The Eye of the World

2.5 stars. I thought The Eye of the World was a fairly good story, but unfortunately my enjoyment while reading this was not very high.

I was quite invested in the story during the beginning, but somewhere around the middle my interest started to falter. Some of the dialogue dragged on for too long and started to feel redundant. Amidst all the things this book does really well, some repetitive dialogue or scenes is not the biggest deal. However, for some reason I just felt really exhausted because of it.

Also, by the end of the book, I did not become as invested in our main characters as I hoped I would. My favourite character was definitely Moraine; I found her to be incredibly intriguing and mysterious and kept wanting to read more about her. But as for the other characters like Rand, Nynaeve, Perrin, Egwene, etc. while I definitely didn't mind reading about them, did I like them enough to commit to a 14 book series that [I'm assuming] centers around them? Probably not.

I think this book definitely has its merits and is not a bad book by any means, but it's just not for me at least at this point in time. Convincing myself to finish this series, no matter how much I want to, will lead to some form of a fantasy burnout. I won't say never; perhaps I'll slowly make my way through the Wheel of Time series one day, but I won't be picking up the second book any time soon.