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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
Epic fantasy at its best. I love the character, charming, intelligent, and witty, and reading the story of her life makes for wonderful entertainment. I think it's just the right length, and I got so involved with her story that I cheered with her triumphs and wept at her heartbreak. Highly, highly recommended.
5/5 on here, 10/10 for myself
5/5 on here, 10/10 for myself
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
I enjoyed the story of these books so much. I love the world that it is set in; it is so well developed (even if it is a bit static, no culture stays the same for 7000 years) and I appreciated getting Polgara's adventures that rounded out Belgarath's. I enjoyed all the time spend in Arendia & Sendaria, her run ins with various Salmissra's & Tolnedran emporers and all the time she spent raising generations of Rivan heirs.
I do not enjoy her, and her mother's, rampant misandry. Men are all little boys that never grow up and have to be guided by the wiser and more mature women. I didn't enjoy it 20 years ago either but with the changes in culture we have experience in that time it's even harder sometimes to read. (see, and only 20 years have passed). I can ignore some of it but it's so constant and unrelenting. Its difficult to shrug off now. If a male character spoke about women the way Polgara spoke about men I wouldn't have finished the book 20 years ago. The endless misogyny would have driven me to throw the book in the trash.
Polgara is possibly the bossiest person I have ever encountered in fiction. She is supremely convinced of the rightness of her actions. She and she alone is the 'grown up' in the room and everyone else is under her thumb or else. Her terrorizing the Arendish dukes into doing what she says by basically torturing one of them with stomach ulcers is just an example.
But while I often dislike the main character (and never warm to Poledra), I do love the overall story this book is a part of and as with all my reading, I'm going to reread it for completeness every time.
I'll just be annoyed while I do it.
I do not enjoy her, and her mother's, rampant misandry. Men are all little boys that never grow up and have to be guided by the wiser and more mature women. I didn't enjoy it 20 years ago either but with the changes in culture we have experience in that time it's even harder sometimes to read. (see, and only 20 years have passed). I can ignore some of it but it's so constant and unrelenting. Its difficult to shrug off now. If a male character spoke about women the way Polgara spoke about men I wouldn't have finished the book 20 years ago. The endless misogyny would have driven me to throw the book in the trash.
Polgara is possibly the bossiest person I have ever encountered in fiction. She is supremely convinced of the rightness of her actions. She and she alone is the 'grown up' in the room and everyone else is under her thumb or else. Her terrorizing the Arendish dukes into doing what she says by basically torturing one of them with stomach ulcers is just an example.
But while I often dislike the main character (and never warm to Poledra), I do love the overall story this book is a part of and as with all my reading, I'm going to reread it for completeness every time.
I'll just be annoyed while I do it.
Schade, dass Eddings nicht clever genug war, um das Format richtig zu nutzen: Hier erzählen zwei Figuren eine Geschichte aus ihrer jeweiligen Perspektive. Liegt es da nicht nahe, ein paar Unstimmigkeiten einzubauen? Aber solche Feinheiten finden sich hier nicht.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A brilliant book, it didn't get the full stars as I skipped a few pages that I found a little boring or long winded, nevertheless, thoroughly enjoyed reading most of the book, brought back some lovely memories of reading the series and the characters. Glad I finally got to read it. Would indeed recommend it.
It's nice to see things from Polgara's perspective, but a lot of what I was most interested in was skipped over. There are also some inconsistencies from the earlier texts (which is only natural, over so much time).
I have to admit I was also a little bothered by some of the double standards about chastity and sexuality, when comparing what Belgarath got up to, and what Polgara was forbidden to do.
I have to admit I was also a little bothered by some of the double standards about chastity and sexuality, when comparing what Belgarath got up to, and what Polgara was forbidden to do.
a great companion book to Belgarath the Sorcerer. together they tell what leads up to the events in the Belgariad (which i loved).
3.5. My last Belgariad book (out of twelve)! It certainly was not my favourite of the group, but I still loved the world and some of the characters.