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Originally Posted by Khorum  If you've read ASoIaF and Malazan, I'd say go borrow Belgariad (or Diamond Throne) from the library instead of buying it if you really insist on reading it. But if you're expecting anything like Martin or Erikson, I doubt you'd put up with it for more than 50 pages. |
Just want to second this. Eddings is beginner fantasy in as pure a sense as there can be. His stories are extremely formulaic and very contrived. They are not badly written nor are they without their cool elements, but I cannot see how anyone who has read the series you have mentioned could get a great deal of pleasure out of Eddings. I know I couldn't.
