Quoth Mathius...
"because it isn't fresh in my mind anymore,
and I still enjoy the story.
So if I can re-read the same story twice, and
still enjoy it, the fact that his books are written
to formula isn't going to hamper me that much. "
Now, this I agree with. In fact that's one of the things I've found -
and enjoyed - about the Bel/Mal and the El/Tam over the years.
" His books are too predictable, and his character's
narratives almost always follow the same cadence.
I enjoy comedy, so the witty bantering he uses doesn't
bother me in that there's so much of it, but, the joke isn't
funny as much the second time, so it definately detracts
from the books."
The broader range of characters in the El/Tam diversifies it enough to
make it fun. One could go through all the endless comparisons again
(eg Polgara vs Sephrenia etc etc) but that takes the fun out of reading
a rollicking good yarn. That's what the Bel/Mal and the El/Tam are;
they were never meant to be anything more.
Back to lurking... & occasionally gracing you all with my presence...
Sephrenia ;-D
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