I read this book in French years ago when I was around 15 years old and it's a great book. So epic, great writing and really the foundation of modern fantasy. I think that every fantasy fan should read it, even if the writing is a bit old, it has still age quite well, and deserve every second it take reading it.

That being said, I decided this read to start back the series, in English this time, but while listening to it in audiobook. And this book made me realize there is two type of audios, those who just read the book (simple but they are the best) and those who add noises, sounds and audio «effects» (which I hate). This one was one of those but even sadder for me, it has put away all the description... very bad choice by the production, so instant of having someone reading the book to me, I find myself listening to a cheap act, like someone has just record the audio of a Lord of the Ring at the theater, which is mostly just dialog. So it was a bad audio book, the story is still epic and we have a decent idea of the main pot listening to it but it didn't do justice to the book and should even exist at all so I won't continue my Lord of the Ring reread until I find better audio or find time to go through them in physical book... Great book for sure but sad audio experience...