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_misty_ 's review for:
Castle of Wizardry
by David Eddings
This book is a mass of contradictions, characters development wise.
On one hand we have Garion's reaction at the big revelation, which is really disappointing. He literally says nothing! The author doesn't show us in the least how he feels, aside from a general discomfort at his new position. And a month passes before he finally asks Belgarath and Polgara "You knew this all along". Well duh.
So, this is the author not really wanting to deal with the ramification of what he created. Garion goes from being a farmer boy, to being a sorcerer to being a King without an inner monologue, without any reaction whatsoever.
And then we have Silk, his meeting with his mother, that shows us, in about half a paragraph, what Garion didn't show us in half a book. That scene is beautiful and heartbreaking, and it shows that Eddings knows how to write emotional. So, why does he insist on not doing the same for his main character?
And the same applies to Vordai and Belgarath performing the miracle she requested. Another beautiful scene.
I also really enjoyed Ce'Nedra's PoV. That's another part well done, showing us how she feels, how she thinks. Again, it's frustrating to see that and not see the same applied to Garion. Sigh.
On one hand we have Garion's reaction at the big revelation, which is really disappointing. He literally says nothing! The author doesn't show us in the least how he feels, aside from a general discomfort at his new position. And a month passes before he finally asks Belgarath and Polgara "You knew this all along". Well duh.
So, this is the author not really wanting to deal with the ramification of what he created. Garion goes from being a farmer boy, to being a sorcerer to being a King without an inner monologue, without any reaction whatsoever.
And then we have Silk, his meeting with his mother, that shows us, in about half a paragraph, what Garion didn't show us in half a book. That scene is beautiful and heartbreaking, and it shows that Eddings knows how to write emotional. So, why does he insist on not doing the same for his main character?
And the same applies to Vordai and Belgarath performing the miracle she requested. Another beautiful scene.
I also really enjoyed Ce'Nedra's PoV. That's another part well done, showing us how she feels, how she thinks. Again, it's frustrating to see that and not see the same applied to Garion. Sigh.