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Title: Too much yet not enough
Review: Being a fan of Edding's work I was disappointed in Belgarath. It was such a long work and I felt needlessly so. While I agree with earlier reviewers that one doesn't read Edding's for literary genius, I do expect the books to be well thought out and entertaining. Going into this book you know the outcome if you read the Belgariad. That makes it hard to inject any suspense into the work, which meant that it needed to be overcome with skillful writing and plot twists. I didn't feel that there was any of this in this work. When a situation headed towards a difficult problem the "necessity" or "Garion's friend" bailed everyone out conveniently. I just didn't find this work to be very imaginative and below Edding's standard in the first five books of the Belgariad.This book is like the movie sequel that didn't need to be made. Does Smoky and the Bandit III ring a bell with anyone?
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