3.97 avg rating — 1,938,259 ratings

"The ONLY value this has is as a gateway book to epics. It doesn't do anything that WOT or Malazan or a hundred others don't do better. It does make a better intro than LOTR though."

4.41 avg rating — 3,144,341 ratings

"It's ok Malazan is better. So is the first arc of runelords. If you don't like moral greyness in your epics then WOT still has a more interesting magic system."

4.26 avg rating — 6,873,444 ratings

"Had to read this for school it was boring as hell I didn't like the jumpy narrative style and it didn't address anything that I hadn't seen addressed in other books from genres I prefered or crime shows. Maybe if I'd read it by choice...waste of time if you read any other genre."