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Seeress of Kell by David Eddings
3.75
adventurous fast-paced
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

As a wrap-up to a series, The Seeress of Kell does pretty well. I found it to be a very satisfying conclusion to the story of Garion and the Orb. It has some good laughs in there, some apocalyptic, world-may-end-if-we-fail action, and even a little character development for at least two characters in an large cast. I love the worldbuilding of David Eddings, though to be fair he has had like nine books before this to build it up lol. It is a reasonably original take on medieval-based fantasy at least.

I have always enjoyed The Belgariad and The Mallorean as fantasy series, but I will flag that Eddings (and I believe his wife helped write these as well) does not write women well. Like at all. Many of them are caricatures of how a man might expect a woman to act? And the girls vs boys theme thrown in for 'comic' relief gets reeealllly tiring by the end of ten books. If I were to happen across this in  a book these days, I would probably just put it down because why do you even have to put up with that anymore? BUT I read these first when I was very young, so the nostalgia is strong and I still enjoy them despite some problematic content. 

Given all this, I would say be aware of this heading into it, but I still recommend the series!