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Summary: Keep Reading!
Review: This is a novel of epic proportions. The boy Garion is just a simple Sendarian farm boy who lives on Faldor's Farm with his Aunt Pol. Garion becomes very close with Durnik, the smith, and one day a mysterious storytelly shows up at the gates of the farm. Aunt Pol and Old Wolf (that's what she calls the storyteller) seem to have some relationship which stems back longer than anyone can remember. All of a sudden, Aunt Pol, Garion, Durnik and the storyteller leave Faldor's Farm to embark on some unspeakable journey. Along the way, we meet Silk, a slightly devious merchant/prince/spy/theif/acrobat, and Barak, a red bearded Cherek giant. Garion learns a lot more about his past and the members of his party than ha particularly wanted to know. Although Eddings is a little slow at the beginning, I beg of you, don't stop reading. Everything taht happens at the beginning of this book is merely the background color of the bigger picture! I thoroughly recommend this book and all that follow it. You will fall in love with each and every one of the characters, and the "bad guys" are overwhelming! Combine Sorcery and evil doings with some classic roll-around-on-the-floor-laughing comedy, and that makes for the perfect Eddings book.
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Summary: Beware: False Fantasy!!
Review: Now, as a long time fantasy reader I have enjoyed countless epics and brilliant novels. Sadly, this is not one of them. Now often when looking at these "bad" reviews one will think that surely this one person who stands up to bad fantasy is wrong. How can I be right if 6000 disagree? Well, i intend to convince you. This novel is predictable and flat. Though i have read all five, none of the characters change or grow and every character is a simple fantasy cut out: the (ooooh) tricky and slightly evil prince/thief/spy, the boy who is very powerful but lacks knowledge and needs training and tempering, the wise old man who is magicaly inclined, but rarely uses his powers, the tough aunt-like figure to the main character. The plot is incredibly (I wonder what the author was thinking) predicatble. I don't mean to give away the ending, but if you think maybe evil will triumph, your going to be sadly disappointed. Having finished the final book, i was left emptey and angry. The villian had no true motivation exept evil, the good characters were flat, annoying and stereotypitcal. In conclusion, avoid this book like the plague.
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Summary: Pawn of Prophecy - A mysterious book
Review: This book with worlds only that could be pictured in books, and mysteries, which seem far beyond our imagination. This book shows us the mysterious sides of everyone, and things that couldn't be thought of happening. It shows us a valuable lesson of friendship and family, which tells us to trust them, and not even hesitate of not believing them. Written by one of the best writers of fantasy that have existed, David Eddings, he creates world right off from his large imagination, and brings it to other people. Pawn of Prophecy takes place in a far away land, where sorcery rules over everything, and a continuous battle between good and evil takes place without ever getting a break. In this book, Garion a young kid who never believed in magic or anything related to that, even though Torak, an evil god, with great magical powers had been haunting him for years. One day, an old man, that comes every year, to tell his stories to the town. Though, Aunt Pol, then one night decides to tell him the truth, about her being a powerful magician and that the old man was his grandfather. They were both older than some couple thousand of years. Aunt Pol also told him, that he was the only one able to destroy Torak, though that the servants of Torak were searching for him to take him back to Torak as a reward. Garion, Aunt Pol, and his grandfather, decided to run away from Torak servants, and protect themselves. Though, one day, Garion will have to occasionally fight against Torak because he is the only one who can defeat him and get the Orb, which is a powerful stone, that has magical powers, that if fallen to the wrong hands could destroy everything. This book shows us great content of mystery and the mysterious side of everybody. Showing that everybody has something secret inside of him. Like, Garion, had magical powers, far beyond any other magic seen in the world where he lived, and he had to live with the fact that he was the only one able to destroy Torak, and regain the Orb, that brought peace to his world. The theme of the book, tells us that, you should always trust your friends and family, and you should not even once hesitate in not to, they will always find a way of helping you, or of making you feel better, and more confident of yourself. Garion had to trust his aunt and grandfather, which gave him advice of how to fight and runaway from of Torak and his evil servants. Even though, the book seems to be as boring as watching an old television program, the end gets quite fascinating and thrilling. You'll love it, though don't get upset when you get to the end, for there is 3 more continuations, and all of them seem to be as good as the first one. You'll want to kill Torak yourself at one point of the story, but don't because if you do the next reader will have some trouble reading over ripped pages. You'll have fun; I truly recommend this book to people who like made-up worlds and weird adventures.
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Summary: Epic
Review: This is the first installment of the five book series. An epic tale, written by one of the foremost in fantasy, Eddings does not only tell a story, but creates an entire world and culture. Characters are cunning, ruthless, and contain all the emotions that a real person could offer. My first fantasy novel to ever read, Pawn of Prophecy is a great story! This is the most addictive series I have ever read books from, and a great introduction to fantasy. This book follows the young life of Garion, the hero of both the Belgaraid and the Mallorean, sets that span 10 books. Garion thinks he is just a farm boy, but he has the gift of sorcery inside him. Across this book he meets a party of adventurers and discovers his quest to destroy the sleeping god: Torak. The other installments are: Queen of Sorcery Magician's Gambit Castle of Wizardry Enchanter's End Game The Mallorean Guardians of the West King of the Murgos Demon Lord of Karanda Sorceress of Darshiva The Seeress of Kell
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Summary: Pawn of Prophecy
Review: This is the first book of the most entertaining series I have ever read. It begins with the boy Garion as being a content scullery boy but the adventure takes off when a mysterious storyteller appears after a long absence. I enjoyed this whole series so much that I have read each and every book over five times (not kidding). I highly recomend this book to anybody in the mood for a good adventure.
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Summary: Too dire for words
Review: An improbable combination of the bodice-ripping excitement of Jane Austin, the concision of Tolstoy and the literary elegance of Philip K Dick; this novel explores the depths of every tired fantasy cliché. Observe Eddings' creative genius at work as he draws past civilisations out of a hat, makes them all American and creates his own fantasy milieu! What should have been taken around the back of the barn and humanly shot, Corgi instead chose to publish, presumably in sympathy for Anne McCaffrey.
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Summary: Too good to put down, too good to want to finish
Review: By reading the other reviews you can find out what this and the subsequent books in the series are about. But I want to tell you what it felt like to read this book. I first read the series about eight years ago (I was 15) and I still remember the sheer joy in reading that I discovered with these books. I remember more than one night that I picked up one of these books and just couldn't put them down. Not just one either. Those nights I failed to notice the clock tick past midnight, one, and two. I couldn't help picking up the next book "just to read the first few pages." At the same time though, I desperately wanted to slow down, to drag out the feeling, but I couldn't help but read a little more. Reaching the end was a truly painful experience. Since then I've read the series several more times, and every time I rediscover that joy. I hope others are as gifted by these books as I have been.
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Summary: Excellent Book ...
Review: I'm trying to think back to when I received my first copy of the Pawn of Prophecy. It was shortly after I finished high school I think. I do know that I waited, not so patiently, for every book after that to go to paperback so I could buy it. David Eddings was/is my favorite author. I am now in my mid-30's and I will still pick these books up about once a year and reread them. The Pawn of Prophecy sets the ground work for a most amazing fantasy adventure. Wizards, Dragons, Knights in shining armor, the series has it all. This first book does an excellent job of setting the stage and introducing us to most of the characters. Characters I feel like I know. Characters I love to revisit. I've tried to read other science fiction/fantasy books but I have a hard time getting into them. I have a hard time relating to their characters. The Pawn of Prophecy and it's mismatched bunch grabbed me right away and held onto me through two 5 book series and two supplemental books. I feel it's a must read for anyone who like to read.
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Summary: How you could not like this book is beyoond me!
Review: Alright, all I can say is this bbook was one of the best books I have read in a longg time. After finishing Grade Ten, I started reading The Pawn Of Prophecy, because it was suggested to me, and I've been hooked every since. These books helped get me to read again, as they have all the aspects that young teenagers, who still have their imagination crave! I loved every book, and devoured the whole Belgariad and Mallorean, Belgarath and Polgara, and the Rivian Codex helped to sort out any confussion that was left hanging after all the books had finished. Currently I'm reading Eddings Second series, and I'm in the Second half, The Tamuli. I highly recommend this to young adults, and adults everywhere. Especially childeren coming off of the Harry Potter Mania, because these are books that run in the same basic way! ENJOY!
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Summary: Fun books with more depth than people realise.
Review: I started reading this and the rest of the series thinking how simple and predictable they were, which there are but there is more to them than that. Eddings is the closest thing to tolkien I have read not as in depth but few things are but there are some strong similarities. If you like fantasy these are essential books.
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