Pawn of Prophecy getting better
December 16, 2001 (11:18 PM) ( link )

David Eddings's Pawn of Prophecy is definitely improving as I read along. Although it's still terribly cliched, there's a reason why the fantasy genre copies the same tropes over and over again: it works. And, as with the Shannara series, and with The Wheel of Time, and other fantasy series I've forgotten, the cliches are working their magic. I'm about halfway done with the book; I hope to have a review up within a day or two, at which point I can seriously dig into Phoenix and A Suitable Boy.