“Knowing serves no real purpose, but then, neither does not knowing. Myself, I always prefer knowing too not.”
After infecting himself with the tainted magic, Rand stays to train with a band of warriors, but his close friend from his original town is hurt, and only a specific dagger can heal him. Now Rand has to travel out to the world, armed with magic he doesn’t yet understand. Meanwhile Perrin is grappling with his wolves but will be forced to call upon their help in service of his friend.
I picked The Great Hunt for a book club I’ve been doing with my stepfather, who insisted this series was a must read. I promised myself I would finish the entire series (yes, all 14+ books), and that wasn’t super difficult to do with the earlier books. I enjoyed this one because it reminded me so strongly of the Narnia books which taught me my love for literature, and the Lord of the Rings Series I had read again just before this series as a point of comparison. I liked that this book, at least for me, held more importance plot wise, as the characters band together to save their friend as well as just completing a quest. Again, very reminiscent of Dungeons and Dragons. For the most part, this book and series I enjoyed but I still had all the same problems I always have with fantasy series of this size, namely the dragging points that inevitably come up during a book/series of this size. Other than that, I also had trouble connecting to most of the characters, probably because I could barely remember their keysmash names, though that is something that remains throughout the entire series. Overall, a good start to a very long series, and one of the better books from the Wheel of Time series, 4 out of 5 stars.