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Jon Pall

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Hi all,

 

Five years ago, one of my friends gave me his copy of Eye of the World paperback, saying that it was one of the best books he had ever read. I am a huge Tolkein fan and I scoffed at him, saying that it was probably nothing more than a LOTR copycat. Looking back now, I feel terrible saying that. Well anyways, that book sat inside a box filled with old books stored in my basement for five years. Three weeks ago, while I was digging around for an old textbook, I found it and for no reason really, took it back to my room. The day after, I got tired of studying and for some reason started reading the book instead of watching television....and was transported into the most moving, powerful, exciting story I have ever read. The characters are so real and so vivid that I geniunely care for them. I have read 5 books in 3 weeks. However, yesterday, was one of the saddest days of my life. You see, my favorite character throughout the books has been Moiraine. Her courage, grace, and kindness has really touched me, yet as I was reading the final chapters of The Fires of Heaven, I got a real uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach, especially when she gave those two sealed letters to Rand. Than she dies...and I really lost it...the scene when Lan is petting Moiraine's horse and Rand comes over to try to offer some comfort is really devestating. DAMN YOU RAND AL-THOR, YOU GOT HER KILLED NO MATTER WHAT THE LETTER SAYS. But now I am really depressed, I don't know what to do. I don't cry over anything normally, but yesterday afternoon was really tough. How could she die??? Lan should have married Moiraine not Nynaeve. I am very bitter now....Im preparing to read the Lord of Chaos, and I am hoping against hope that maybe Moiraine will return in some form. the thought of the series without the joy of her presence really shatters me. Rand and Nynaeve are a bunch of wretched ingrates after all Moiraine did for them. What a void she leaves, how can we go on??? Her death affects me deeply. I've never cared so much about a literary character before.

 

I think this forum is great and I will post even more after I finish all the books. I am trying to avoid spoiling the plot for myself to much. Btw, I called my friend Bill (the guy who gave me the book) and asked for forgiveness for the comments I made in 1999, and thanked him profusely for giving me the book that has meant SO much to me and has catapulted me into the greatest adventure ever. But I am still very sad about Moiraine, if I lived inside Robert Jordan's world, I would marry her in a second. I will say this now with all sincerity, I LOVE YOU MOIRAINE. PLEASE COME BACK.

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Marie

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Well, since we're confessing...

 

When I first laid eyes on Eye of the World the last thing I wanted to do was read it. I looked at it and said, and I quote, "Oh wow a book about a bunch of white people on horses with their midget princess leading them to war".

 

So why did I read it? Well, sometime later (like months) the book I was looking for wasn't there; and I had to get going so I picked it up. I seriously didn't want to like the book. I remember after finishing book two saying something like, "If I had a favorite character I guess it'll be Moiraine...Now watch her die or something". By the fifth book I realized I was addicted.

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jan

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Funny thing you should mention it, I went through something similar. I thought that thick, fat book looked kinda boring (I have a battered second-hand copy of book 1)... and *then* I started reading it.

 

In fact, the first WoT book I got was Fires of Heaven (a birthday present about a year ago from a friend). I saw it was the fifth of the series, so decided to read 1 to 4 first.

 

And when Moiraine died in 5, I e-mailed him and ranted at him - 'It's all YOUR fault!!!' I'm a big Lan fan and I felt really bad for him, too, when she disappeared.

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