See review for Book One. ( )

Book two of the geographic tour of the various kingdoms, adding two more kingdoms to the list. Garion is still oblivious to his probable place in the pantheon of heros, but the author lets us, the audience, in on the steps towards the fulfillment of a so-far-unstated prophecy. Nice how the honorific/house-name of adding "Bel" is introduced some time before it happens, which explains the name "Belgeriad." Stuff happens, but so far this is mostly a quest story, and this is simply one volume of a fuller story. ( )

Given book one was a bit of a slow moving, the pace is picking up a little... but not all that much. I think Eddings would have done better to make this a trilogy. The description is rather lacking and I don't particularly feel connected to its characters.

All the same I am enjoying the Belgariad series and will continue to number three. I'm just hoping something good happens and it won't read like another travel guide. ( )

I had a rough time getting into this--didn't care overmuch about the characters, too many names introduced in too short a period to distinguish them, contradictions (though, to be fair, the contradiction that bothered me most--saying magic was too exhausting to use casually, and then proceeding to do just that--appears to have been deliberate).

The repeated ploy of the main character asking for clarification only to be told it was none of his business, or something he didn't need to know got very, very tedious. Which could also have been deliberate, to show how frustrated he was getting, but the only way you can do that without irritating the readers as well is to let the reader in on some of the secrets. Instead, it just looked like the author didn't know the answers either.

The last third of the book went a little faster, but I read this over 4 days. Unheard-of for me, particularly for a book that was only 300+ pages. It was just too easy to put down, and I was never really interested in picking it up again. ( )

This is book two of the Belgariad (following on from Pawn of Prophecy). This book was a good quick read, and I think they'd be a good mid level reading book for a child. I liked it.

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