I just read Eye Of The World / Wheel Of Time I and I don't get the hype that this fantasy series receives at all. A lot of it seems to be heavily borrowed from Eddings' Belgariad saga (which is my favorite fantasy series). Yes, Jordan has a much more sophisticated writing style and I guess a bigger vocabulary. But the pace, his plotting, his story-writing ability kinda sucked in the first book. Does it get better with the next couple of books?
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Anonymous2007-01-24 19:05
Lord... Why are you ppl dissing both Jordan and Eddings?... For that matter, if you hate both of them, WHAT DO YOU LIKE? I have read all by Jordan, all by Eddings, and all by George RR Martin. As far as I'm concerned the books by Jordan and the books by Martin are equal and both qualify for best series ever. Also, Eddings is excellent intermeadiate level high fantasy, it is written for slightly younger ppl, but the story is still good and the paseing is better than anything either Jordan or Martin has pulled off yet!