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bokmaskin's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
izzireads's review
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This trilogy is fraught with racism, sexism, and a whole host of occurrences stemming from toxic masculinity. The adventure is fun, and so is the token woman in the party, but this book has serious issues. I've been reading this book with a couple other women and we spent most of our book club dissecting the worst issues and spinning our own yarn about how the events should have occurred in order to be egalitarian. Perhaps what we are reading is intentional world building, but I see it as the unconscious bias of the author. So, I recommend a reading with a heavy amount of intersectional feminist criticism as a companion.
celli's review
4.0
I got sidetracked from my goal of catching up on all my library books by a gift from a friend--hardcover versions of the Elenium and the Tamuli series(es) by David Eddings. So I indulged myself this weekend with a reread of Diamond Throne. It's still fun, still classic Eddings (read: gender issues, oh my), and I still adore all the knightly banter.
katekat's review
4.0
I know that David Eddings books are very much a repeated formula from series to series but that does not take away from my enjoyment of them. I first read his books many years ago when I chose them because they were the longest books I could find. I enjoy his characters and the plot and I find that in general they stand up to the test of time as long as you can enjoy the raging sexism.