Re: Redemption of Althalus

An article is posted by "~~ Shelly ~~" who is old and wise,
and with the following gibber, the Holy Lord Kalten replies:

> Did anybody besides myself like "The Redemption of Althalus"?
> ~~ Shelly ~~

I actually quite liked it - enough such that I read it towards the end.

I don't really mind so much the regurgitating of characters.

However, there were a few things that seemed to let the book down:
1) It was rushed.  Compared to the Belgariad/Mallorean or the 
Elenium/Tamuli, Althalus rushed through the places he went to.  Can you 
remember the characteristics of any of the places?
2) The side of light was incredibly strong such that there really was no 
point in having any kind of 'quest'.  So strong such that it was im****tant

to kill off light characters to redress the balance later in the book.

There were other bits that I didn't like, but they are small.

It could have been the third great world created series, but I think that 
Eddings was getting bored of fantasy at the time and whilst liked creating

worlds (as one likes to build a map when playing strategic board games),
he 
no longer liked to see it through a long project.

Kalten~!!!