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<blockquote data-quote="Hijinks" data-source="post: 2329239" data-attributes="member: 31094"><p>All of Eddings's works up to and including the Althalus book (because as far as I know, it was intended to be a series) were excellent, and I re-read them frequently. Unfortunately, I can't get into his latest "Elder Gods" series. I've noticed that Eddings tends to have characters explain to each other what's already happened (and what I've already read), so I get annoyed having to read it over and over again.</p><p> </p><p>Example: Character A is being introduced in the book for the first time. Character B is introducing Char A to Char's C and D. Char A and B have a conversation about Char C; Char B explains to Char A what Char C has done this far in the book. Then Char E enters the plot for the first time. Char B then explains the same past actions to Char E. It just gets old. I don't remember that going on in his older books, to this extreme; I think he's trying to fill space <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></p><p> </p><p>Currently I'm reading the <u>Three Mousketeers</u> series, thanks to the Dumas thread here <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Inspired me!</p><p> </p><p>That will get interrupted by <u>Half-blood Prince</u> and, in September, my favorite author's latest novel is supposed to come out, Diana Gabaldon's <u>A Breath of Fire and Ashes</u>. Soooo excited!! *bounces happily*</p><p> </p><p>Amazon.com says that <u>Half-blood Prince</u> isn't supposed to come out until July??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hijinks, post: 2329239, member: 31094"] All of Eddings's works up to and including the Althalus book (because as far as I know, it was intended to be a series) were excellent, and I re-read them frequently. Unfortunately, I can't get into his latest "Elder Gods" series. I've noticed that Eddings tends to have characters explain to each other what's already happened (and what I've already read), so I get annoyed having to read it over and over again. Example: Character A is being introduced in the book for the first time. Character B is introducing Char A to Char's C and D. Char A and B have a conversation about Char C; Char B explains to Char A what Char C has done this far in the book. Then Char E enters the plot for the first time. Char B then explains the same past actions to Char E. It just gets old. I don't remember that going on in his older books, to this extreme; I think he's trying to fill space :( Currently I'm reading the [u]Three Mousketeers[/u] series, thanks to the Dumas thread here :) Inspired me! That will get interrupted by [u]Half-blood Prince[/u] and, in September, my favorite author's latest novel is supposed to come out, Diana Gabaldon's [u]A Breath of Fire and Ashes[/u]. Soooo excited!! *bounces happily* Amazon.com says that [u]Half-blood Prince[/u] isn't supposed to come out until July?? [/QUOTE]
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