Rating: Summary: One of the Greatest Books EVER!! Funny! Review: I really liked this book. It had some good humor in it. I haven't read the all of the Belgariad and the Malloreon yet, but I Will! I recommend this book very highly. I like how we find out the origins of Zedar, Mandorallen, Lelldorin, Riva, and Company. I was quite surprised to discover Belsambar and Belmakor. READ THIS BOOK!!! :) The Sphynx
Rating: Summary: Merlin with one hell of an attitude Review: Reading this particular novel made me think of how creative Mr. Eddings must be to be able to grab my imagination and hold onto it. He's taken Terry Brooks and Tolkien and merged them into one hell of a roaring adventure, MORE Mr. Eddings, MORE!!
Rating: Summary: Filled in a lot of the gaps left by earlier books. Review: This book filled in a lot of the gaps and elaborated on many of the things implied but never fully explained in "THE BELGARIAD" and "THE MALLOREAN" series. I thought it was an excellent book and a fitting conclusion for the earlier books.
Rating: Summary: A terrific book that everyone should read. Review: This book, Belgarath the Sorcerer, is wonderful. While I read it, I felt that I was in the book! If anyone tried to talk to me, I could not hear them. I was so interested and involved in the book.
Rating: Summary: great i need more Review: bottom line if your looking for scifi fantasy with sorcery and great detail i recommend you read this book but if you havn't read the belgariad and the mallorean
Rating: Summary: EXCELLENT!! EDDINGS BEST TO DATE Review: After reading the Belgariad, and the Mallorean the only possible follow-up was Belgarath. David Eddings knows how to capture a reader and keep them hooked. Any other book to follow these are "gravy on the readers table".
Rating: Summary: Yechh... Review: This could have been a cool story. Could have. That is, if it weren't so liberally punctuated with the bad humor that has become Eddings' trademark. We don't really get to know the characters, with the exception of only a few scenes, and the story is just one rehashing of Belgarath and Polgara being Great Sorcerers after another. Boring. The more he extends a series, the worse it gets (same with Sparhawk). So stick with the books from the beginning.
Rating: Summary: One of the greatest books EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Review: I loved it! I also loved the Mallorean and Belgariad set that preceded this book. I haven't read Polgara yet... I want to though. I think that David and Leigh should write books about Silk and Barak, Relg and Taiba and all the rest of them. Especially Beldin and Poledra. I liked them the best. Oh and I liked Ce'Nedra too but I don't think they should write her life story. It would be kind of short. Written by an aspiring author with VERY GOOD TASTE IN BOOKS. ( I like them all.) :)
Rating: Summary: TERRIFIC WITH SOME INCONSISTANCIES IN STYLE Review: What an absolutely fabulous book. I truly enjoyed it and appreciated the fact that David Eddings gave us a precursor to the Belgariad and Malorean. Like one of the reviewers noted however, please don't read this before the other series, it will make them a little less exciting. His inconsistancies in style have to do with the flow of the story. Some of the chapters end rather abruptly and take up rather later in the book; it's sometimes difficult to keep up. As a female reader however, I am more attracted to the female characters, thus when Polgara came out (it's not out in paperback yet, next year), I had to have it. Now that is a 5 star story.
Rating: Summary: great, with problems Review: This book is really great, I love it, but there are a few too many errors in context and references to the two book series' this is based on.
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