So, I've read the Belgariad and Mallorean a long time ago and found them enjoyable.
I also remember starting the Sparrowhawk saga back then but don't think I finished it. Definitely remember very little of it.

Easy reading. I enjoy the light witty banter between the main characters, although like in the Belgariad it starts to feel a bit repetitive and overdone.

However, probably only deserves one star if compared to any of the David Gemmel novels. Felt similar but inferior.

Eddings also gets lumped in the same sentence as Feist and I think I prefer Feist.

Been too long since I read any Shannarra books - wonder how this compares to Brooks?
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Hij is uit (en ik ben alweer halverwege het tweede deel) en ik geef hem drie sterren. Beetje weinig, maar vier sterren is het echt niet, vanwege een totaal gebrek aan originaliteit. Maar het leest heerlijk vlot (heb ik jullie al gezegd dat ik halverwege het tweede deel ben?) en het is een lekker onderhoudend verhaal. Wat wil een mens nog meer? (behalve dan een beetje originaliteit..) ( )

Reread March 2022: The last time I read this series was back in 2011. Eddings tends to be a comfort read for me though normally I turn to the Belgariad instead of the Sparhawk books. And now I remember why. The story is an old school quest/hero journey to save Queen and country from evil by finding a magical maguffin and one I enjoy even if it is considered tropey 30+ years later. Where this differs from Eddings' other series are the characters. It took me a long time to warm up to the characters. I finally got into the groove in the last quarter of the book and started to enjoy the story. We will see if the remainder of the trilogy changes my mind but this may be my last time reading The Elenium. ( )

Not as good as his previous series, also loses its shine when you are 30 ( )

Standard quest: princess is poisoned and evil church leader is fomenting turmoil to enhance his power; the princess's champion is rough-and-tumble trying to find a cure; evil gods are trying to stop the champion. This story doesn't have the scope of Tolkien, but the "world" is quite a bit smaller in scope. Eddings writes a good story, for all the obvious tropes, and I find it a better read than Terry Brooks. ( )