mattiedancer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
- Fans of LOTR
- Fans of lengthy high-fantasy novels
- Fans of Sanderson, who don’t mind a bit more exposition in their worldbuilding
- Someone without commitment issues (fourteen books and a prequel require commitment)
- War, blood, injury, injury detail, gaslighting, gore, murder, sexism, misogyny, grief,
Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Violence, War, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Vomit, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Stalking, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
_mirambo_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: War and Sexism
ggcd1981's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Spoiler
Os amigos Rand, Perrin e Mat vivem uma existência pacifica na vila de Emond’s Field, apesar de que todos no vilarejo passam por problemas, pois a primavera não veio e com a extensão do inverno as colheitas e o pasto estão comprometidos. Essa paz é quebrada quando a vila é atacada por Trollocs liderados por um Myrddraal, ou Fade, e em seguida salva pela Aes Sedai Moiraine e seu Warder al’Lan. A Aes Sedai convence os três jovens de que um deles é possivelmente de interesse para The Dark One, inimigo aprisionado de todos naquele mundo, e para manter a vila segura eles devem acompanha-la para Tar Valon, o centro das Aes Sedai. Ao grupo se juntam Egwene que busca aventuras e se tornar ela própria uma Aes Sedai, Thom Merrilin um gleeman andarilho e, mais a frente na narrativa, a jovem Wisdom da vila Nynaeve al'Meara que busca trazer os jovens de Emond’s Field de volta para casa. O livro acompanha a grande jornada e obstáculos do grupo fugindo dos enviados do Dark One, o conflito interno dos três jovens de conviver com a realidade de que não poderão mais ter uma vida normal e eventualmente a ida do grupo até The Eye of the World, onde Rand em confronto com um dos Forsaken e depois com The Dark One canaliza o “um” poder. O livro termina com Moiraine afirmando para si mesma que o Dragão renasceu. O nível de intriga do enredo é excelente e com certeza despertou minha curiosidade para continuar a série pois há diversas respostas que preciso saber, por exemplo, o destino de Rand me interessa bastante, assim como o que diz respeito a sua origem verdadeira, quem são seus verdadeiros pais, qual a real história de sua família e em partícula a de Tam al’Thor, o homem que o criou como seu próprio filho. Também quero saber qual o objetivo de Moiraine e o quanto se pode confiar nela.Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Stalking, Blood, Grief, Death, and Mental illness
surdiablo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Murder and War
Minor: Sexism and Torture
shamciar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Gore
Moderate: Sexism
cynicalraven's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
2.0
The story follows a group of people during a journey trying to escape some monsters who want to kill them (more or less): Moraine, Lan, Rand, Egwene, a bard, Nynaeve and other two boys whose name I can't even recall because they don't have a personality whatsoever despite being very important to the plot (at least, that's what the reader is told. I'm imagining they will have a story in the future books because in this one they could have been replaced with a brick and nobody would have noticed). Kind of the same for Egwene. She is written as the soft, kind, gentle type of girl and that's turned out to be her whole personality.
At a certain point they got separated into smaller groups. One of this is formed by Lan, Moraine and Nynaeve who frankly are the only 3 interesting characters in the whole fucking book.
Rand is supposed to be the protagonist but he doesn't have a single quality. He just felt flat. He's not clever or cunning, is not strong nor particularly strong-willed and low-key annoying. And why would I read 13 following books with someone like this?
In fact, I simply won't.
Graphic: Sexism
summerb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, and Violence
Minor: Death, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Torture
readandfindout's review against another edition
3.5
Reread: 3.5 stars. I enjoyed this more than most 3.5 star reads, but I think that's because I know the arc of the whole story. I'm also just always going to love these books.
Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 3 stars
Characters: 3.5 stars
Plot: 3 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars
Moderate: Violence, Death, Gore, Blood, Religious bigotry, War, and Murder
Minor: Sexism, Vomit, and Animal death
bodiesinbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Vomit, War, and Sexism
totallyshelfaware's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Help, I'm hooked. This was so good.
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Sexism