True, although I feel Polgara (in her own series) and Aphrael hold up well enough even in rereads.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 30/03/2013 09:12:31 PM
View original postPolgara, Ce'Nedra, and later in his other well-known series Sephrenia, Ehlana, and Aphrael have a heavy flavor of Mary Sue to them which seems more clear when you recall that Leigh Eddings is credited as co-author to both series.
The others not so much - I was defending Ce'Nedra above to some extent in the sense that she didn't really annoy me, certainly not like Egwene, but I won't claim she is a particularly well-written female character.
Aphrael is just plain fun, and has the great advantage of not taking herself too seriously.
I was doing a reread of The Belgariad, and while I like it...
27/03/2013 06:00:11 PM
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Interesting. I certainly wouldn't make that comparison...
27/03/2013 09:30:33 PM
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About Ce'Nedra
28/03/2013 01:26:43 PM
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I guess, but they also learn not to take her too seriously at times like those.
30/03/2013 09:18:10 PM
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I think you're forgetting David wasn't the only Eddings writing those books
29/03/2013 05:14:55 PM
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I liked the "secondary" female characters a lot, actually
30/03/2013 06:50:07 PM
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The problem was the longer the secondary's stuck around the more Mary Sue they became
30/03/2013 09:10:57 PM
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True, although I feel Polgara (in her own series) and Aphrael hold up well enough even in rereads.
30/03/2013 09:12:31 PM
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Polgara the Sorceress was maybe a bit late, but Aphrael is a ffair example
30/03/2013 10:16:26 PM
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Fair enough.
31/03/2013 12:53:19 AM
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Re: Fair enough.
31/03/2013 05:44:09 AM
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I wonder how many participants we would get for an Eddings reread...
01/04/2013 12:10:00 PM
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I started my reread of Polgara and the first few chapters are awful
13/04/2013 09:36:01 PM
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I'm actually up to the Demon King of Karanda (Mallorean reread), but I totally agree.
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Eddings is like comfort food, read it and don't think about it *NM*
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