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Third time is the charm---Hopefully this will do this book justice.
I am going to try and do what feels impossible…here’s my review of The Eye of the World.
I should state up front I can’t be unbiased about this book. I consider it a friend, a life-safer, the thing I needed at a time in my life when things were going REALLY bad. My husband and I had our home foreclosed, we were moving our kids from school to school and rental to rental, and I had to quit a job I loved, leaving behind students I tr ...more
I am going to try and do what feels impossible…here’s my review of The Eye of the World.
I should state up front I can’t be unbiased about this book. I consider it a friend, a life-safer, the thing I needed at a time in my life when things were going REALLY bad. My husband and I had our home foreclosed, we were moving our kids from school to school and rental to rental, and I had to quit a job I loved, leaving behind students I tr ...more
I am coming to this as someone who doesn’t read epic fantasy all that often. The writer who drags me into this genre is Brandon Sanderson with his high octane novels. This novel isn’t quite as good as Mistborn or Way of Kings, but it had lots of interesting things to keep me reading. The idea of magic being wielded almost exclusively by women is a cool idea. Events moved slowly at first but once the Trollocs come into Two Rivers, I was getting hooked. A lot of world building in this novel, setup
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After long resisting, I finally succumbed. Full of cliche, especially in the beginning; there were at least 5 scenes that directly reminded me of Lord of the Rings which is 4 too many. However, as it progressed more an more unique elements came to to play and the suspense built to the point where I had to keep reading. And that is what matters most.
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