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The Eye of the World

Written by: Robert Jordan
Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
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When their village is attacked by trollocs, monsters thought to be only legends, three young men, Rand, Matt, and Perrin, flee in the company of the Lady Moiraine, a sinister visitor of unsuspected powers. Thus begins an epic adventure set in a world of wonders and horror, where what was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
©1990 Robert Jordan (P)1996 Books on Tape, Inc.

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"Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal." (The New York Times)

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Decent Story, worth a listen

Overall I enjoyed this book however, for some reason the narrator changes at really odd times for no apparent reason. I found the Male narrator to be a little dry though he was consistent with the various voices. the female narrator I found to be much more engaging and kept my attention more.

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Great build up (and not much else)

Enjoyable but this book was primarily world building. Understandable considering this series has 14 books but it kinda dragged at times, especially considering it feels very familiar to many other fantasy series. The sequels are vastly more interesting and this book succeeds in hooking you in for the long haul.

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Good

narrator was easy to listen to. made for a pleaserable experience. well worth listening again.

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Amazing!

It’s really a great story. The readers read it well and the interview with the author at the end is a very nice touch. Would rebuy no question and will probably relisten

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My personal favorite Fantasy series

This is, in my personal opinion, the most accurate to human nature prophesized chosen one story. My absolute favorite fantasy series, and I've read a good number of series.

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Best series ever

I have read this book so many times and listened to it twice now. This series is the most enjoyable read I have had.

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great story and masterfully narrated

I read The Eye of the World a few years ago and I enjoyed it. Listing to audio book made the story even richer for me. great performance by the narrators #Audible1

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when the reader changed randomly it was pretty distracting, especially the first time. it happens about 5-6 times. it's definitely a book that knows that there will be multiple sequels so the pacing is kinda slow. still pretty good, will listen to the next one

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As good or better than reading it many years ago

Originally read it as a young teenager. Now almost 30, it brings back memories but also takes on a new flavour as an audiobook. Now to hope the Amazon Prime series holds up.

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great story

was awesome loved that i could work and "read" from some of my fav books... only thing that was odd/off putting was the change in narrator that randomly change between the guy and the girl for no apparent reason and also the guy never put any pauses at the end of paragraphs when it would change people so a lot of times it would change people in you think it's continuation of the last paragraph but it wasn't until you randomly hear a name of a character isn't in that location

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