Het gaat lekker met deze serie. Heerlijk boek, hoewel duidelijk een "tussenboek". Nu door in de afsluiter en dan heb ik deze heerlijke serie weer uit! ( )

Book 4 of the Mallorean Series. Again, I will emphasize that I loved reading this entire series. In this tome, Eddings focuses on the evil side of the story. The sorceress Zandramas has her own agenda in order to get to the final battle place to win. Eddings describes Zandramas in detail and what position in the prophesy she has. This is a page turner from beginning to end. ( )

En het verhaal dendert lekker door. Eddings heeft een vrij constante kwaliteit in deze serie. ( )

This will be the same review for all the books in ‘The Belgariad’ and ‘The Mallorean’.

These books changed me.
I started reading them as an 11 year old who was kind of floating around in this thing called life. I had friends at school, but no meaningful connections. This I didn’t understand until I was older. By reading these books I was drawn into an incredible world filled with characters that I knew and loved, and in some cases wanted to be (come on people, I can’t be the only kid that put a streak of white paint in their hair). The story is Garion’s ‘hero’s journey’ but I felt that the adventure belonged to me too. It was my ‘Neverending story’ if you will and it gave me the confidence to be more present in my own life. I own all the copies of both series set in this marvellous world and most of the extras too. They are a pretty tired looking collection of books because I bought them as a university student from second book shops all over Christchurch and Auckland. I love that they have been released again relatively recently with a fresh new look so that they can appeal to the younger generation. I thoroughly recommend these books for lovers of high fantasy, action, and relatable characters. It is the quintessential hero’s journey. ( )

Many people think David Eddings is overly formulaic which he is a bit but since I enjoy the tale he tells I do not mind reading it over again. His characters always have great humor at their core and you cannot beat a good epic tale for entertainment value. This particular book is one of my favorites by him.
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