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

"Daniele Pennese" <daniele.pennese@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:39:52 +0000, William Marnoch
> <william@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>After The Redemption of Althalus and The Elder Gods I decided against
>>reading any future Eddings books, unless they somehow got good
>>reviews. The reviews for the later books in The Dreamers seem to be
>>even worse than the reviews of the first book.
>
> What's basically different from the so loved previous sagas? I'm
> asking because i've recently discovered Eddings and i'm planning to
> read all his works...however i've heard only bad comments about the
> dreamers
>

The problem is that the dreamers reads like bad fanfic.
The character templates he used before are there purely in template format

with no attempt to deviate even slightly.
There is no narrative tension as all problems are sorted within twenty
pages 
of first appearing.
The Eddings catchphrases of "x did something bleakly" (when a "good guy"
has 
to do something morally wrong to advance what little plot there is), and
"Be 
Nice" in response to banter are used ad nauseum.
I managed the first book, but it was almost physically painful to read.
Spare yourself.
Just tell yourself that there is no Dreamers series. Just as there is only

one Highlander film, and no Star Wars prequels were ever made.

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