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..) ( )

Tras diez años de exilio, Falquián regresa a Elenia para reanudar sus obligaciones como caballero pandión y paladín de la reina. Sin embargo, su joven reina, Elhana, sufre una fatal enfermedad, supuestamente la misma que llevó a la tumba al rey Aldreas, su padre. Permanece con vida gracias al poderoso hechizo invocado por Sephrenia, la mujer de edad indefinida que inicia a los pandión en los secretos de la magia. Elhana está sentada en su trono, petrificada dentro de un bloque de cristal y abocada a la muerte, a menos que alguien encuentre un remedio antes de que transcurra un año.

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 ( )