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I was doing a reread of The Belgariad, and while I like it... beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 27/03/2013 06:00:11 PM

There are really two things that bug the crap out of me.

  1. It would be really nice if, at some point, a character went, "Screw Prophecy!" and just did something that wasn't according to plan. If you took a shot every time something threatened Our Heroes (which include three of the most powerful sorcerors in the world) and they just went along with it, you'd be dead before book 3.

  2. Ce'Nedra. She's like Egwene, if everyone acknowledged she was terrible and then decided they loved her anyway. Throughout the entire series, she acts as either a spoiled, immature brat or a manipulative, sociopathic harpy. What's worse is that this is acknowledged, in book, by many characters. Yet in the end, everybody decides they love her, essentially because she's cute.

Anyway, that said, it was an entertaining enough re-read- I may as well continue on to the Mallorean, and then the prequel novels.

I amuse myself.
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I was doing a reread of The Belgariad, and while I like it... beetnemesis - 27/03/2013 06:00:11 PM 1194 Views
Interesting. I certainly wouldn't make that comparison... Legolas - 27/03/2013 09:30:33 PM 965 Views
About Ce'Nedra beetnemesis - 28/03/2013 01:26:43 PM 918 Views
I guess, but they also learn not to take her too seriously at times like those. Legolas - 30/03/2013 09:18:10 PM 813 Views
True, but the fact that they indulge her at all irritates me beetnemesis - 31/03/2013 03:18:37 AM 861 Views
I think you're forgetting David wasn't the only Eddings writing those books Isaac - 29/03/2013 05:14:55 PM 864 Views
I liked the "secondary" female characters a lot, actually beetnemesis - 30/03/2013 06:50:07 PM 792 Views
The problem was the longer the secondary's stuck around the more Mary Sue they became Isaac - 30/03/2013 09:10:57 PM 832 Views
Yeah, the Hettar thing was pretty random, wasn't it beetnemesis - 31/03/2013 03:20:22 AM 825 Views
Mostly just undercooked Isaac - 31/03/2013 04:48:48 AM 769 Views
True, although I feel Polgara (in her own series) and Aphrael hold up well enough even in rereads. Legolas - 30/03/2013 09:12:31 PM 866 Views
Polgara the Sorceress was maybe a bit late, but Aphrael is a ffair example Isaac - 30/03/2013 10:16:26 PM 1056 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 31/03/2013 12:53:19 AM 948 Views
Re: Fair enough. Isaac - 31/03/2013 05:44:09 AM 949 Views
I wonder how many participants we would get for an Eddings reread... Legolas - 01/04/2013 12:10:00 PM 1034 Views
He's a good reread, I just started back up Isaac - 01/04/2013 01:38:33 PM 909 Views
I started my reread of Polgara and the first few chapters are awful Isaac - 13/04/2013 09:36:01 PM 922 Views
Hm. Legolas - 13/04/2013 11:45:32 PM 892 Views
Re: Hm. Isaac - 14/04/2013 01:17:13 AM 1148 Views
I'm actually up to the Demon King of Karanda (Mallorean reread), but I totally agree. Bookwyrm - 13/04/2013 07:42:25 AM 945 Views
Eddings is like comfort food, read it and don't think about it *NM* Isaac - 13/04/2013 09:22:47 PM 390 Views
Re: I was doing a reread of The Belgariad, and while I like it... orius - 20/04/2013 04:36:03 AM 1091 Views
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