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I'm the same. David Eddings was the first "grown-up" fantasy author I read. I do still love the Belgariad as an easy read, and I quite like the novels "Polgara the Sorceress" and "Belgarath the Sorcerer". But I'd read the Elenium/Tamuli before touching the Mallorean again. And everything he...

This is a brilliant point. I remember reading "The Rivan Codex" by David Eddings, and in that he says there is pretty much a formula for fantasy novels - you need a quest of some kind, you need a hero, you need a guide/mentor character, blah blah. But the way he then applied that formula, I...

I really enjoyed the character growth. For the most part, it felt very believable. I mean, it wasn't like Mat went from "likeable rogue" to "responsible citizen" - he kept his personality, while growing as a person. I feel this made all the characters feel "real", and gave a depth to the...