The Eye of the World

I could have liked the book a lot more if I didn't detest so many of the decisions made by the main characters. I get that they are supposed to be naive farmboys, but seriously there is a difference between naive and stupid. I liked a lot of what the book had to say about gender roles, and I'm a sucker for high fantasy language (though less than 5 chapters to start the action would have been nice), but overall I found the book a bit lackluster. It's a book I've always been hesitant to read because I walk in knowing how much will never be written, and that fact alone may keep me from pursuing the series.