It’s rare that I put down a book.

But I put on “The Eye of the World” by Robert Jordan twice.

I know this is the first book in The Wheel of Time, an international bestselling book series. I know he has fans who love him. I know this inspired the “The Wheel of Time” TV series that, judging by the comments on social media, adoring fans hate.

The Amazon Prime series led me to buy the first book. I chose “Game of Thrones” after reading an article about the HBO series about ten years ago. I loved the “Song of Ice and Fire” books and read all of the available ones.

So maybe I would have a similar experience with “The Eye of the World” and “The Wheel of Time”.

No.

The first 150 pages left me bored and my mind wandering.

I put it down, I read another book, I got “The Eye of the World”, I read 15 more boring pages, I looked at the length of the book at about 850 pages, I scanned the book count again in the series which is 14 books with a co-author for the last three volumes, a prequel novel and two companion books. So I put “The Eyes of the World” down and read another unrelated book, then another unrelated book, then another unrelated book, etc. the world.”

Basically, the story is a group of people who work in an agrarian village. A group of violent beings wreak havoc in the village. A magical woman presents herself, intrigued by three young men who live there. She believes one of the young men could be “the long-awaited and vilified chosen one, the Dragon Reborn,” according to the blurb on the back of the book. And so on …

I enjoyed other books by Robert Jordan, such as his Conan novels. I’m not intimidated by thick books, complicated storylines, or multi-volume series. The concept of the novel as described in the blurb is the type of book that should normally capture and keep my interest.

But not “L ‘Eyeil du Monde”.

I know there is something here because so many people love these books. But I did not find it during this outing. Maybe I’ll try again one day, maybe as soon as possible; maybe never. What I read also left me with no interest in watching the TV series.

It’s a rare thing for me not to finish a book but life is too short and there are so many other books to read.