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A review by barrettcmyk
The Elenium: The Diamond Throne the Ruby Knight the Sapphire Rose by David Eddings
2.0
It's not that I didn't enjoy this book-- it was a reasonably light fantasy-quest type do, something I definitely needed after a spate of heavier reads.
That said, it's kind of your standard fantasy fare: a group of heroes out to seek and destroy a talisman that will keep the forces of evil from taking over the world. Sound familiar?
Biggest beef: Across the entire 3 book set (900 pages!) we get approximately seven named female characters, and only two of those could be considered primary. TWO. Compared to the 8-10 core Knights, not to mention a whole host of people they meet along the way, all the Kings, priests, preceptors, or any number of people in any sort of command. The remaining are either bit parts, or else roundly talked about -- whether because they're sleeping with everyone in town or because they're wily conniving women-folk who are gonna keep their menfolk in line, by golly. So.... Yeah. A few more females would've been welcome.
That said, it's kind of your standard fantasy fare: a group of heroes out to seek and destroy a talisman that will keep the forces of evil from taking over the world. Sound familiar?
Biggest beef: Across the entire 3 book set (900 pages!) we get approximately seven named female characters, and only two of those could be considered primary. TWO. Compared to the 8-10 core Knights, not to mention a whole host of people they meet along the way, all the Kings, priests, preceptors, or any number of people in any sort of command. The remaining are either bit parts, or else roundly talked about -- whether because they're sleeping with everyone in town or because they're wily conniving women-folk who are gonna keep their menfolk in line, by golly. So.... Yeah. A few more females would've been welcome.