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britineurope 's review for:
Queen of Sorcery
by David Eddings
The series is enjoyable and I like some of the ideas though this one was more of a chore than the first despite some interesting scenes.
The main issues I found were the paper-thin character development of the women in the series. The only female character who isn’t scheming or lustful is Queen Layla, but she is consigned to the category of baby-maker. Eddings develops some great male characters that carry the story but it’s like women are an unknown quantity to him. The other main issue again, much as in the first, is that nothing really happens. They get on the Great West Road and travel a while, Durnik chooses a place for them to rest, they are attacked, go to the local city/castle, Polgara takes woman aside, some meddling in politics, repeat a number of times.
I’m hoping the series starts to improve from the next book now that all the ground work has finally been laid.
The main issues I found were the paper-thin character development of the women in the series. The only female character who isn’t scheming or lustful is Queen Layla, but she is consigned to the category of baby-maker. Eddings develops some great male characters that carry the story but it’s like women are an unknown quantity to him. The other main issue again, much as in the first, is that nothing really happens. They get on the Great West Road and travel a while, Durnik chooses a place for them to rest, they are attacked, go to the local city/castle, Polgara takes woman aside, some meddling in politics, repeat a number of times.
I’m hoping the series starts to improve from the next book now that all the ground work has finally been laid.