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Summary: No more Eddings!
Review: Well, Eddings does it again. Stupidest fantasy book on market. Who can read the same jokes all over again from previous books? Please try writing something new if you're going to write any books in the future. Different character names isn't enough, and the plot could be less clichee, perhaps. This book and previous books from Eddings doesn't give anything to "veteran" fantasy reader. Complete waste of time and money.
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Summary: A feminist dream, a man's nightmare!
Review: This book shows how feminism can be taken to its ugly extreme. Polgara keeps reminding the reader that we should all be thankful women exist, otherwise this world would be a total disaster! Eddings at his worst!
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Summary: WOW! WOW! WOW! ANY MORE BOOKS LIKE THIS SERIES??
Review: Absolutely, briliant. Have read the whole lot of the whole series. Couldn't put them all down. Still read the books every 4-5 months. Would like to see another series really soon.
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Summary: NOT as hot
Review: David Eddings is an extremly creative, insightful, and appealing writer for those who wish to wander in a fantastic adventure environnment. All thought, of all the books I've read from him... this one does not reach out and touch the grandur of its predicessors. Too bad... Belgarath the sorcerer facinated me, his daughter did not. Faux pas, Mr. Eddings.
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Summary: Polgara the Sorceress--Slow Going from a Fast Paced Author
Review: The long anticipated Polgara the Sorceress is, unfortunately, not as great as its predecessors. The pace is extremely slow, the events covered not nearly as interesting as the glimpses of them in the other books promised and, worst of all...where's Polgara? The first person narrative is clearly an imposter for the cool, wry, disgruntled sorceress we have come to know and love. This one's overly emotional, especially in the Arendia section. One would almost mistake the three-thousand year old for a girl of thirteen! There are a few cute parts, and her view does round out the entire thirteen part saga (including the book of various prophecies recently released), but slowly...slowly. So, go ahead and read Polgara the Sorceress if you're on a Belgarath the Sorcerer high, but make sure you've got plenty of time and attention.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I really enjoyed reading that book, wich helps you to understand more about Belgarath's daughter who is more powerful than the old sorcerer. A true wonder to read, and I would recomend it to anyone who has already read the other books about Belgarion and his followers./Marsupilami
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Summary: A poor excuse to breath life into a dying cash cow...
Review: This book was long winded. It takes thing that should have been simple and goes on and on about them. Being a big fan of David Eddings, I have read the belgarion/mallorean/elenium/tamuli countless times and have enjoyed them all. This whole book, however, was almost like filler. I think everything contained in this book could have been squeezed into "Belgarath the sourcerer" with most of the same effect. On the whole, Mr. Eddings might consider going back to the Elenium/Tamuli and telling us whether or not Ulath took king Sarak's bones back home, if Kalten cut up the nobleman who had assaulted his soon-to-be wife and if Stragen ever catches Elron (Along with krager's demise). THAT I would happily be the first in line to buy!
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Summary: For die-hard fans only, not a stand-alone
Review: Not much here that wasn't mentioned in Belgarath. The most annoying part of the book is that every few pages there are inane sidelong comment separated by one inch breaks in the text. These asides demean the script, are worse than the dubbed narration in Blade Runner. For example: "Am I going on too much about my house? Well, that's just too bad, isn't it? I love that house, and if I want to talk about it, I will." (p. 291). To me the book portrays Polgara as not having a nice personality. There are also inconsistencies with the main story, such as that Polgara spends most of the book talking about becoming the Duchess of Erat, but in the Belgariad I believe she only vaguely remembers holding the title. Also, I recall the Nyissian assassination of most of the Rivan line as taking place in Nyissa, and here it happens in Riva. Anyway, the story is readable for those familiar with the main story, and serves as a good prequel to the series, but the continuing books are little more than a commercial stringing along, almost as bad as the Dragonlance series.
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Summary: good book but leaves a lot unanswered (kingdave3@hotmail.com
Review: i liked the book a great deal. i have read all of the the other belagriad and mallorean books plus belgarath twice and his other series. he is one of my favorite authors but this books leaves many questions and gives few answers, just in the prolouge alone. one question that is really nagging at me is what happens to garion and ce'nedra? do they live for an extended period of time like belgarath or do they die like the rest of the rivan line has? garion hints that he does live longer when he mentions his studies he says maybe after a few hunder years he would study. if that is true then what happens to ce'nedra she and garion can't continue to rule riva. ce'nedra says when she is trying to persuade poledra to have polgara write this, that it would greatly help their sons and his sons whenever they take up th throne. it contradicts itself and i don't know what to think. but the book itself was a fittingend to the story.
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Summary: All you ever wanted to know
Review: This book was a true eye-opener to me. All the open issues, the little questions that keep nagging you after reading the 10 books + Belgarath are answered. Although this book can be read seperate from the other books, I would really advise to read it last. After reading this one you will want to read all the others too, and it would give away too much. If you like dry humour, you will have a great time :-)
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