I loved Magic of Faerun. It was a great resource even though as a paperback it was overpriced, and I still use it. Even though I have all the Eberron books, the real reason I was excited about Magic of Eberron was that I expected it to be a comprehensive tome like Magic of Faerun. Unfortunately, it's not. Not even close.
Magic of Faerun had around 200 spells and 200 magic items. Magic of Eberron has around 50. It's the same price and roughly the same number of pages. Where does the rest of this space go? A lot of filler, including yet more maps of generic caves. We asked WotC to stop including sample characters for every PrC, instead we sometimes get two per PrC. The new magic item format takes 1/3 a page and divides the pertinent information between three paragraphs indiscriminately. I'll be reading an "effect" entry which makes mention of an ability but doesn't indicate a duration or uses per day. For that I have to look in one of the other entries, if it's even there at all. Obtuse for the sake of padding. At a glance I see some poorly designed monsters, some errors in magic item pricing and PrC abilities, and as a whole I am not satisfied with the book.
