The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Book 2 in the Wheel Of Time series
Narrated by Kate Reading & Michael Kramer
Genre: fantasy
Format: paperback, ebook & audiobook
Book 2 in the Wheel Of Time series
Narrated by Kate Reading & Michael Kramer
Genre: fantasy
Format: paperback, ebook & audiobook
About The Great Hunt:
For centuries, gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt of the Horn. So many tales about each of the Hunters, and so many Hunters to tell of...
Now the Horn itself is found: the Horn of Valere long thought only legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the ages.
And it is stolen.
In pursuit of the thieves, Rand al’Thor is determined to keep the Horn out of the grasp of The Dark One. But he has also learned that he is The Dragon Reborn — the Champion of Light destined to stand against the Shadow time and again. It is a duty and a destiny that requires Rand to uncover and master extraordinary capabilities he never imagined he possessed.
Source: Info in the "About The Great Hunt" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/233649.The_Great_Hunt on /2024.
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Re-Read Review:
Like the first book, The Eye Of The World, also has a wonderful world building! Unfortunately, it also has the too stupid to live (tstl) elements that the first book has! **face palm**
The Ogier advises caution, so you spring into a gallop! Maybe so that an evil monster can eat you better as opposed to going in cautiously that might give you a better chance at survival. Of course, Rand did!
It didn't happen like that of course, but the stupidity is exactly the same!
There is also this. You find the most beautiful woman in the world in a dangerous environment. She claims innocence of all knowledge of this world but spouts information that even your best source, the Ogier, does not have. Contradictions much?? But that does not clue you in. No! You gotta be stupid!
You just announced to the world that you are the enemy by flaunting your power. Then you and company stands around arguing so that your enemy can have the chance of logging huge fireballs at you. No, you do not run away from danger straight away. Of course, you don't!
And so the tstl continues on...
Then the book ended in even a bigger cliffhanger than The Eye Of The World, the first book...
Even with all that whining I still continue to read on. What does that say to you?
Ordinarily, any other author, and that author would have been avoided like the plague. Being Robert Jordan, I am intrigued as to read on... when my ire has died down. This made reading this book a whole lot longer than 28 and a half hours that this book is supposed to be.
The first book was narrated by the talented Rosamund Pike and it took a bit of an adjustment to listen to this one being narrated by different narrators. The dynamic dou Kate Reading & Michael Kramer also gave a wonderful performance. Maybe it is just me being old and not liking change. Or the fact that Rosamund Pike gave such a wonderful performance. Or a little of both and other factors besides... My mood. The phase of the moon... The way the wind blows...
Funny how I still hear Rosamund Pike's voice when I think of Moiraine.
Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 3.5
Character development = 3.5
Story itself = 3
Writing Style = 3
Ending = 2
World building = 5
Cover art = 3
Pace = (28 hrs and 23 mins listening time)
Plot = 3.5
Narration = 5
Character development = 3.5
Story itself = 3
Writing Style = 3
Ending = 2
World building = 5
Cover art = 3
Pace = (28 hrs and 23 mins listening time)
Plot = 3.5
Narration = 5
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Meet The Author
About Robert Jordan:
Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston. He was a graduate of the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics, and served two tours in Vietnam. His hobbies included hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool and pipe collecting. He died in September 2007.
The Narrators
About Kate Reading & Michael Kramer:
We are Michael Kramer and Kate Reading, the award-winning audiobook narrator team who recorded The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.
We have recorded hundreds of audiobook titles, in all genres, for over thirty years.
We have narrated audiobooks for most major publishers, many independent authors, and for the Library of Congress Talking Books Program.
Our home studio, Madison Productions, is located in Maryland.
www.katereadingaudiobooks.com | twitter | facebook | instagram | goodreads (Michael) | goodreads (Kate)
FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.
