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Summary: A Delicious Book!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I'm only ten but I read the first two books each in about a day. I'm a book-worm and that's what my e-mail address states. You may e-mail me if you like. I love this series!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Superb! David Eddings ranks as my fav fantasy writer
Review: This book, along with the rest of The Belgariad and the Malloreon are few of those stories that grip you and never let you go. David Edding's way of making his world come alive by casual talk and miniature details excell even J.R.R. Tolkien. The characters seem flesh and bone, the countries seem as stable as houses of cards and the plot literally controls everything. A must for any reader who enjoys a good book.
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Summary: This is the book that set standards for the fantasy genre.
Review: If your a fan of Robert Jordan, Raymond Feist, George R. R. Martin, or any of the big guys, this is definately a must read. If you are someone who is thinking of reading fantasy, I strongly recommend this novel, right after Tolkein of course. Or if you are just looking for an entertaining read, here is your series.What David Eddings (along with his wife Leigh) did for the world of fantasy writing, in my opion, is only surpased by Tolkein. While I love Tolkeins books, Eddings is number one on that list of who I deem better. Tolkeins characters were all black and white. Meaning that beings who were fair haired and fair skinned were good. Beings who were dark skinned or dark haired were bad. Woman stopped at the neck, there was no sensuality in his novels. Eddings intentially put little scenes or discriptions that pushed the fantasy boundaries set by Tolkein, without being crude I hasten to add. There was a depth and smoothness to his novels that was rarely seen at the time. My point is that while also being an enjoyable and amusing story, the Belgariad was something more than that. Eddings brought about a change in fantasy writing. And without him, Jordan would take the cake for writing serials with more than three novels (though at the time, the five novel idea angered Mr. Eddings. It was the editors idea.)Regardless of your reasons for reading his novels, Eddings wrote great stories and I give them all the highest possible reccomendations.
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Summary: Fully developed 2-dimensional characters...
Review: I'm fascinated with fantasy writing because so little of it is good. Tolkein, of course, and Urusla LeGuin, but beyond that the field falls to hacks ranging from pleasant to truly awful. Eddings is somewhere in the middle between these last two extremes. All of his characters seem to come from old-school children's books (The Noble Thief, the Valiant Warrior, the Uppity Princess) and they fulfill their roles as well as they can, but there is little to develop. The overarching plot of this series is nothing to write home about. The biggest confusion I have is just who he is aiming these books towards. Linguistically and stylistically they are aimed at about a 6th grade reading level, yet he also introduces some heavily suggestive (no real nudity, mind you) scenes as well, along with a few bits of truly graphic violence. My guess it is aimed for adults who can't read beyond a junior high school level. Not a bad book, but certainly not worth remembering.
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Summary: I can't get enough.
Review: After reading Pawn of Prophecy, I began to regret spending all of the money I had spare on a video and two Tom Clancy books. I have just bought and read book two, and I am so impressed with them both that I am becoming a pain trying to get the money for the next three. Great book, I especially like the way Eddings writing can be as enjoyable as Tolkien, but without some of the more useless description(Not that I don't love that useless discription of Tolkien's), and more "fun" than Robert Jordan who is getting ridiculously tiresome in his last few WOT books.
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Summary: Lots of fun to read!
Review: David Eddings has written a truly entertaining series, which begins with the still-fresh and exciting Pawn of Prophecy. Sure, the characters are mostly one-dimensional, but they are memorable and fun. Yes, everyone makes witty comments whenever possible, but Eddings has a real gift for dialogue. Not recommended if you're looking for something to challenge the mind, but as sheer entertainment, no one beats David Eddings when he's at his best. In Pawn of Prophecy, Eddings deftly introduces most of the series' main characters, and he slowly eases his wide-eyed young hero Garion into a larger, more dangerous world. I read it as a junior-high student, and loved it. Now I recognize Eddings' faults, but I still tremendously enjoy this series.
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Summary: An amazing book by an amazing auther!
Review: I think this was a great contribution to the world of fantasy! David Eddigns is truly a genius. it was amazingly writen, with an equaly amazing plot line. My sugestion to you is if you decide to read it make sure you have plenty of time, becouse you wont want to put it down!
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Summary: A book with characters that won't let you put it down!!
Review: I have always been a science-fantasy fan but this book was excelent! Eddings creates characters that really add an element of reality that very few writers are able to do. I am a high school student and I like him and his work so much that I'm doing a paper on him. I loved all of his books that I have read(thats all but 6 out of 20)! And the ones I have not read I own! I highly recommend this to anyone that is starting to read Sci-fan or Sci-Fan readers!!
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Summary: A Great Lead off for the Belgariad
Review: The Pawn of Prophecy is a great book from the Belgariad. It starts off with the boy called Garion, who lives in a simple village, until Old Wolf(Belgareth) takes him on an errand. This errand lets the Murgos find out where he is, making him flee. Through out the story he encounters many strange characters, from Barak the noble who's wife hates him, to the very greedy Jarid. There are many different locations the group goes through, including Sendaria and Cherek. I would most recommend this book to about and fantasy lover.
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Summary: This book is great.
Review: I read this book first at age 11, and I LOVED this book. Even at my age, this book exceeded itself. The book is about a boy, living in a village with his Auntie Pol when the "Old Wolf" came. This man turned out to be Belgarath, a character that plays an important role the whole series and then some. Throughout Gafgarion, the boy, doesn't know what he is going to become. The story introduces many strange characters, including Silk and Barak. This book would be recommended to an older audience, and to the Fantasy lover that loves Dragonlance and The Forgotten Realms books.
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