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The Eye of the World

By: Robert Jordan
Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
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When their village is attacked by trollocs, monsters thought to be only legends, three young men, Rand, Matt, and Perrin, flee in the company of the Lady Moiraine, a sinister visitor of unsuspected powers. Thus begins an epic adventure set in a world of wonders and horror, where what was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
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©1990 Robert Jordan (P)1996 Books on Tape, Inc.

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"Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal." (The New York Times)

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Shameless ripoff

Okay let's break it down:

Trolocs (idiotic name Btw) = trolls+orcs
Emensfield=Hobbiton
Half men=Ring raith
Ogire=Ent
The dark one (seriously? That the most creative thing you could come up with?)=Sauron
Morain=Gandalf
Lan=Aragorn
Matt=Golom
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Basically get a shameless rip-off of tolkein, surround it with uninteresting characters, make the pacing choppy and you get Eye of the World. All of the female characters are either whiney or aloof. They introduce these very scary and incredibly dangerous legendary beings, only to kill them 5 minutes later. The Eye of the World isn't mentioned till like hour 18. The answer to all their problems is "the wheel weaves as the wheel wills". Rand is so uninteresting that he could have died a gruesome death in the middle and I wouldn'tve cared. During the finale, I was groaning out loud at how frustrating it was.

Bottom line. If you're looking for a good fantasy series and haven't read them yet: start with name of the wind or the way of kings. Don't understand the popularity of this one though. Altogther disappointing.

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Zapp Brannigan narrates

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I couldn't get past chapter 4 as the narration was so over-exaggerated it detracted from what I know is a fantastic story. The accent didn't help either, although that's personal preference and all I could think of was that the narrator was speaking with the same strange emphasises as the character Zapp Brannigan.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Kate Reading and Michael Kramer ?

I honestly didn't get to a chapter read by Kate Reading so wouldn't be able to comment on her narration.

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Amazing, Great Listening

Really fantastic book to listen too. Amazing Readers. I love that Michael Kramer reads fpr all the chapters of male point of view and Kate Reading read for all chapters from female point of view. I believe it may shock some listeners due to kate not entering until mid book but I listen to the prequel A New Spring first whixh was primarly female point of view. overall a fantastic story with indepth characters. I loved it.

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Amazing!!!

The Wheel of Time is an iconic and breathtaking series but It's so long that I was never able to finish reading it. I am really enjoying the audiobook because it's so easy to listen to. The narrators do great voices and have an excellent reading tone that is easy to listen to. Can't wait to listen to the next one!

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wonderful story told very well.

I have read this book many times and it's interesting to hear the pronunciations of the names and places that differ from my own. a great read.

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faithful rendition

loved it a lot but having read the books first, I cringe whenever the narrators say 'saldea'

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It's a classic for a reason!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

If said friend was into fantasy, for sure! This one is a classic.

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Whoever described the reader at Zapp Brannigan in their review is a genius. I couldn't stop laughing when I heard his voice! Don't let the reviews about the reader(s) being annoying put you off, just picture Zapp Brannigan.

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epic

it's my favourite fantasy series ! The story and the characters come to life ! The Narrator's are awesome.

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Good start to a series

Wasnt convinced in the first 5 hours of this audiobook, had to do a bit of rewinding to get my head around it.
around 10 hours in it reallt starts steaming along and Im very excited for book 2.

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second time

I missed so much little bit the first time I read this. I'm glad I went back for a second time

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