Rating: 
Summary: Pretty Good
Review: "Queen of Sorcery" is another fast-paced, well-written, and wonderfully detailed fantasy adventure story. Eddings' skill at handling the nuts-and-bolts issues of writing shows through even more than it did in "Pawn of Prophecy". He understands that he should never spend more than five pages on any particular scene, and he realizes that importance of injecting a good action scene every few chapters to break up the dialogue. But above all else, Eddings has the saving grace of not taking himself too seriously. For instance, consider a new character who comes on board at the start and spends the entire book talking in mock-Shakespearian, with lots of "thees" and "thous" and "forsooths". If the author was actually taking this seriously, it would be almost unendurable. But since he knows that it's all in good fun, we can laugh at it too. Overall, highly enjoyable, and I'm very much looking forward to reading the next installment.
Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good
Review: "Queen of Sorcery" is another fast-paced, well-written, and wonderfully detailed fantasy adventure story. Eddings' skill at handling the nuts-and-bolts issues of writing shows through even more than it did in "Pawn of Prophecy". He understands that he should never spend more than five pages on any particular scene, and he realizes that importance of injecting a good action scene every few chapters to break up the dialogue. But above all else, Eddings has the saving grace of not taking himself too seriously. For instance, consider a new character who comes on board at the start and spends the entire book talking in mock-Shakespearian, with lots of "thees" and "thous" and "forsooths". If the author was actually taking this seriously, it would be almost unendurable. But since he knows that it's all in good fun, we can laugh at it too. Overall, highly enjoyable, and I'm very much looking forward to reading the next installment.
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Summary: The Beginning
Review: "The Belgariad" began it all for me. Before this, I was rather put off by fantasy books, and I never felt the desire to start reading any. But to my delight, I found this to be an immensely interesting experience. Eddings's prose flows smoothly, and the adventures of Garion and friends have helped me spend many otherwise sluggish evenings. On the whole, this is a highly readable series. If you are not looking for the kind of intricately detailed writing by authors like Tolkein or Jordan, this is your best bet! Enjoy.
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Summary: The best in the series
Review: 'Queen of Sorcery' features the continued travels of Garion and his friends through several of the western kingdoms. They gain some new travel companions, and continue to follow in the tracks of the thief who stole the stone of Aldur. During the travels, Garion begins to realize that there is something which sets him apart from normal people, a fact which he has a hard time to accept.This is the sequel to 'Pawn of Prophecy', and the second book in the amazing series of five books known as 'the Belgariad'. The series is later followed by another five in 'the Malloreon'. The story is the classic fight between the Evil which seeks to rule the world, and the Good which wants to save it, but what really makes the book so great is the characters. They are all very distinct from each other, with their own personality and desires. Eddings manages to keep them all separate, so that they are not mixed together in a faceless group. Instead they each have their part to play in the quest to save the world. If I had to pick a favorite among the five books of 'the Belgariad', this would be it. I have read the entire series at least 20 times by now, and it remains my favorite fantasy. It is lighter than 'The Wheel of Time' series by Robert Jordan, which makes it suitable for younger readers as well, but it is great for anyone from around 12 to 112. I think many, like me, read this series as their first fantasy, and it is a great start to get intrested in the world of magic and swordfights. By now Harry Potter is probably a more common start, but this series is still required reading for fantasy lovers.
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Summary: Not good at all
Review: Bad plot and not a bit interesting. Eddings can't write!!
Rating:
Summary: Not if you are over 12 years
Review: Do not even think of putting your money on this one if you have aged out of the world of paper-thin characters and nintendo kind of plot. Utterly boring to anyone over 12 years old.
Rating:
Summary: Quality Schlock...
Review: Don't look to David Eddings for literature. This is commercial pulp fantasy to the core. It rips off Tolkien and a slew of other authors, and the long, drawn out series often resembles a soap opera. You could skip a book and not miss out on too much, if you know what I mean. The earlier books are better, because by the end, Eddings seems to be running low on ideas and the mysteries of the world he creates have largely been explained. This will satisfy fantasy fans desire for another hit after reading The Lord of the Rings, but it's ultimately a pale imitation. So, quality schlock it is.
Rating:
Summary: Great Fantasy Book
Review: Eddings is a fantastic author in the sense that he can create a realisitc fantasy world. I personally look for two things when reading a book: the system of economies and politics in the countries and the system of magic. Eddings created realistic economies varying from the manorial system of Arendia to the imperial power of Tolnedra. I thought the system of magic lacked some. The Will and the Word is a very creative idea, however I feel it gives the sorcerors(esses) too much power to be able to anything. But otherwise Eddings is a great read!
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Summary: Second as good as the first
Review: Eddings seems to make this book a little longer. If I remember correctly it was around 350 pages compared to the 247 of the first book. In this book Garion begins to discover the people in his everyday life are the protectors of foundation of the very world he lives in. He starts to understand what happen to his family and why it did happen. Eddings continues his draw on his series by making each book better and better.
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Summary: Great Second Book
Review: Excellent! Perfect second book - couldn't put it down!
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