The Elder Gods: Book One of the Dreamers [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446611670
• ISBN-13: 978-0446611671
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 1 x 6.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,771,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Genuinely Bad, January 20, 2007

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J. Manning "jodm" (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Elder Gods: Book One of the Dreamers (Mass Market Paperback)

I couldn't believe that David Eddings could write a book as bad as the reviews were saying, so I had to read it myself. I'm sorry to say that the reviews were spot on. This is bad by any fantasy novel standard, not just Eddings's. The dialogue is terrible, the repetition of exposition is maddening, and the majority of the thinly-developed characters all sound alike and are almost interchangeable in any particular conversation. The authors were already taking on a challenge by having the main characters be "gods" who are never in any danger and seem like they could brush away what few obstacles they face with a wave of their hand if they wanted to, but when you add the element of "dreamers" who foretell the future with nigh perfect accuracy, and the events in the story play out just as they're foretold... I mean, how do you create suspense or any sort of compelling story out of that? The book needed to be either thought-provoking or high comedy to work, and it's not anywhere close on either count. It just has no redeeming qualities, and I've never said that about any fantasy novel, let alone an Eddings novel.

4.0 out of 5 stars The Elder Gods: Book One of the Dreamers, October 9, 2011

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This review is from: The Elder Gods: Book One of the Dreamers (Mass Market Paperback)

Someone gave me books 2, 3, & 4 so before I could read them I needed to get book 1. I am glad I did as the series was well worth the price.

1.0 out of 5 stars Slow and boring, October 11, 2006

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Christopher L. Lazzaro "chlazzaro" - See all my reviews
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I bought this book because I like David Eddings. I shouldn't have bought this. It was very slow and boring. I read the whole book hoping it was going to get better. I refuse to buy the second book.