02.27.13 Eye of the World

02.27.13

All right, I have finally sat down to write some more about my days.  I am compiling a list of bad customers and stupid people I encounter during my work for a later post.  Some of the things people do are so stupid, rude, and disrespectful of living things.  I am so excited I have won some more books to read and review for this blog.
My days,  I had applied for a graduate program for the 2012/2013 program and had not received a single letter after being told I had completed by application.  Just yesterday, I received a letter from them dated only a couple of days ago saying that they liked my application and would like to interview me.  I read this and was like "come on" really!  I should have already had my acceptance/declination letter before August 2012; I double checked the schools admission and I was within the application deadlines.  Common sense would dictate that schools would accept or decline for the terms selected.  Oh Well.  I am going to go ahead and be interviewed if they allow telephone or computer interviews.
I approached my mom about starting to grow my own mini garden today.  I see this as a good way to eat healthy, cheap, and be prepared for emergency dooms day action (lol, on this I know but, I do love to watch those movies).  I do believe in survival of the fittest and do not believe that I have those skills necessary to survive in an emergency/doomsday situation.  I need to lose weight, do more yoga, running, know how and grow my own garden, and to improve my cooking skills.
Time to move on from my boring life and start some reviewing.  Here is my review for The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan.

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

★★★★★

Preface; contains an introduction to the Dragon and the Dark One.

 P.s. I have tried to keep out spoilers.

The book starts out following Rand al’Thor and his father Tam al’Thor as they make their way to the village of Two Rivers.  This journey to town is an introduction to the lives of the people of the village and most of the main characters in this book.  Two Rivers people are hardy stock, farmers, who have an idyllic way of life.  Rand and his father Tam pass by various townsfolk who they talk to.  While it is hard to keep track of all of these individuals, they are all talked about throughout the novel and not just passerbies.  They are there for Bel Tine, The holiday of Two Rivers, and talking about all of the plans and new strangers in town.    Rand meets up with some of his friends Perrin, a solemn blacksmith in training, and Mat, the prankster of the group, as they talk about the latest gossip in town, two high class strangers, a possible gleeman, and talk of war.  Nynaeve, the village wisdom, scolds the boys for spreading such talk and Egwene supporting her, who Rand has a crush on.  The village is riled up and Tam and Rand go home for the night.  While home, something disastrous happens in Two Rivers, which causes the boys to escape with the strangers leading the way, with some surprising tag-alongs.  The end goal is for the strangers' home land a far off powerful city.  The group goes through various breakups and get back together’s as each member learns who he or she is and who each member of the rest of group are also.  The Two Rivers group meets monsters from their legends and nightmares and has plenty of adventure. 

At a whopping 658 pages this book is a doozy.  I feel that while it is hard to keep track of all of these individuals, they are all talked about throughout the novel and not just passerbies.  This did make a slow beginning for me taking over a week just to get to page 100.  However, once past that mark I finished the book in three days.  The book is given from the perspective from each person in the group one at a time.  Through foreshadowing, smart readers should be able to figure out who the Dark One is really after, though Jordan does make the reader struggle between the three boys who each stand out in their own way.  At no point did I feel like the story dragged on, neither through any overlong descriptions or a storyline that just would not stop.  Each character was thoroughly enjoyed and slightly irritating in their own ways; whether it is Moiraine with her vagueness, Nynaeve with her sexism, or Rand with his unwillingness to recognize bald-faced facts.  I found the end, the last 10-20 pages, to be highly predictable with the fight scene.  However, an opening was left with the group unwilling to talk about what happened.  I did find this book from beginning to end a good read with no meaningless characters, adventures, and lots of magic.  I was unable to see any reason to deduct any stars and give this book a 5 star review.  ★★★★★