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| | SF REVIEWS.NET: The Eye of the World / Robert Jordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | In The Eye of the World we meet Rand al'Thor, a callow youth from a bucolic farming community who is met by Moraine, a member of the Aes Sedai, a society of female magic-wielders, and her warrior cohort Lan. |
 | | In particular I liked the "Ways." And, in the case of The Eye of the World specifically, the book ends with a bravura battle scene and final act from Rand that does indeed generate the much-needed emotional response from the reader. |
 | | Ultimately, what frustrated me about Eye was not that it was lousy by any stretch of the imagination; it was just that so much work had gone into producing a story so routine, so mundane, so... |
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