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    <updated_at>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:10:52 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A huge fan of the first book, I found myself disappointed by the second volume. The first book was full of rich character exploration, but &quot;Kingdom on the Waves&quot; got bogged down in the tedium of historical description. I read to the end hoping all the descriptions of war and battles and sm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43463638">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:07:17 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This second book in the Belgariad lags a bit...it's a lot of &quot;and then they went here! ... and then they went there! ... and then they went down here!&quot; But I still lapped it up like hot soup on a cold night. Goes down easy!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:12:51 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read these books in middle school back in the late '80s, and decided to see if they've held up to the test of time. The Prologue had be rolling my eyes at the fantasy stereotypes and cheezeball language. &quot;How did I ever get through this?&quot; I wondered. But once I got into the first chapter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31837051">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:53:52 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Wow. Loved this book. Here I was thinking it was just about morals and ethics and court and a family and then BAM! No spoilers here just ... wow. The end of this book hits you like a ton of bricks.]]></body>
        
    
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