Anyone for some Tolkien? (Enchanters' End Game - David Eddings)

Name: John Rickard

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Product:	Enchanters' End Game - David Eddings
Date:	15/03/01 (26 review reads)
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Advantages: Great end to a great series

Disadvantages: None

I know comparisons to Tolkien are an ever presence menace amongst fantasy reviews, just this once I think the reference is acurate. Deliberatly, I'm sure, this book follows the same structure as the last third of the Lord of the Rings. Our heros split into two groups. One, small group, goes on a mission deep into enemy territory to defeat the evil at its heart - Frodo with the Ring in Lords of the Ring, Belgarion to confront Torak here; while the rest take part in a large war, with the only hope of victory the success of the smaller group. Just like Tolkien the two stories are dealt with in detail, one following the other, just as in Lord of the Rings, only coming together when the heros finally meet for the climax.

Like all of David Eddings books, this is entertaining, well written stuff, great characters, and a well rounded world, here with the plot finally coming to an end. Like all Eddings series, the book doesn't end abrupty with the victory of the good guys, but goes on to tie up any loose ends, something many authors dislike, but at the end of the five book series there is no excuse not to take a dozen pages to round things off, and it provides a satisfying ending to a very entertaining series.

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