mamapaul's Full Review: David Eddings - Belgarath the Sorcerer
When I picked up this book, I expected a summary of the Belgariad and Mallorean series, maybe more from Belgarath's point of view instead of switching the way the individual books do. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that there is much, much more to Belgarath the Sorcerer than a mere summary of Eddings' other works.
Even though our house boasts a cat named 'Grat (after Belgarath), he was NOT one of my favorite characters in the earlier books. This book brought him to life for me, and made loveable a character who I thought was a crochety old grump, even though he had a sense of humor and a deep affection for his many-times-great-grandson.
I particularly enjoyed finding out the origins (in Belgarath's opinion, anyway), of the thousands-of-years-old "men are from Mars / Women are from Venus"-like disagreement between Belgarath and his daughter Polgara. The obvious affection with which he relates the times he "won" and the times he "lost" (much more frequent) rounds in the ongoing battle are endearing and hilarious.
The book is, however, rather tedious at times, and it is VERY long. We probably could have done without the entire-chapter length introduction and conclusion; though they do sort of tie the thing to the "present" of the other books, anyone who has read all of them and then picks up Belgarath the Sorcerer will understand that the story of Belgarath's life will have very little to do with Garion, C'nedra, and the rest.
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