The Eye of the World

I'm a sucker for fantasy, so this was overall a good book, many similarities with LoTR. However, it felt too much like an introduction for the latter books in the series. There were too many characters introduced with minor participation in the story.

Too much time was spent describing mundane tasks and uninteresting events. The more interesting aspects lacked description such as the way magic worked and how the different factions played along with each other. Three factions were presented, and they all seemed evil.

Another problem for me was the main characters. They were naive, stubborn country boys and as such, they did a lot of stupid things. I don't empathize with such characters and I would like to have seen a more complex story.