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The Redemption of Althalus (Hardcover)

by David Eddings (Author), Leigh Eddings (Author)
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (194 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 704 pages
  • Publisher: Voyager; 1st Edition edition (3 Jul 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0002247542
  • ISBN-13: 978-0002247542
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (194 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 305,432 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Althalus was just a thief, and only a good thief by the standards of the backwoods and hick towns where he spent most of his career; a trip to the big cities of the lowlands almost proved disastrous for him, because he could recognise neither real threats nor even more sophisticated forms of wealth. Hired to steal a magic book, he finds himself imprisoned by a talking cat and subjected to the extensive education that will make him leader of humanity's fight back against a death god and his cadre of thugs. Much of what is best in The Redemption of Althalus has to do with the process whereby he recruits his team--a spoiled princess, a witch rescued from the stake, a barbarian warrior and a street urchin with the brain of a great strategist; once the team is in place and their fight back against conquest and sinister magic begins, victory is more or less assured and a matter of watching a thoroughly entertaining process. It is interesting to see Eddings working on a smaller canvas than usual--there is a fundamental niceness to his books that entirely gets its head here, along with an attractive sense of humour.--Roz Kaveney


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'A graceful, fluid style of storytelling rare in fantasy writing' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'Nobody writes modern fantasy like Eddings' VECTOR
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Deja-Vu?, 19 Jul 2000
Well...what can be said, not bad but not great either.Being an Eddings fan and having read the Belgariad, Mallorean Elenium and Tamuli series I wondered what direction this book would go especially as it is condensed into one novel.Unfortunatly I found myself constantly remembering characters from Eddings previous books and it seems as if all that has been changed is the characters names i.e Flute-Emmy Sparhawk-Althalus, Andine-Ehlana etc etc. If, however, you have not read any of David Eddings books before then this would probably be a good one to start on as it will seem like a fresh and innovative story. Being an Eddings fan however I will still buy his books when they come out but i feel that if he is to remain as popular as he is he<and she> need to try and put some fresh ideas into their novels to keep old and new fans alike entertained.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Ugh!, 2 Jan 2002
This review is from: The Redemption of Althalus (Paperback)
As a long-time Eddings fan I have to admit that I was severely disappointed in their latest book. The plot is minimal, the characters are flat and under-developed and most of them are in any case only a rehash of characters from the previous books.

I own all the Eddings' books published to date, but after this one, I will think twice before buying the next one. I definitely do not recommend Althalus to anyone, especially not newcomers to the Eddings genre.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Althalus - Unredeemed, 14 Mar 2004
By The Green Man (Hull, England) - See all my reviews
It's a while since I've read any of David Eddings' work; I thoroughly enjoyed the Belgariad series when it was first published all that time ago,and I was looking forward to getting stuck in to LoA.I was, however, vastly disappointed with this book. A tome of over 900 pages, the writing style seems to me to change considerably after the first 100 or so pages. We move from an initial burst of "storytelling" - upon which the advertising type on the back of the book appears to be based - to what seems to amount to 90% dialogue. The sheer amount of chit-chatty direct speech dialogue and lack of descriptive elements wore me out, and I felt on a number of occasions that if this fantasy got any lighter I'd blow away. Most of the humour of the book is done through the chatty remarks made by the characters who manage to keep up their constant battery of witticisms at every moment, regardless of however life-threatening. The book appears to want to be an epic fantasy saga and a comedy at the same time but unfortunately - for me - manages to be neither. It's a bit cheesy, in fact. Anyway, I will try to balance my review by highlighting a good point. This, I thought, was the overal concept and idea of the story particularly as it began to unfold - I was even intrigued right there at the beginning - but I rapidly became bored, and unfortunately for me, Althalus and his whole story remain yet to be redeemed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ok
It arrived quickly and seemed new, the only but I have is it had a hairpin as a bookmark inside!!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible
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1.0 out of 5 stars The Same Story all over again
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