Reviews tagging 'War'

Het oog van de wereld by Robert Jordan

29 reviews

tieflingmom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

kiala's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Kidnapping

lyzasage's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: War

Minor: Vomit

grace_b_3's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Torture

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

The story's the long and fairly dry cis-het male centric I expected, but I could listen to Rosamund Pike's narration all day. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: War

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

mattiedancer's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• 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

Writing: 3.75⭐️/5 

This is a 1600-page first novel of a fourteen-book-plus-a-sequel series. Sometimes, the writing is nearly outstanding. At other times, it feels redundant and repetitive. It’s like a love-like-don’t-like smoothie of writing. Overall, it’s adequate, bordering on good. I applaud Jordan’s ability to work within Tolkien’s conventions, nearly calling him into the novel without actually doing that. As a Tolkien fan, I appreciate the nods to Lord of the Rings you can see here and there as well. These incredibly cute Easter Eggs were appreciated.

Characters: 4.5⭐️/5

I like the characters, and I like that – as far as this one goes – they do feel relatively different. I could feel the intention Jordan put into his characters, even minor ones, even near-NPC ones. I felt deeply that if he’d had the time or the desire, he could have written a whole tale on each of the people the crew meets along their journey with ease. Despite relying on a few sexist and/or misogynistic tropes to propel attributes of his female characters, Jordan also created compelling women. Moraine, Nynaeve, and Egwene are all wonderful to read about and have in this tale. 

Plot: 4⭐️/5 

Think Lord of the Rings, but not. We have a chosen group – an unlikely band of heroes – who embark on adventure after a party goes wrong, compelled to chase after the Dark One, a presence threatening the entire world. It’s a sweater made from LOTR material, but it fits differently. The complexity of the world is just as thought out as LOTR, branching into its own tale in the details. A few qualms I had with the plot: the predictability of the Chosen One made me hope Jordan was going to “pull one over on me” (he didn’t) and the final battle felt a bit odd in pacing. Also, the reliance on “the Pattern” or “the Wheel” felt far too convenient, almost pulling at the threads of our story and unravelling it into a bundle of “so what?” When everything is dictated by the Pattern, then what’s the point of the story? 

All in all, I enjoyed reading it, and I am excited to start book two.

Who Should Read This Book? 

• 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)

Content Warnings? 

• War, blood, injury, injury detail, gaslighting, gore, murder, sexism, misogyny, grief, 

Post-Reading Rating:  4⭐️/5

Let’s start book two! 

Final Rating: 4⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

classicsandcatnaps's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

sharrikloves's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Misogyny and Vomit

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Blood