I like ALL fantasy books, I've read tens of them, but this one...I haven't finished it.At a certain point I realized that the story did not appeal to me anymore, and I was not curious to know how it would end. So I put the book down (a year ago) and I haven't yet taken it up.Well, I think that the story's weakness is the most serious fault in a fantasy book.David Eddings' characters are one-dimensional and stereotyped, but at least his story has a grip on you.Better if you choose something else by Lynn Flewelling, Robert Jordan, George Martin, Ann Bishop, C.S. Friedman, Terry Brooks...