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Summary: AWESOME!
Review: David Eddings has truly outdone himself this time with Belgarath the Sorcerer. the Belgariad was the most awesome series, and the book that followed it was something else. DO NOT READ THIS BEFORE THE BELGARIAD BOOKS! If you do, you just ruined the whole plot and surprise. Life stories, humor, everything! Even the races and names were original, and the gods? Great! (By the way, I reall want to know how David and Leigh came up with all of these wierd..no eccentric names.) After reading all of the books, my friends and I gave each other names ie, my friend who got me started is Belgarath, But Beldin is absolutely the greatest of all. (Me) Every one loved it, and I even got my little brother to read the books. When I started the Belgariad for the second time, nobody understood me. Do You? Any way the Book is the best I probably will ever read, and if you agree or disagree, write to me. (to Jay)
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Summary: This story is just as good as the Belgariad! (if not better)
Review: This is an example of the genious that Eddings is capable of, A perfect fantasy novel. Magic (sorcery), suspense, and humor all rolled into one! It's great! If you agree or are dumb enough to disagree, WRITE! (to Jason)
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Summary: Thrilling, witty, captivating, it's all here!!!
Review: I recently discovered David Eddings, and before I finished the first book, I was at the library looking for others. This book wasn't the best he wrote but very close. It answers all these questions about events that happened thousands of years before Belgarion. It is rich in feeling and I could hardly put it down. It is a wildly hilarious, witty story of Belgarath who is one of my favorite characters. It also gives you a real insight to who Belgarath is, and how he sacrificed himself for the Prophecy.
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Summary: Wonderfully written!!!! I loved it!
Review: Belgarath was a great book. I truly explained the story behind Belgarion, Polgara, and Belgarath. It explained where things came from and it also gave you a better perspective of Belgarath. David Eddings is an excellent author who should add to this grand adventure!!!
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Summary: This book finally convinced me to stop buying Eddings's work
Review: The career of David Eddings is a perfect example of how commercial success can take an interesting, innovative, naturally talented author and turn them into a pulp-churning hack, forced to endlessly reinvent the same story for a public hungry for quantity... no matter that every story he's written has the same plot, the same characters, the same jokes and banter between characters. The rot set in around half way through the Mallorean and Ellenium... he was producing both of these at the same time, and it became obvious he didn't really have any new ideas for either of them. I stuck with them though, right through to the Tamuli. When that clunking, awkward clone of the Ellenium finished, it was obvious he'd completely run out of ideas... yet I still purchased Belgarath... Surely he could do something decent by focusing on one of the more interesting characters he's created? Unfortunately not. The whole book feels rushed, and Eddings's once fluid and enjoyable writing style now feels forced and unnatural.
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Summary: A great wrap-up through the eyes of Belgarath
Review: BtS is a great first half of the "biography" books (this and Polgara the Sorceress). This book basically provides a lot of history to the Belgariad and Malloreon series, and also retells some of the events in those books (though not many) through Belgarath's eyes and ears. This book has been criticized by a few people for contradicting things already written in the other books. My response is: so what! BtS is written as if the author were a 7000-year-old man who carouses, goes after women about 6980 years younger than him, drinks, and never takes a bath. Take the contradictions and call them "poetic license". The book still provides great backdrop (such as how Belgarath came to live that long, what's up with "Brand", where did the Orb of Aldur come from, etc.) and also shows you what Belgarath's been doing for a couple thousand years, and what he's had to put up with, all with a humorous, sarcastic twist. If you've already read the Belg! ariad and Malloreon, you can't go wrong reading this book and Polgara the Sorceress (though this one is the better of the two). DO NOT READ THIS BEFORE THE ORIGINAL TWO SERIES! If you read this one first, it'll ruin 95% of the surprises and plot in the Belgariad and Malloreon, since it mentions much of the history.
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Summary: A must read to better understand the character and the saga.
Review: Written in the first person, the book chronicles the life of Belgarath from his days prior to becoming a disciple of Aldur up to the time that the Belgariad starts, i.e. when Polgara is working on Faldor's Farm. The story unfolds in the form of Belgarath writing his memoirs. The reader is reminded of the memoir format throughout the story through "in-jokes" and references which only those who have read the Belgariad and Mallorean will understand. These jokes do not detract from the story. As Belgarath tells his life story, we learn in more depth just how and why Riva Iron Grip's line became the guardians of the orb, the history of the Alorn and Angarak nations, Belgarath and Polgara's love-hate relationship, the necessity (a/k/a "the dry voice" in Garion's head), and personal backgrounds of the disciples of Aldur (Beldin, the twins, et al.), and why the Chereks are a sea faring people. We also learn interesting things about Poledra, Torak, Eriond! ! , and Zedar. Furthermore we see just how Belgarath and Polgara have had a major and minor hand in shaping the world in preparation for the Belgariad. Written in the same breezy style and humor as the rest of the series, I found the book to be quick reading. Overall I really enjoyed the book and found myself laughing out loud in several parts. It's a definate must read for anyone who wants to further understand the 7,000 year war of the gods as well as the life of (in my opinion) a beloved and enduring character in fantasy/science fiction literature.
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Summary: You have to read this book
Review: Once you have read the Belgariad series, this book perfectly rounds off every little question you have. If you are an Eddings fan, you have to read this book.
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Summary: Continuing Humor and Style from Eddings
Review: For those of you who have read the Belgariad and the Mallorean, this book is a must. It clears the cobwebs away from the dim past of one of modern fantasy's most intriguing characters. As Eddings eleborates each characters history, we see how they came to have the quirks we find in his series'. This book brings Belegarath into a more understandable and somewhat more human light. Eddings continues to lace his books with his characteristically dry and witty humor. A Must Read for all Eddings fans!
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Summary: it was an excellently written book and was very interesting
Review: i have read all of the belgariad series and just started the mallorea series. this is the best book out of all of edding's work.
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