person in their time similar to when Thom references stories older than the age of legends they are tales about the Cold War, British empire, and the moon landing, actual events in our time, story’s fade to myth etc

[@leslieisepic]

I am hoping to start the first book next month.

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Wooo! I'd love to hear your thoughts!

[@BlueSun_]

Cool! Would be great see more WoT. Spoiler discussions, predictions or even frequent updates and thoughts throughout each book.

[@SamsCozyCorner]

I'm also thinking of maybe doing vlogs - like record my thoughts after reading chapters and compile them into aa video!

[@BlueSun_]

@@SamsCozyCorner Yeah!

[@disakland4714]

I completely agree the similarities to Tolkien are a lot of the same you see in every epic fantasy. I think they might be compared a lot because there wasn’t as much fantasy around when they came out. I remember picking up Eye of the World from the store and there wasn’t a lot of series then to choose from. There was Goodkind, Brooks and a few others if my memory serves me well. I really should pick up this series and actually read through it all. I have read the first couple books a lot of times xD Love hearing your thoughts on this classic series!

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Yes! I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees the similarities as just being a part of the genre! Especially all those "early" series from the 80's and 90's!

[@ballzac6152]

Might get to these after Hobb re-read 😊

[@SamsCozyCorner]

yesssss

[@katiealleena2049]

I was gifted a copy of The Hobbit when I was 7, so like yeah 23 years ago now ... lol and not only did it get me into fantasy books in general, but also writing! I reread it as my first book of the year, every year to remind me why I want to write. BUT ANYWAY! About WoT series -- it has been on my radar for awhile. A few friends wholeheartedly rec them. I should jump into the series soon. Maybe early next year (: The TBR pile I have is never ending and every day gets taller.

[@SamsCozyCorner]

haha it is never ending and adding 15 books to it can feel intimidating for sure!

[@QuietTurbulence]

So glad you have started this series! I’m halfway through book 13 now and I absolutely love it 🙂

[@SamsCozyCorner]

I;ve heard the last few books are really really good!

[@XxunforgottenxXxlove]

I just started reading the first book the other day! So far it’s quite enjoyable

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Isn't it? It;s been better than I anticipated!

[@tabithaspear1097]

This was my formative fantasy series along with LOTR, I am so glad you’ve started this series.

[@SamsCozyCorner]

I'm really enjoying it!

[@gaiaathena-books]

I'm glad you really enjoyed these first two books! (I love the series haha). I started to like the characters more as the books went on, and they became less annoying (to me). Mat annoyed me a lot in the beginning, but his character definitely goes through some growth at some point. Oh ugh yes the Children of Light, I hate them too. I hope you enjoy continuing on with the rest of the series!

[@SamsCozyCorner]

yes, that's what I'm noticing! I'm actually starting to like Mat now haha

[@arcanethink]

Holy shit I just finished this series. Took me 2 months to finish them all and they were amazing. I highly highly recommend the audiobooks. They are Phenomenal! Some of the best I've ever heard. You will not be disappointed by this series.

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Oh that's awesome!!

[@robertmckinney1898]

I agree, this series is nothing like Tolkien other than the classic tropes you mentioned. I read The Eye of the World a little less than a year ago and have finished the whole series and absolutely love it ! I convinced a friend to read it so that I could go back for a second read with her because I actually missed the characters, haha.

[@SamsCozyCorner]

I am glad I am not alone in failing to see the similarities haha Oh that's awesome! That's how I have been with my friends and Robin Hobb's books haha

[@matthias5048]

Finished the series a few months ago. You’re in for a wonderful ride. ;-)

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Really loving the ride so far!

[@matthias5048]

Are you watching the show?

[@niebieskie2]

I dnfed the first book twice but you're making me want to try it again

[@SamsCozyCorner]

The first book is 100% the weakest but they get better imo!

[@niebieskie2]

@@SamsCozyCorner good to know

[@Beave73]

With so many characters from this series with different abilities, it would be fun to see you do hypothetical "who would win" battles with characters from other series.

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Oh that is a cool idea!

[@emergentrealms89]

So happy you're reading this one! It's fantastic! We can't wait to hear what you think as you go along (and we're sure you've heard what to expect in terms of pacing)

[@SamsCozyCorner]

I have! I'm really loving it so far!

[@emergentrealms89]

@@SamsCozyCorner That's great! Oh! And let us know if you'd like to check out one of our books. We'd love to send you one (or all 😜)

[@paulramen2535]

Welcome to us WoT fans. Enjoy the ride. (A very common tell with new readers is to refer to The Dark One as ” the dark lord” . Of you’re a Darkfriend you might call him ”The Great Lord of the Dark” but us normal people would never say that)

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Thank you!!

[@paulramen2535]

@@SamsCozyCorner Oh. You're welcome! For an even more full first time experience (something I never got a chance of in my days) I'd suggest you also listen to the audiobooks and one or more of the first time readers' podcasts. A good podcast - with no spoilers- is kzbin.infoplaylists The audiobooks can usually be found free of charge on multiple sites online if you just want to try them out. I'm a huge WoT-fan so I end up buying them all, but that's just me. Many first time readers actaully do spoiler full reviews and they are a delight to hear even for us long ime fans, so we get to re-live what it was like "not knowing" . ehum... once again, Welcome to the community

[@LyricalEmber]

The sword in the stone will become much clearer in the next book :) as always, jordan takes an interesting spin on it

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Oh goof to know!

[@PR_Punk1]

I always wonder if I had picked up these books when younger if I would have loved them the same way, they become increasingly complicated (more mature in content). I’m enjoying them now though 😂

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Same! and better late then never right?

[@ReadwithStefani]

I’m about to read book 3 myself 😀 i also liked The Great Hunt better

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Yay! I look forward to hearing what you think of book 3 too!

[@scott4482]

The series can be viewed as a group of trilogies, so your idea of deep diving after TDR has some merit. I do not believe you're going to be able to deliver coherent reviews without spoilers, at least up to the point you're at in your reading. The metaphysics, the Foretelling, the characters development and the world being revealed will all force you to get into " spoilers " .

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Yeah that's kind of the route I figured I'd have to take - It's similar with Robin Hobb's books, once you get past the first two trilogies there's no way to do spoilers

[@DeadsySedai]

The 3rd and 4th books are even better. Have fun.

[@SamsCozyCorner]

Oh great to know!