The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Read on paper, on Kindle, AND on audiobook; so far, only a week or so behind the WoT (re-)read I'm hanging out in.
This was the first time I'd read The Eye of the World, although I've started it a few times before. The cover (as is traditional) is an appallingly inaccurate depiction of the characters, but a reasonably accurate depiction of what they're up to most of the time: travelling, often under cover of darkness, and looking over their shoulders for what might be (or, commonly, definitely is behind. The characters weren't well fleshed-out enough for my tastes -- the young women and young men from Two Rivers, especially, often felt like so many featureless dolls with One Distinguishing Characteristic pasted on. The flow of the story drifted from nerve-wracking to placid, but it always had momentum. I'm excited to see how this world develops!
At the time I'm writing this review (9/9/2012), I'm a fair bit of the way through [b:The Great Hunt|233649|The Great Hunt (Wheel of Time, #2)|Robert Jordan|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312031081s/233649.jpg|1574475], and the characters have rounded out quite a bit. What's really surprised me, though, is how much the world-building has improved -- I thought it was awfully good already! Looking forward to more.
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