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Dec 16, 2009

Nicole rated it:

I read the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan because both my husband and best friend had read them. The best friend highly encouraged me to read the books - my husband warned me off.

The warning is not because the books are bad. The first few, actually, are very good. Great character development, interesting universe for those who love fantasy novels.

The warning is because these books never, ever, ever are going to end. Ever.

There are so far 12 books (in More...

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Aug 24, 2011

logankstewart rated it:

Second Review (August 2011)
I first attempted The Great Hunt a year ago, and I threw it aside with contempt and loathing. The second time I dove back into Robert Jordan's enormous world, I appreciated it a bit more.

The Great Hunt picks up shortly after The Eye of the World. The Horn of Valere has been stolen, along with the evil dagger that's slowly killing Mat. Rand and the gang set out to retrieve the items, and adventure follows. Meanwhile, the girls (Egwene, Nynaeve, et More...

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Jan 16, 2009

Alex rated it:

Well, if the first book in this series diminished somewhat outside the cozy light of memory, this second book absolutely withers away. The plot is listless, its tension flagging between points that are only interesting by comparison. And the characters refuse to evolve. That is, they are all still hung up on the same issues they had at the beginning of the first book, even though they've been through fairly earth-shattering experiences in the intervening pages. I mean, why is Nynaeve still s More...

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Mar 28, 2011

Seak (Bryce L.) rated it:

Seanchan, argh!!!

Just as good if not better than the first time through as I can see all the "threads" (get it) that have been established for lots of great things to come. Also, Audiobook is definitely the way to do a reread as I don't have that terrible feeling that I'm neglecting everything else, plus I don't think I'll get worn out when it comes to the middle/slower volumes.

As I mentioned in my Eye of the World review, this is just where I write down a few More...

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Oct 30, 2010

Ryan rated it:

Here's a tough decision I think fantasy writers face: What requires detail and what will the reader's imagination run with?

Another view: Do you trust your readers to be able to fill in the details?

Someone -- I think Neil Gaiman -- once said that Gene Wolfe's writing makes his readers feel smarter. It's because Wolfe trusts his readers to pay attention and to fill in the blanks.

How do The Wheel of Time books hold up to this approach?

It's a little in More...

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May 26, 2008

Skip rated it:

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Jul 23, 2007

Letha rated it:

This book, which I read to pass on key scenes for calendar illustration concepts to my graphic designer partner, was a somewhat enjoyable but fairly frustrating read. For several significant reasons the book never really hits a truly connected stride with it's reader, and I ended it on a ambivalent note --- not really satisfied, not really disappointed, knowing I will likely forget the book within a few weeks of having read it.

There are too many main characters, and our main man (Ra More...

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Aug 02, 2011

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The Great Hunt, by Robert Jordan is a better read than The Eye of the World. It revolves around the hunt for the Horn of Valere, that has been stolen by Padan Fain and his followers, by Rand al'Thor.

The character of Rand is well developed. His agony combined with ecstasy when he wields the One Power is palpable. Egwene, Nynaeve and a few others are gaining more prominence. By the end of the book, you want to get your hands on the next one so as to find out what happens next.

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May 11, 2011

Coligne rated it:

Il finale del libro è spettacolare!
Nelle ultime cento pagine de La Grande Caccia Jordan ci infila una trovata geniale una dietro l'altra, con un susseguirsi di colpi di scena che lasciano esterrefatti dall'intensità di quella parte.</p>

Peccato che per le 600 pagine precedenti non succede quasi nulla di significativo, la cosa, se non si è abituati a descrizioni dettagliatissime e elucubrazioni pseudo psicologiche, potrebbe anche risultare noiosa.
Jordan usa quelle pagine per ampliare ulterio

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Feb 12, 2009

Blodeuedd rated it:

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Book 2 of The Wheel of Time

Rand al´Thor has found out that he is the Dragon Reborn, Lews Therin Kinslayer, the man who sundered the world.

After finding the Horn of Valere they have returned to Fal Dara, and Rand seeks a way to escape this destiny. But the world is closing in on him, and even the Amyrlin seat comes to Shienar. How can he escape the fact that he can channel, and is theDragon, and how can he keep his friends from harms wa More...

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Feb 10, 2012

Jon rated it:

This book, much like the first, has a great story. It is very compelling and believable and best of all, you feel that this is a contest of wills instead of the series of events that happened to someone. The main character is strong willed, tough, realistic in his thoughts and a person that you want to be the hero. The story was interesting. The events were exciting. The solutions were as believable as they were exciting.
The biggest problem is that the book is so incredibly long. More...

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Nov 07, 2011

James rated it:

Now as I am writing this I am looking back on it from the perspective of the sixth book, so my view is very vague and probably not going to be that much use to you.

This was a poor book; though how much of that was down to feeling let down after such a great series opener than the actual quality of the book, is hard to judge.

It felt very... un-directed. I don't know how best to put it - it just didn't really feel like it had a destination. Up until now I didn't realise (c More...

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Sep 02, 2011

Sally added it

Thisws series was a deeply frustrating experience. So much so that I nearly gave up! I thought the author needed an exceptionally strict editor and I frequently skip read to avoid all of what I thought were unecessarily overlong descriptive passages about womens clothes and appearances and if the man mentions a woman's breasts again I'll scream!!! However, and in his favour I have come to see the books as a very real portrayal of the way that organisations consistently fail to work together. Whi More...

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Aug 10, 2011

Danny rated it:

Characterization: The reader is able to dive deeper into the characters of the wheel of time. Most of the book consists of Rand agonizing over whether he should channel or not. I found Rand a little frustrating at times; his stubbornness and all to easy temptation with a new character was annoying at times. I did start to appreciate Egwene more in this book where as in the first book, I wanted nothing to do with her. Jordan practices the hard fast method of giving his character more depth b More...

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Jun 08, 2011

The W rated it:

W Rating : B

Note: I am engaged into the task of completing the entire Wheel of Time series. I have read eight or nine of these books around ten years ago, and I found myself very disappointed with the series as the novels progressed. The lack of focus in conjunction with overwhelming focus of Jordan was very tiresome. Jordan’s lack of focus typically revolved around the side plots and characters that he created. Now, for those who have read Jordan will understand that he does not do “s More...

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May 06, 2011

Ryan rated it:

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Mar 02, 2011

Justin rated it:

It took me considerably longer to get through this novel than the first. Part of it may be that Robert Jordan's style has started to wear on me just a little bit, but I think it more has to do with this novel not containing a whole lot of anything happening.

The Great Hunt starts off entertaining and fast-paced: bad stuff happens, and it's up to the good guys to resolve it. Then we have several hundred pages of walking. Some other bad stuff happens, and for the most part it's entertain More...

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Feb 16, 2011

Andrew rated it:

As some have suggested, the Wheel of Time (WoT, affectionately) has seemingly spun out of control by its later books. Many readers believe that Jordan’s tireless reassurances before his untimely death (“all is planned out, don’t worry”) may have been less than honest. More evidence of that here, as I reread the entire, 10,000+ pages and 3.4 million words of WoT in anticipation of the Jordan/Sanderson conclusion in 2011 (fingers crossed).

“The Great Hunt” picks up days after Rand has d More...

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Dec 23, 2010

Chariti rated it:

This series is brilliant. There is just the right balance of fantastical detail and speed of reading. The way the author writes, as I get more and more involved in the story, the more plausible everything seems... the perfect fantasy novel. There are rare moments where he gets a little too tied up in detailing the scene environment, but overall, this is an excellent story.
He does follow the story formula, which probably is what adds to the simplicity and readability of the storyline. Howe More...

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Jun 28, 2010

James rated it:

The second book of the Wheel of Time is in many ways a microcosm, or perhaps a preview, of the series as a whole. It starts and ends quickly (and in my view, spectacularly), but the middle kind of drags. It's not exactly bad, but I can't help but think that I want to get to the good parts. The Great Hunt also serves as the real setup for what this series is all about. While the Eye of the World is about our protagonists being chased by evil and having a grand adventure, TGH is much more about pr More...

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Apr 15, 2010

Mark rated it:

This review stands for the entire Wheel of Time series.

The Wheel of Time appears to be in good hands with Brandon Sanderson penning the last Book (in three parts) of Robert Jordan's epic.

Although I have been reading these books for as long as I have been reading Katherine Kerr's Deverry novels, and will be reading them at least until 2012 when the final book is due out, I have enjoyed them so much that I am willing to ignore the length of time it has taken. It must be almost More...

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Jan 18, 2010

Jen rated it:

I own the english version and the Finnish versions of this great book. The english version has been translated into finnish as 2 parts: Valeren torvi (eng. The Horn of Valere) and Lohikäärmeviiri (Dragon Pennant). I don't know why but all books from Wheel of time has been translated into 2 or 3 different books, of which usually the first book has the same name as the "motherbook" of those few separate books.
Wheel of time has been my favorite past time reading ever since I did read More...

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Nov 27, 2009

Khalil rated it:

This series of books so far is definitely worthy of ranking up with the works of Tolkien. I was drawn in to the first book and didn't want to put it down. This book felt like it dragged a little bit in the first half, but I may have just been itching to read something a little different for a while. When I picked it up again and continued reading, I again did not want to put it down. The handful of main characters are very well fleshed out. The complexities of the politics in this fantasy w More...

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Jul 20, 2009

Paul rated it:

The Great Hunt is a solid sequel to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. The descriptions of each setting are vivid and unique without seeming to be one long exposition. The characters are familiar and comfortable, even endearing. The pace of the book seems a bit awkward at first as there is quite a bit of excitement early on in the novel, and a long stretch of what I can only call "dogged determination".

Much like the first novel there is quite a bit of travelling on th More...

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Dec 21, 2011

Mab rated it:

The adventure continues !
It just keeps getting better and better..
This story focused mostly on Rand and the other male characters, which imo is a good thing, since these are much more interesting than the others.
Rand gets some character in this book, and it is awesome to follow how he evolves as his responsibilities increases.. <spoiler> I like the scene after the horn is stolen, again, where Rand just continues to take charge.. i had forgotten just as much as he had, tha More...

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Feb 05, 2012

Seth rated it:

I started out quite sceptical of this story. I had found the first far less exciting than promised. However, this time we see Rand and the other characters taking a touch more control of their fates and acting a bit more heroic. There are fair number of combat scenes, though the descriptions for many are a bit vague, just naming off the fancy forms the swordmen of the world learn. The women were still pretty bitchy, but a few are growing on me. I like how even Rand denotes, "If we men were More...

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Jul 24, 2010

Libby rated it:

The best writing.....the battle between good and evil continues. The wheel weaves as the wheel wills, and Rand is caught up and tightly bound to a battle with evil; his destiny seems preordained. All of the characters are very developed and there is no clear demarcation between what is truly good and what is truly evil inside of the main characters, in other words, it's close to reality. However, there are several characters that are thru and thru evil, although none so far, that I would clas More...

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Aug 29, 2009

Gabby rated it:

The Great Hunt continues in this fantasy epic, as more characters are introduced and those already established begin to become more developed. Once again the characters get separated into their own storylines, even though we can see how they are going to all work together as the books progress.

It's interesting to see how much Jordan really puts in his books to foreshadow future events. I think what makes him such a master storyteller and great writer, is that there are so many other More...

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Jun 11, 2009

Christina Stind rated it:

The funny thing about Wheel of Time is that it has a huge following but most of the reviews still recommend you don't read it because each book gets progressively worse. It's not literature like Lord of the Rings, it's not cozy and enjoyable like Dragonlance Chronicles but it's still good, I must admit - at least book two is.
It seems that Jordan used book one to copy Tolkien so he could learn how to write fantasy - and that in book two he has put that talent to use. It's still not as good More...

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Dec 29, 2010

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