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The Elenium: The Diamond Throne, The Ruby Knight & The Sapphire Rose (The Elenium #1-3 omnibus)
Now for the first time in one thrilling volume–the three magical novels that make up David Eddings’s epic fantasy The Elenium.
In an ancient kingdom, the legacy of one royal family hangs in the balance, and the fate of a queen–and her empire–lies on the shoulders of one knight.
Sparhawk, Knight and Queen’s Champion, has returned to Elenia after ten years of exile, only to fi...more
In an ancient kingdom, the legacy of one royal family hangs in the balance, and the fate of a queen–and her empire–lies on the shoulders of one knight.
Sparhawk, Knight and Queen’s Champion, has returned to Elenia after ten years of exile, only to fi...more
Paperback, 832 pages
Published
September 25th 2007
by Del Rey
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All of the characters in this book seem to speak with the same voice, so it's not always apparent which one is speaking. The author makes a big deal about describing the great cultural differences between the characters but they mostly all sound like one another. This issue is exacerbated by the way the dialogue is written - you really need to pay attention at the beginning of each conversation, otherwise you won't know who is speaking with whom once you get four or five lines into it. I don'...more
Interested in a straight forward sword and sorcery fantasy? That's what David Eddings provides for most of his novels, and this is no exception.
Everything about the plot and characters scream 'stereotype' - the Heroic Knight must go on a Quest to get a Magical Artifact in order to save his Damsel and the world from Evil. But despite this seeming simplicity, the plot is engaging, the characters are easy to relate to, and the humour will have you laughing out loud without even realizin...more
Everything about the plot and characters scream 'stereotype' - the Heroic Knight must go on a Quest to get a Magical Artifact in order to save his Damsel and the world from Evil. But despite this seeming simplicity, the plot is engaging, the characters are easy to relate to, and the humour will have you laughing out loud without even realizin...more
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J'ai... besoin...d'un...roman...où...le...personnage principale... pleure pas toute le temps!!!!!!!!!
Fini les chevaliers d'émeraude, bande de lopettes qui triche et qui font tout faire par les dieux. Ayant utiliser pas mal tout ce qui me restait de patience pour les romans ordinaire je devais lire un bon roman de peur de prendre plusieurs mois à pas vouloir lire.
La solution, un retour aux valeurs sûrs. David Edding, l'auteur de la Belgariad, m'a fait vivre le bonheur p...more
Fini les chevaliers d'émeraude, bande de lopettes qui triche et qui font tout faire par les dieux. Ayant utiliser pas mal tout ce qui me restait de patience pour les romans ordinaire je devais lire un bon roman de peur de prendre plusieurs mois à pas vouloir lire.
La solution, un retour aux valeurs sûrs. David Edding, l'auteur de la Belgariad, m'a fait vivre le bonheur p...more
This book was fine, but the most irritating part was the supposed romance between the queen and the knight. The idea that they loved each other since she was 7 or 8 and he was (I'm guessing) late 20s or early 30s and could pick up 10 years later when she is 17 and he is in his 40s is really repulsive to me. And that made the series less enjoyable. Once again the books involved a lot of traveling from place to place and having an evil god (that had been castrated:) that needed to be taken care ...more
I find reviewing the Elenium rather difficult. As you can see I gave it three stars as a sign of my overall enjoyment of the books. The tone and style of the books changes from book to book. The second book reads like a fairy tale where nothing really makes sense and things just happen without explanation. Whereas the third book feels much more solid and deals with politics and armed strategy.
So ultimately what is bad about these books. Putting it bluntly, David Eddings is n...more
So ultimately what is bad about these books. Putting it bluntly, David Eddings is n...more
Since this is an omnibus, I'll review each of the three books separately—mostly because I won't be reading all three back-to-back—and then average the star ratings.
The Diamond Throne
Read: January 22, 2012
Rating: 2 Stars
David Eddings is one of those older fantasy authors that everyone seems to have read but me. So, I chose to remedy that by reading the Elenium, which was recommended to me by a friend. The story follows Sparkhawk, a Pandion Knight of Elenia, as he inv...more
The Diamond Throne
Read: January 22, 2012
Rating: 2 Stars
David Eddings is one of those older fantasy authors that everyone seems to have read but me. So, I chose to remedy that by reading the Elenium, which was recommended to me by a friend. The story follows Sparkhawk, a Pandion Knight of Elenia, as he inv...more
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This is not the edition I read, which I can't find here, but it really doesn't matter, and it allows me to cover the entire series in one reviwe/rating.
The Elenium is The Belgariad all over again, in a different world. Really. The basic characters are the same (though the main character is a bit older and less annoying), and the plot is also basically the same, though not on as grand a scale. As with TB, TE contains the usual stereotypes that Eddings seems to love.
Even th...more
The Elenium is The Belgariad all over again, in a different world. Really. The basic characters are the same (though the main character is a bit older and less annoying), and the plot is also basically the same, though not on as grand a scale. As with TB, TE contains the usual stereotypes that Eddings seems to love.
Even th...more
I find that Sparhawk is a little bit more to my taste and this might just be a complete whim, because the similarity between Eddings' other series is staggering. His writing his formulaic, but I find his treatment of Sparkhawk, Ehlana and the other major players in this series is a bit more human and a bit less formula. The characters evolve ever so slightly and I actually believe in the relationship between Sparhawk and Ehlana, which is something I couldn't say for any of the romances in the ot...more
Okay, this is when Eddings started to just get silly. Having written two, five part fantasy epics using the same characters, the same setting, and the same plot, he realized it was a time for a change. So he decided to write a trilogy, using a different setting . . . but the same plot, and (wait for it) the same characters. Okay, he changed their names, but they are clones of the cast of the Belagariad, to the point that it seems like a very dry joke. In both worlds, the main hero is an orph...more
mom picked up these books for me to try out. I really enjoyed the dry humor and sarcasm. humor can lighten up a hard, and not fun, situation. i had to use a dictionary a few times because there were words used that i wasn't sure on the meaning, and i noticed. i do not often enjoy male writers, but this is an author that i will be looking for all of his books to read. The last book in this series was more violent than the others.
I am rereading the Elenium for the third time since it came out. I really like the Pandion Knight Sparhawk (kinda reminds me of me)and his mean assed horse Fahran.This is high adventure, and excellent reading for any one who likes Fantasy/Swords and Sorcery as much as I do.The story is very well written and has continous flow throughout.Eddings is a master story teller. Five Stars-All the way!! :-) Jacamo
On the ancient Eosian continent there lies in wait a dark mysterious power ready to do anything to gain domination over thecontinent's hearts and souls. Will the Pandion Knight Sparhawk be able to save his Queen and the continenet from the Dark God Azash. Or will he fail and doom the whole continent with failure. Find out in The Elenium.
Okay,
as I've mentioned that this authorcreates outstanding fantasy worlds, with indepth cultures, politics, and religions. I really liked this series, which I haven't read since highschool. Five orders of knights come together to save their queen and country from an evil god...I think...
as I've mentioned that this authorcreates outstanding fantasy worlds, with indepth cultures, politics, and religions. I really liked this series, which I haven't read since highschool. Five orders of knights come together to save their queen and country from an evil god...I think...
I read this series first of all David Eddings' works, so perhaps this is why it is my favorite and why I liked it so much. It's been a while since I've read it, though, and perhaps I would give it a different rating now. :) But it is definitely a great fantasy trilogy!
This was my summer reading project after finishing all the game of thrones available. While David Eddings ALWAYS writes essentially the same story every series, they are such a good read that I forgive him every time- loved this!
DO NOT READ THIS BOOK! David Eddings is a pompous asshole and this book is proof. This is just 400 pages of him patting himself on the back. It's really a shame too, because I really like all his other book.
As with all of the Eddings stuff, there's a lot of camping and a lot of 'the big Pandion did whatever' when there are five big Pandion knights round that campfire but I don't caaaaaaaaaare I loved them madly.
The second of David Edding's prehistories that occur before the Belgariad. Here you get a glimpse of the world as seen through the eye of an immortal sorceress as she (gently or not so gently) changes the course of history. It's (and Belgarath the Sorcerer) are probably both mostly enjoyable as Eddings revels in the rich cultures that he created for the Belgariad. We see that the politics, religions, trade, and conflicts that are mentioned in his earlier works were already developed at the time ...more
quite epic. but i felt that it was more of a whole book cut into three, and not a trilogy with a plot per book, each increasing in epicness to finish off in the last book.
I like all of David Eddings' books, but I think you always love best the ones you read first. I read The Elenium trilogy first, and it's still one of my comfort reads.
Kylie
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My first introduction to Eddings, and I enjoyed it very much - except for the ending which seemed to tail off a little, I guess in the style of life continuing.
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Not sure about this one. I enjoyed the Belgariad and Polgara/Belgarath, but this one is slooooooow to get started.
I enjoyed these, but did anyone else notice that it shared quite a few major plot points with the Belgariad?
Gwynn
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I have recently finished the first book in the trilogy, and though at times it was difficult for me to follow, I enjoyed it immensly. This is listed as an adult fantasy, but I believe that people my age would also enjoy it as much as I did.
Fantastic writing and well developed fiction. I am going out to buy the rest of the library now!!!
I'm amused that an omnibus like this only counts as one book for my stats...but I guess it makes up for some of the shorter books I read?
Still a fine potato chip fantasy, and only 3 volumes instead of 5!
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! Ah Sparhawk :)
This series was great. Loved it!!
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David Eddings is an American author who has written several best-selling series of epic fantasy novels. David Eddings' wife, Leigh Eddings, is uncredited as co-author on many of his early books, but he has lately acknowledged that she contributed to them all.
David Eddings' first books (which were general fiction) sold moderately well. He later switched to writing epic fantasy, a field ...more
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