A Great Follow Up! (The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan)

Member Name: andyoz

Product:	The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan
Date:	12/07/09 (31 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fast Pace, Plenty To Enjoy

Disadvantages: Overly Complicated

The Great Hunt is the second book in Robert Jordans epic The Wheel of Time series. This book continues from where the first book, The eye of the world, left off. It came out back in November of 1990 and was snapped up by fans of the first book who were eager to continue the story.

Again this book starts off with a prologue which when you read it does not make much sense and is a little confusing. But as the book progresses it starts to make sense and you can understand why it's good to have that early background knowledge.

The book itself tells a few different stories. We have the three main characters Rand, Matt and Perrin who join with the Shienaren soldiers in the hunt for the Horn of Valere. You also have the story of the other characters from the Two Rivers, Egwene al'Vere and Nynaeve al'Meara. Then also the young Elayne Trakand who all go to the White Tower in Tar Valon to train to be Aes Sedai (magic wielders). And we also hear about another group of people who start an attack on the Western coast.

I really enjoyed this book but found it hard sometimes to keep up with all the different threads of story. There is so much going on it's hard to keep track of who is doing what. I think it is just a little bit over complicated by this. All the different story lines are important but even so, I think Jordan just has to much going on.

That said it's still a great book. The way he develops characters is second to none. We feel like we are becoming emotionally involved with the main characters and we really feel there emotions as we move through the story.

Again Jordan is awesome at putting you in the story. His decriptions of the lands where the story takes place are so detailed. You can really see yourself there along with the characters.

I notice in the picture on this review its a very old fashioned looking cover. The books I have in this series are all black with a symbol on the front. Each book has a different colour of writing and on the spine it has the number in the series. I know this is only a small point but I like the way they look when there sat on my shelf! So it does matter to me.

If you read the first book in this series I'm sure you won't need any encouragement to take up the second book. If you have never read any Robert Jordan this is a series anyone who enjoy fantasy will really enjoy. This is for me one of the classic epic series' of books and one that can be enjoyed by anyone!

So curl up on the couch, draw the curtains and emerse yourself in the wonderful world that Jordan has created!

Summary: Another Great Book