The Eye of the World

When I was a teenager, the Wheel of Time was one of those series of books that really helped deepen my love of reading. I devoured the first six or eight books in a summer or two I think, but then I fell off of it and never completed the series. I've always wanted to try to get back into it, but it's a pretty daunting task with the length of it all. I initially considered trying to figure out where I left off and jump back in there, but my memories of it are so vague that I decided the best thing to do would be to start over and listen to the audiobooks.

It was really fun to revisit this. The world and ideas in this story just get to me. It's strange having a hazy recollection of things that come later, because it feels like so much less is revealed in this first book than I expected, but there's still so many hints of things to come.

At first I thought it was a lot faster paced than I was worried it would be, but I was definitely feeling the length of the book in the later half of it, even though a lot of interesting things still happens. I feel like there's an amazing 600 page book in here instead of a really good 800 page one.

I'm looking forward to making my way through this whole series, but I plan on taking my time with it and listening to it alongside other reading. I'm glad it has held up for me though!