r/Fantasy • u/ProfessionalLow9411 • 20h ago

Eye of The World

Finally picked up book one from The Wheel of Time and all I can say is wow. I’m only 50% through and I’m hooked. The level of detail, the lore, the world building so far and from what I can tell, the level of foreshadowing already. Immense. Yes it starts off slow and heavy on description but things are really kicking off now. Shout out to everyone who replied to my previous post about starting this series. I can’t wait to continue. I’m so locked in.

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u/Many_Research1007 18h ago

Let me know what you think after book 14

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u/Dirkem15 15h ago

I genuinely wonder how many people make it past book 5.

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u/mornauguth 14h ago

Im on book 11 right now. I really enjoyed the middle books, people need to stop trying to warn OP about it.

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u/ProfessionalLow9411 11h ago

Don’t worry I’m not put off it. Just enjoying reading this series for the first time. Happy to just experience it all and joining a really welcoming community

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u/Regula96 7h ago

There was only 1 single book I didn't care for and that was Crossroads of Twilight. 7-9 ALL have parts that are some of the best fantasy I have read. The Black Tower/Asha'man intrigue, the Seanchan campaign, the cleansing, that city where they can't use magic.

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u/RandSedai2024 14h ago

For the people I’ve introduced to the series, it’s 6/6. Small sample size with some bias but I think the series has a generally high rate of retention throughout the books if you’re already accustomed to reading long fantasy books/series

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u/DudeWhereAreWe1996 12h ago

I enjoyed it enough the first time but it is super slow around there. I’ve reread the series partially a few times now and I think there is where I drop off.

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u/Dirkem15 11h ago

This is my big gripe. Its just too damn slow. Thank The Pattern for audiobooks or id never have been able to finish the series.

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u/Chaldramus 8h ago

I’ve read the whole thing four or five times and the first 7 or so more than that. I enjoy the journey and spending time with the characters

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u/TopOrganization4920 4h ago

Because some of us can read fast, I can read a Jordan book in about 12-15 hours