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Summary: More of the same
Review: David Eddings may be the most lazy author in print. All the "good natured bantering" in this book is lifted verbatim from the first book and endlessly repeated through the next nine. His characters are never in any real danger and calmly take on 2,3, or even 10 times their number with only a scratch or two. I wonder how the Angaraks could ever be considered a threat when the heroes dispose of them in such an offhand manner. The second five books have virtually the same plot as the first five. This series is like a bad song for me; I can't get it out of my head. And how about the companion who dies?! He chickened out and killed off the least interesting and important character. If you are looking for a good fantasy series, don't read this one. Try Tad Williams' "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" or George R.R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones", which is looking like it will be a great series (people actually get hurt and die).
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Summary: One of the five best books ever written...
Review: David Eddings uses a complex multi-layered plot to conclude his ten book epic. Throughout the 10 books Edding's familiarizes the reader with each of his intricate multiple characters. In the Seer of Kell he brings the whole multi-leveled plot together in a dramatic climax of superb story telling. I feel as if it was a story about close personal friends and their finial struggle against evil. If your kind of book is a complex get-to-know romantic adventure, then this is the best book ever written for that genre. Reading the nine other books may seem like a lot of work but you'll love them just as much as this one
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Summary: Explosive, climactic and exultant.
Review: Eddings has concluded the ten-book epic of the Belgariad and the Malloreon in dramatic fashion with joy and sorrow and fantasy. Creative, soul-rending and miraculous, Eddings' only fault is the overuse of cliches and the word "apoplexy" (Heavens, it's all over the series!). Read it over time; don't bunch it up. It's a must-read!
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Summary: The Final Battle...And A Good One At That...
Review: Eddings. One of the true legends of fantasy. He started The Belgariad with his wife a number of years ago and worked his way through ten novels of pure, edge-of-your-seat masterpieces. This, book 10 of them, is the conclusion. The conclusion many of us waited so long for. And this conclusion will grab you, and compell you to re-read the series again. The series alone can't be put into words. The books HAVE TO BE READ!! In this book alone, the final battle occurs, we see who's life is lost, the return home happens and so much more. Tears will be shed, laughs will be had, and of course some anger will peak its way out. In the style of Eddings, you think you're coming to the end of something, you're not. This book proves just that, as it's a great set-up the the prequels of Belgarath and Polgara. After travelling so far with the characters, you could almost think of them as family. And with this "family" you'll surely want to touch base with them every so often, as they are indeed a true inspiration (to the literary world).
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Summary: The end of all.
Review: Finally Garion will be able to rest after finding The Place Which is No More. All rests on Cyradis, the blind seeress in choosing who will be the next god of the Angaraks either the Child of Light or the Child of Dark. Who will it be? I felt kind of sad for the end of the series. But I am glad that he and his wife who did all the other ten books also created Belgarath The Sorcerer which I just finished and Polgara the Sorceress which I just started.
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Summary: What was that about?
Review: For readers who aren't already wondering what the point to the previous four books was, this final volume will bring the question leaping dazzlingly to mind as the climax comes to revolve around a 50/50 jackpot that nothing which came before will influence. Follow that with the longest anti-climax ever written for a fantasy series (the story is essentially over halfway through), then ponder how this unnecessary 2nd series, so blatantly obviously written for the money, won over so many fans.(Note in the interest of fairness: I did not read the earlier Belgariad series.)
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Summary: Perfect ending to perfect series!!!!!!
Review: Great how things end up in this book.(i don't like it that it's already over though). It's great that it doesn't end right after the final battle between good and evil like in so much other books,this time everybody gets dropped of home. It was a big surprise that Sadi became one of the good guys and i was releaved that Kheldar came along again(he's the best). Why didn't we got to now where Beldin and Vella went? And what are the names of Polgara's twins,are they boys or girls or both?Well mr.& mrs.Eddings reason enough for another book, don't you think? It was also nice to see Zakath turn to his good old self again. I have to say that the Belgariad/Mallorean series are the best ever. David and Leigh Eddings are the number one Fantasy authors of the world.
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Summary: Seeress of Kell
Review: Having read both the Belgariad and the Malloreon, I would say the latter is the better of the two - a greater depth to the characters and a good helping of the author's humorous asides. The final book, Seeress of Kell rounds off the whole story in a far more complete way than did Enchanters End Game. It would be nice to have some further details, such as the destiny of Polgara's twins, but when you put down this last book, you look back to the very start in Pawn of Prophecy and realise the journey was well worth while. This whole series is fantasy at its very best, with no individual book better than Seeress of Kell. Highly recommended.
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Summary: A Superb End
Review: I don't even know where to begin with these books. The whole series was superb. Eddings really outdid himself (which is probably why he kind of burnt out after this series). Being a teenage girl who had never read a science fiction book, my dad got me into this series. I blazed through each book in about two days, they were just that gripping. The story plot was thrilling, but the characters were even better. With each book, I felt more and more connected with the characters. The characterization was unbelievable. Some characters will make you laugh, some will you angry, but they're all so realistic that it's scary, especially since this is in a fantasy world.
I recommend this book to all my friends when they are looking for a book to read. It's great because it's a series so the story can be stretched out and you can get to know the characters VERY well. The great thing about these books, however, was that they were so satisfying to even me, a teenage girl who loves the romance novels and other more feminine genres. Yet this series quenched each thirst for my different likes as a reader. (Don't worry men, there isn't really enough romance to mention--I don't want to scare you)
Everybody is bound to recognize a part of themselves in most of the characters or maybe even one specifically. Really, this is an overall great read. My only problem now is that this was my first real science fiction series and as I've read others, I can't help but notice that they just aren't as good. The closest I've come is Robert Jordan.
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Summary: The Malloreon comes to a agonizing end
Review: I echo the words of the reader from Ottawa on this book. This entire series has been hamstrung by the structure of the prophecies that dictate the events that take place in the books. Eddings created a world operating under grave fatalistic constraints, and then spent 5 books in this second series trying to make pre-determined outcomes seem suspenseful. It was obvious very early on that Toth, the only dispensible character in the party, would be the one in the party to die, and that Cyradis would choose Eriond at the end--would she actually have done otherwise? The "Final Choice" seen did not leave me on the edge of my seat but rather had me skimming to get to the foregone conclusion. And yet I still recommend this series to other fantasy-fiction fans. Start with the Belgariad, but don't skip the Malloreon (unless you've never heard of Robert Jordan or David Farland, in which case go and read all of their books first!) Eddings creates a world about 1/5th as rich as Jordan's, but that's still a pretty good creation! The characters he creates end up being overly sarcastic and self-confident, and each series is obsessed with the "happy end" requirement, but there are enough good things in each book (and they're quick reads, unlike Wheel of Time) to make them worthwhile. I eagerly anticipate starting Eddings' next two series as I hope that he saw the problems in the Malloreon and will fix them with a fresh start.
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