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Another strong installment. I liked it a bit better than the first book. I like, particularly, the focus on Nynaeve, Egwene, Min, and Elayne. It's not really a departure from the previous book, but it did seem to have a bit more focus, strangely, since the main characters have all gone their separate ways and you follow them separately. I guess It's probably just because the story has a bit more focus at this point and there is less time wasted on introducing new characters (although there are s
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I enjoyed this second book more than the first of this series. However, there is still that pervasive similarity to Goodkind. This book was published three years before Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule, so I can only conclude that Goodkind borrowed from Jordan. The Great Hunt is chock full of characters, ideas, events, everything. There is a LOT going on. It seems to me that Goodkind borrowed bits and pieces and expanded upon them. Jordan has an ensemble cast, centered around Rand al'Thor. Goodkin
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Feb 27, 2012
Bryan457
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There was so much that I didn't remember from when I read this some time ago. I think I actually enjoyed this more the 2nd time around. Maybe I will get through the entire series this time.
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Good, interesting, painful, tedious, frustrating, not moving along.
It was Great!
Mar 23, 2008
Terri
marked it as to-read
