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The Elenium & Tamuli: More fantasy tropes than you can imagine

The Diamond Throne by David Eddings

The Ruby Knight by David Eddings

The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings

Domes of Fire by David Eddings

The Shining Ones by David Eddings

The Hidden City by David Eddings

December 23, 2022 by kittenkong42 2 Comments

After the success of the Belgariad and Malloreon the author David Eddings followed it up with another twin series – this time the trilogies known as the Elenium and the Tamuli. These series focused initially on a quasi-medieval European society complete with monarchies, internal squabbles between nobility, knights in armour, and a dominant Catholic style church. Later, we travel further afield into an East Asian analogue as well. Layered over this is the concept of gods being very real and capable of giving the gift […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: David Eddings

kittenkong42's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: David Eddings ·
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The Belgariad: Not all tropes are bad

December 20, 2018 by kittenkong42 6 Comments

The Belgariad is a series of five books written by David Eddings starting with Pawn of Prophecy in 1982. I discovered the first in the summer of 1985 as an 12 year old on my last day of vacation and by the time I was home the next day I’d already finished it. This included reading in a car and feeling sick as a result but I couldn’t bring myself to put the book down. Luckily the whole series was out by then so I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #CBR10, Belgariad, David Eddings

kittenkong42's CBR10 Review No:30 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #CBR10, Belgariad, David Eddings ·
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Repetitive and sexist but not terrible for all that.

February 9, 2015 by Amanda 8 Comments

This is technically a review of the last book in two connected series but it can stand as a review of all ten books in both the The Belgariad and The Malloreon series.  Because, let’s face it, they’re all more or less the same book. Now, unless it is loving satire written by Diana Wynne Jones, I am not typically a huge fan of quest fantasy.  I find quest fantasy to be old-fashioned, trope-y, and sexist.  And the books of David and Leigh Eddings hit […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: David Eddings, fantasy, Leigh Eddings, quest fantasy

Amanda's CBR7 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: David Eddings, fantasy, Leigh Eddings, quest fantasy ·
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