The Elder Gods: Book One of the Dreamers (Paperback)

by David Eddings (Author), Leigh Eddings (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446611670
• ISBN-13: 978-0446611671
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,287,446 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good start to another excellent Eddings series..., December 5, 2003

By	Allen Coffey "Dr. C" (Denton, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've read all of the Eddings' work several times. I truly love the way they do dialog and the relationships between characters. This book reminds me of the first book in the Belgariad series---they spend quite a bit of time laying out groundwork that doesn't seem to have any use in the plot thread in THIS book---but I suspect will prove useful lateron. I'm looking forward to the rest of the books in the series, but I'm afraid they don't write them as quickly as I read them. Readers will recognize some of the characters from the other series from Eddings. Not that they are the same, but that certain types are used again. That does not, however, detract from the story in my opinion. The only real mistake I made was reading this book before the rest were available. Now I'm stuck.

I have to say, if you enjoyed the other Eddings offerings, you will most certainly enjoy this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	J. Manning "jodm" (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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

By	Christopher L. Lazzaro "chlazzaro" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.