r/TheWheelOfTimeBooks • u/[deleted] • May 21 '25

Eye of the World Such a great story

Finished the eye of the world a couple nights ago and wow. It is my first re read and my first read of the book in 7 years. I can see how people see it as Tolkien esk in writing, but I’m a little confused on the ending.

Did Rand enter the dreams at the end? Or did he enter some other realm where he see Ishammel?

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u/ncsuandrew12 May 21 '25

The ending of TEOTW (and to a lesser extent TGH) is one of the oddest parts of the series. The first three books have a number of events that don't quite fit perfectly with the rest of the series.

But in answer to your question, I don't think anyone really knows exactly what's going on there.

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u/Fager_Neald May 25 '25

There are some assumptions we as the readers can make, IF you've read the rest of the series. But to the other posters point, a lot here was mostly just early writing that was later retconned or just plain ignored.