Re: Hmmm...Is anyone still here? And, should I read the new books?

On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:19:16 -0800, pralala wrote:

> Hello All!
> 
> For those who do remember me, yes I am the prala from oh so way back in
> the day (quiz me, go ahead!) I moved to NYC, then back to DC, then to,
> of all places, the midwest of the USA.
> 
> Recently, I just reread the Belgariad and the Malorean, and am planning
> on reading the Elenium and the Tamuli books soon. I loved them yet
> again, but wasn't impressed with the first Dreamers book. Should I forge
> ahead on the rest?
> 
> Would love some thoughts (and hi to all I've missed in the last...er...
> 7? 8? years? its been too long!)
> 
> Prala

I read the whole lot of them and I can't say I was particularly 
impressed. The first and last one were average at best and the rest just 
sucked. To me it seems that his/her work has become very formulaic. Same 
characters as in previous works, just with different names and in 
different situations.


AlanS

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