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I started my reread of Polgara and the first few chapters are awful Isaac Send a noteboard - 13/04/2013 09:36:01 PM

The majority of the book is just fine or even quite good, but everything she does until she leaves her stewardship at Riva makes her out as a petty harpy and the various retconning in requires you not to ponder things like how Poledra's shoe-horned in regular presence and instruction is not only grossly unnecessary but totally destroys any vaguely legit reason for Polgara to be angry at her father.


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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 1008 Views
Interesting. I certainly wouldn't make that comparison... Legolas - 27/03/2013 09:30:33 PM 779 Views
About Ce'Nedra beetnemesis - 28/03/2013 01:26:43 PM 735 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 637 Views
True, but the fact that they indulge her at all irritates me beetnemesis - 31/03/2013 03:18:37 AM 684 Views
I think you're forgetting David wasn't the only Eddings writing those books Isaac - 29/03/2013 05:14:55 PM 693 Views
I liked the "secondary" female characters a lot, actually beetnemesis - 30/03/2013 06:50:07 PM 632 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 657 Views
Yeah, the Hettar thing was pretty random, wasn't it beetnemesis - 31/03/2013 03:20:22 AM 650 Views
Mostly just undercooked Isaac - 31/03/2013 04:48:48 AM 601 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 692 Views
Polgara the Sorceress was maybe a bit late, but Aphrael is a ffair example Isaac - 30/03/2013 10:16:26 PM 872 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 31/03/2013 12:53:19 AM 771 Views
Re: Fair enough. Isaac - 31/03/2013 05:44:09 AM 776 Views
I wonder how many participants we would get for an Eddings reread... Legolas - 01/04/2013 12:10:00 PM 855 Views
He's a good reread, I just started back up Isaac - 01/04/2013 01:38:33 PM 734 Views
I started my reread of Polgara and the first few chapters are awful Isaac - 13/04/2013 09:36:01 PM 738 Views
Hm. Legolas - 13/04/2013 11:45:32 PM 716 Views
Re: Hm. Isaac - 14/04/2013 01:17:13 AM 974 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 784 Views
Eddings is like comfort food, read it and don't think about it *NM* Isaac - 13/04/2013 09:22:47 PM 323 Views
Re: I was doing a reread of The Belgariad, and while I like it... orius - 20/04/2013 04:36:03 AM 913 Views
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