by Robert Jordan
Fic Jordan, Robert
The Great Hunt is the second book in the massive Wheel of Time series by Robrt Jordan to be finished by Brandon Sanderson. As I said in my review of the first book, The Eye of the World, I hope to read all of the books by the time the last one comes out in early 2012. My goal is to keep my reviews spoiler free, so there will be little to no synopsis of the book as each build off the previous one.
As I was getting into this book, I realized that I may not be a fan of origin stories. I found The Great Hunt to be far more enjoyable as I wasn't having to wade through hundreds of pages of set-up. The book takes more or less right were the last one left off, and the stakes are raised even higher for Rand and his compadres.
Jordan brings in many new and interesting characters and the extra bits of world building add a lot of depth to the story and keep things fresh for the almost 600 pages of additional story. The story does feel additional as I feft most of story was again more set-up or just annoying postering. It took me longer to read than I would have liked because I started to grow bored with seemingly meaningless events taking place. These events are usually punctuated by limitations enforced on the character to keep events progressing or them thinking of the answer to quickly and is a little maddening to the intellectual reader. Overall I am enjoying the world and characters but a little irritated by Jordan's pacing. I am going to take a break and read some books on my reading list of shame which will hopefully get me nice and refreshed for the Dragon Reborn.
