The Hidden City by David Eddings Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Hidden City
Book Review: Not so very bad
Summary: 3 Stars
Fantasy readers are very amusing. When they (once in a lifetime!) get a series with witty oneliners and genuinely sharp humour, they think it sucks. When they (once in a lifetime!) get an ending that doesn't drag on for 50 pages, they think it sucks.It seems to me that some people here are really missing the point. When I was 100 pages into Tamuli, I had a perfect grasp of what Eddings was doing; not a breathtaking, bone-crunching, millennial epic of some kitchen boy or other saving the world, but an elegant and well-crafted parody of the most ridiculous cliches of the genre. No wonder the vast majority of teenage fans didn't get it - and so Eddings had to go back to writing about Belgarath and some other old friends.
I'm not saying this series is a masterwork. It started well, kept its pace well into the second volume, even most of this third one was very readable. What sucked was, yes, the end. Eddings made (again) himself to stop laughing, and this time he substituted it with sugary tears of sweet happiness. Not exactly my idea of a good time, but I can't altogether bash a book with a six-year-old goddess expressing her wish to eat somebody's heart. And the Trolls were especially hilarious.
Book Review: I'm Sorry
Summary: 1 Stars
To have got this far you mus be an Eddings devotee. I was. Emphasis on the "was". I'm really sory to say this, but second the first books of both heroes was an incredible read. Wonderfully descriptive and characters with quirks and depth that really brought them to life. Both second series for me were a flop, but this none more. This must be the worse book I have read from an author I have recommended to others. Gods moving around armies? And then, in the end, there's no point to it all! Why not just let Sparhawk have his big gem, go in and kill everyone himself. That and the invicible band he travels with. Once you bring Gods (and the more powerful) in, you kind of lose touch. Isn't fantasy about you relating the character, or you living the hero?Book Review: Let's have another series
Summary: 4 Stars
Having read some of the reviews prior to typing my 2 cents worth, I must confess to being a little surprised at some of the reviews. Having read the Belgariad and the Malloreon, I thought that both the Elenium and the Tamuli series were superior. Once I had started reading, it was always a shame to stop. The one reservation about the series was the ease with which Sparhawk's enemies are destroyed at the end. Having had Sparhawk and his friends running around madly for 3 novels, Cyrgon bites the dust in just 3 pages once the main event begins! Also, I have to agree with the comments about Caalador's accent - it really was annoying. What's worse, he was faking it! Aside from that (and it really is a very small issue), both of the Sparhawk series were great reads, with good characters, and I would like to see another seies. There has to be someone on the other side of their world that doesn't like them.Book Review: A boring story filled with unfunny characters who won't die.
Summary: 1 Stars
This is one of the few fantasy series' I ever read where I really, really wanted the villain to win, but wait the villain here is too boring to even root for. Eee Gad, it the horrible conservative god!! I ended up wishing their little universe would collapse in on itself, killing all those annoying characters and even more annoying pantheon of gods. The repetitive one-liners and sarcastic remarks made by EVERY character are not funny in and only cemented my intense dislike for them. Don't even get me started on the horribly annoying Caalador and his accent. I couldn't even read his dialogue. Is this supposed to be cute? And then to top it off, Eddings rips off his own Belgariad, by having two opposing destinies meet to decide the fate of the universe...blah blah. Please Eddings if you're reading this no more Sparhawk stories!!!Book Review: Enthralling
Summary: 5 Stars
My problem is I fall in love with all the characters (esp. Ulath) and I never want the books to end!