Chris's review
The Malloreon, Vol. 1 (Books 1-3): Guardians of the West, King of the Murgos, Demon Lord of Karanda
by David Eddings
I read your review and laughed out loud. Dead on point. Thanks for the chuckle.
Chris's review
The Malloreon, Vol. 1 (Books 1-3): Guardians of the West, King of the Murgos, Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings
Chris's review
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disapointing
Even my seventh grade self found this sequal to the Belgariad to be laughably self-derivitive, and seeing that Eddings is perhaps the poster-child for derivitive fantasy to begin with, that means this book is about as un-original as it gets. Its the same characters, the same setting, and (this is when the snickering comes in), the same plot. The fact that the characters themself are aware of this (at one point, one of them asks "If feels as if we've done all of this before") doesn't help, as the in book explaination is just overly defensive on Eddings part (some crap about an unbroken, mystical cycle, having to break some pre-historical curse of dark gods etc. etc.) I was only 12, but I still could see bull-shit when I saw it.
I read your review and laughed out loud. Dead on point. Thanks for the chuckle.