The Great Hunt is by all means a worthy succesor to The Eye Of The World. I could not, however, allow myself to give this book a 5-star rating. The main reason for this is that I lost my interest in this book about halfway through. The story got a tad bit tedious and there wasn't much character or plot development. As I urged myself to continue reading I soon found that I was enjoying the story again and I finished it in a few days. 
 As typical for The Wheel Of Time series the last 50 or so pages are the ones that get you excited about things again. The Great Hunt did exactly this thing and I will start the next one, The Dragon Reborn within a few days time.