http://www.novelcritic.com/reviews/the-belgariad/ Published and self-published novels reviewed Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:52:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.novelcritic.com/reviews/the-belgariad/comment-page-1/#comment-4171 Xi'an Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:28:21 +0000 http://www.novelcritic.com/reviews/the-belgariad/#comment-4171 I read the whole Belgariad about twenty years ago in a single week and I still remember the enjoyement. This being said, I find the book a bit too light and the characters too predictable. To some extent, the depiction of the various nations and races could be construed as racist, given that all members of a given nation behave exactly the same way, but I'd rather put it on the author's laziness. Another point that is unrelated with the book itself but still matters to me is that David Eddings' wife, Leigh Eddings, contributed to most of his books but was not acknowledged till later, which I found annoying... I read the whole Belgariad about twenty years ago in a single week and I still remember the enjoyement. This being said, I find the book a bit too light and the characters too predictable. To some extent, the depiction of the various nations and races could be construed as racist, given that all members of a given nation behave exactly the same way, but I’d rather put it on the author’s laziness. Another point that is unrelated with the book itself but still matters to me is that David Eddings’ wife, Leigh Eddings, contributed to most of his books but was not acknowledged till later, which I found annoying…

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