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I'll come right out and admit it: when I picked up the Mallorean, I'd never even heard of the Belgariad. In my opinion, that's one of the things that makes this series such a great reading experiance. Throughout the whole saga, I was easily able to keep up with the whole plot (even though I didn't really know that much about big characters like Azash and such). Eddings has a fairly predictable story line, but nevertheless, it's very good. Instead of getting too deep into things like theology and magic, Eddings instead focuses upon the adventure itself, and plenty of comic relief for the whole Zandramas incident. Some of my favorite characters were Prince Kheldar, aka Silk and Ce'Nedra. The tale is more fun than anything, and definately worth trying out.
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I started to read this crap, and halfway through, I couldn't pick it back up. This whole business with Garion and Ce'Nedra fighting at the beginning caused me to lose my lunch on several occasions. It wasn't a total loss, I lost five pounds. Then again, I regained 10 after giving up in frustration and eating the book. Here's a tip: Take 'Guardians of the West' and simmer it until the pages brown. Douse heavily with BBQ sauce. Place between two halves of a bun. Voila, you've just made an Eddings burger. Eating the books is way more intelligent than actually reading them, after all.
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This review goes for all the Mallorean books. David Edding is a talented writer, no question about that. He can make appealing characters, and I like the humour that surrounds them: That's what making the book enjoyable. That's why I give it 4 stars But he certainly isn't way original, the plot to this books is, actually, kind of bad. The heroes have powers like gods and you never really fear for there lives. And when you read it, you never really get surprised. Maybe its more like a three star book... But I do understand why it is so popular.
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As a sequel series, I had never thought this would achieve the lengths it did. The first series, the Belgariad was intriguing enough to make me start this novel, but the novel itself sent me to the bookstore to continue on in this epic. The introduction of a new character (who we'll leave as the Emperor...hint, hint) adds to the witticism, and dry humor that marks David Eddings so well. This series does well to adventure into places explored before, venture out into some new lands with inherent connotations to the last series, and gain a sense of new mystique in a incredibly detailed land. This book hits home, not only as the start to an adventure no one is likely to forget, but also as a story of the love of two parents who will do anything, even rip apart the fabric of the world, to regain their lost child. All in all, it makes for an incredible novel, and a remarkable series.
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I read all the books of David Eddings, i don't remember how many, but i can tell you this, if you enjoy books from the Dragonlance from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, or if you only enjoy good action and fantasy books, this is your stuff. Maybe they are not as good as Darksword, but is good enough to keep you hours reading. I enjoyed this book so much, as many, many other fantasy books i have read. So take my advice (i'm not an expert but i have read like 60 or more fantasy books), and buy this book (but first buy the Belgariath ones, if you don't do that you will miss the first part). Is a good choice, well, it was good for me.
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