Massive massive massive epic story! (Wheel of Time Series - Robert Jordan in general)

Member Name: Serafina

Product:	Wheel of Time Series - Robert Jordan in general
Date:	08/08/00 (59 review reads)
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Advantages: Very long and deeply thought out series.

Disadvantages: it does tail off a little at the end as if Jordan has slightly lost his way

The world created by Robert Jordan exists on a scale that in my opinion is even bigger and more detailed than that of Tolkein. If you are looking for the current King of fantasy writing then you have almost certainaly found him.

The Wheel of Time series currently stretches to 8 books with the 9th out in November I believe. I am not going to go into detail regarding either the world or the storyline for fear of spoiling things but I will say a bit. The world created is simply huge and incredibly detailed. From Jordan's writing you truly get the impression he has travelled everywhere that he sends his characters first hand. There are many characters created along the way, epics in themselves, but the central story focuses upon five young people from an area called Two Rivers on the edge of the Andoran kingdom; Rand, Egwene, Nynaeve, Perrin and Mat. The story follows them as they fulfil various parts of a long and often complicated prophecy and work towards the Battle of Taimon Gaidon in which either the Dragon Reborn or the Dark One will rule the Earth.

Jordan's world is full of magic and intrigue and a multi layered storyline that will find you catching up with characters you met back in book2 again in book6 etc! The term epic really was meant for this series! At times the story can be a little hard to follow and I personally had a good deal of trouble trying to puzzle out who were the dark sisters of the Aes Sedai and who were not!! One of the best things about this series is its length and breadth; it is a deeply satifying read, one that you feel you can really get sucked into.

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