Audiobook Review: The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time #2) by Robert Jordan

Title: The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time #2)
Author: Robert Jordan
Genre: Adult Fantasy
Publication Date: November 15th, 1990
Publisher: Tor Books
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

“The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
For centuries, gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt of the Horn. So many tales about each of th Hunters, and so many Hunters to tell of…Now the Horn itself is found: the Horn of Valere long thought only legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the ages. And it is stolen.” (Goodreads)

I knew I needed to get back into this series after seeing a lot of others getting back into it or doing a reread. I usually just keep putting it off because they are so long! This time I decided to go with an audiobook instead and it didn’t disappoint. The narration was well done.

The book is told from multiple point-of-views. It was nice to have since the characters aren’t always in the same place and they are dealing with different situations but all under the same plot. There are still characters that I like more than others but that is usually expected. Some new characters were introduced and some didn’t live long, haha. It was hard to feel bad for them since I hadn’t known them for too long.

Since this is a rather long book, there are some duller moments. I do think that the audiobook helped me to stay on track since I could say, “Hey, I am going to listen to 8% today.”, but usually listened to 10% or so. I think I am going to stick to the audiobooks

Overall, it was good but I do think I liked the first more. There seemed to be a lot more going on, but there was some thrilling moments in this one. I could definitely see where some inspiration from Tolkien was taken as well. I will still continue on with this series but not sure when I will start the next book.

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Book Review: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

Title: The Eye of the World
Author: Robert Jordan
Genre: Adult Fantasy
Publication Date: January 15th, 1990
Publisher: Tor Books
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

“The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

When The Two Rivers is attacked by Trollocs-a savage tribe of half-men, half-beasts- five villagers flee that night into a world they barely imagined, with new dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.” (Goodreads)

I have finally finished this massive book! It took me a few months, haha. It would have been shorter if I read a bit a day like I was aiming for. Arcs just kept getting in the way and I am terrible at time management. 🤷‍♀️

Anyways, this was an interesting book. I can see why there are those who compare it to Lord of the Rings. There are characters and elements that are very similar to those in the classic trilogy. Even though there were similarities, I still liked the story for what it gave.

The main thing I enjoyed was the use of female characters. In many adult fantasy books, women are mainly background characters with one or two important parts in the actual plot. Or, they are just talked down to by the male characters. I had to DNF an adult fantasy last year because of it. I liked that the women in this book were very much present in the adventure alongside the men. It was cool to see.

There hasn’t been any romance in the book thus far. You can tell that there are certain love interests spoken about and hints of jealousy but that has been it. I am curious to see if relationships will be formed and if so, how they will be done. I’m not opposed to them, but there is a hint of something between two characters at the end, more one-sided it seems, but it just felt like it came out of nowhere. I hope that one dies, lol.

This is a very chunky book, because of that I figured it would be slow. There are times that I was hyped to read it and then lost interest because it slowed down. Do I think it needed to be this long? No. There were things that could have been left out. There is a lot of moving parts though and that can also be a reason for the length. Each character kind of has their own path that align together.

Character development was decent for most characters. We got bits and pieces here and there. I do have some favorites in mind. I will also say that one plot twist really surprised and I couldn’t believe the author would do that so soon! I was shocked.

Overall, I would say it was a good book. I don’t know when I will move on with the series. I may give myself a month break and continue on to book two.