I came upon this blog today to find that it had died. It was not a sudden death it was a gradual death from neglect and starvation. I will not try to revive it by throwing excuses, though there are many, I just hope that I have not come to late to attempt to revive it.
First before I do a review I'm going to try to remember all the books that I read since I last updated this blog, Hopefully I don't forget to much. I have also decided to include plays of Shakespeare as books even if they are shorter than a full length novel.
19. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
20. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
21. Henry V by William Shakespeare
22. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - By an Anonymous Poet of the 14th century
23. Flyte by Angie Sage - Second book in the Septimus Heap Book Series.
24. Blink by Ted Decker - An interesting thriller with religious themes
25. Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
26. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Now for the review:
I have recently discovered the Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan. So far I have immensely enjoyed the first and second novels of that series. At first glance they seem to be extraordinarily long fantasy novels and they are certainly that, but I think that they possess some qualities beyond that make them intriguing.
The world that Robert Jordan paints is quite an intricate one with many characters. The story starts in a small out of the way village and slowly expands in scope. I don't know for sure to what extent it will eventually reach. The worldview of this world seems at first to be quite dualistic and seems to have themes of reincarnation and a repeating history, look at the title. These themes might be there but the more I read the more some of these seems almost seem Christian, and Tolkienesque, but again I will have to continue reading to see for sure.
Besides these themes I just enjoy reading the books. The names are engaging, if at times hard to pronounce, the plot is enchanting, the characters are well portrayed, and the theme of good versus evil is hard to miss. At this point in time I can recommend this book without doubt to fans of fantasy books as I have not found any objectionable content. But best of all each book in the series has at least 600-700 pages and there are 14 of them in all.
