An Epic Fantasy Series! (Wheel of Time Series - Robert Jordan in general)

Member Name: andyoz

Product:	Wheel of Time Series - Robert Jordan in general
Date:	11/07/09 (73 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great Story, Well Written

Disadvantages: Waiting For The End!

The Wheel Of Time is an epic fantasy series written by Robert jordan. Currently it consists of the first 11 books. There was due to be one final book to finish off the series. I started reading these books a few years back and it wasn't until I was half way through the series I discovered Jordan had died before completeing the final book!

Fear not though as his son along with Brandon Sanderson have pieced together his notes to finish the final book. Although they have decided there was so much material that it would take three volumes to complete. So now I am waiting for them three to be released.

The story with starts 'The eye of the world'. This book came out way back in 1990 and took the fantasy world by storm. Nearly 20 years in the writing, the following books were all masive sellers and fans were quick to snap them up as soon as they were made available.

The series follows Rand Al'Thor as he goes from zero to hero. He discovers he is not the quiet young man he thought he was. He has a very dark history that catches up with him and he sets out on a quest to find out who he is and eventually save the world!

The books are really a typical story. Unasmuing guy finds he has powers he was not aware off, goes on a quest, saves the world. All very Tolkien you might think. But Robert Jordan is a brilliant story teller, he has a great way of putting the reader inside the story and as you travel along with the heros you feel all the emotions they do and live the story.

There are some wonderful characters that come and go in these books. I think my favorite is Matt Cauthon, he is always getting himself into trouble and mischief and is very loveable. There are many other great characters and the story can often be jumping between what several of the main characters are doing. This can make it hard to follow sometimes but it does mean that it keeps it interesting.

I like the versions of the books I have, which are the black ones. They are all a very simple design black with a symbol on the cover. Each book has a different colour writing so they are easy to identify. They look good on the shelf as each ones has the title and book number, so it's easy to keep them in order.

This is one of my favorite series' of books I have ever read. I love that there are so many of them so you spend months and months following the story, well if your a slow reader like me! Was very impressed with the style of writing and enjoy everything about the books.

I think the earlier books are probably the best as the story does tend to repeat itself sometimes in the later books. But even so there is always plenty going on and plenty to keep the reader hooked!

I can't wait to get into the final three books and finish the story! If you love fantasy, you must read these books!

Summary: Epic!