By: Robert Jordan
Genre: Epic
Fantasy
Pages: 657
Published: 1990
Told in: Third
Person
Series: Wheel of
Time, #1 (of 13)
In a nutshell:
Raised in a quiet village, Rand, Mat, and Perrin never
expected to see the horrible monsters, Trollocs, or the powerful women, Aes
Sedai, but the Dark One has singled them out for a reason nobody knows. Now the
three boys must learn to trust the Aes Sedai, Moraine as they run from
Trollocs, Fades, and the Dark One himself.
What you may enjoy:
Fans of Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and other intricate
epics are likely to love the Wheel of Time series. Jordan not only gives us a
story, he gives us a world filled with a rich and involved history. The details
are intricate and all connect―not just in this book but with the others in the
series. The world and people have been given so much detail it’s difficult to
believe it’s not real.
What you may NOT
enjoy:
The book―not to mention the series―is long. And it’s dense.
Full of seemingly pointless history and past people. The writing gets confusing
and occasionally leaves gaping holes. For an epic fantasy, this book needs a
lot of brain power with so many characters, big words, and endless details. At
points the story drags and you find that there are some characters you simply
do not like.
Warnings:
Violence and Disturbing Images:
Dead bodies strewn on the floor, non-graphic and graphic;
blood on the floors and walls; man kills his family and entire household,
mentioned; man stabs creature; creatures dead bodies lay on the floor; creature
tackles man; man stabs creature through, graphic; creatures hunt for man;
creatures chase after a group of people; village raided and burned; people
injured; raft sunk in a whirlpool; a rat’s spine is twisted and broken, mildly graphic;
man and creature battle; creatures are burned; creatures try to catch men in
nooses; woman starts an earthquake; woman creates a wall of fire; giant man
tries to grab and crush several men; men are watched by unseen evil beings;
woman kills husband and self, mentioned; creatures disappear leaving blood
stained armor, mentioned; people trapped in a killing fog; creatures are
ensnared and killed by fog, mildly graphic; creature tries to stab man with
spear, man falls off a cliff into a river; ravens attack, mutilate, and kill
animals, graphic; wolves attack men; wolf kills a man, mildly graphic; lightning
kills men; lightning nearly blinds man; dead body described, graphic; man stabs
finger; woman attacks men with a poisoned knife; man holds knife to woman’s
throat; man is kicked and beaten; man attacks woman with a knife; people
attacked by trees; people chased by evil wind; evil wind attacks, mildly
graphic; people attacked by creatures; creatures shot with arrows; man covered
in blood; battle between men and creatures; man thrown against a building;
woman strangled; creature burned and killed; man disintegrates; man creates earthquake;
man creates walls of fire; woman stripped and tortured; man stabbed; man
dragged and tortured; man driven mad; men driven mad.
Sex and Nudity:
Implied attraction between boy and girl, implied that a girl
will try to seduce a boy
Language and profanity:
Curses that are unique to the world (i.e. “blood and ashes”
or “Light”)
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