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

On 11 Mar, 16:37, AlanS <sanderal2NoS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:27:41 +1100, AlanS wrote:
> >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!)
>
> >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.
>
> The critism of David/Leigh Eddings writtings found at http://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eddings#Writing_Approach applies very
> strongly to The Dreamers series in my opinion

Yeah, I bet it was written by ex-afers!

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