The Belgariad

Currently I am reading all five volumes of the Belgariad epic by David Eddings. As of now I am in the middle of the second book ("Queen of Sorcery"), but as of now I am not too impressed by the books. I am not very fond of several aspects like:

• the story is from an adolescent's point of view, who is mostly ignorant of the major background story. No cute robots, or little children, please!
• there are a lot of Deus-Ex-Machinas in the story.
• the races described in the book are often quite stereotypical.

But on the other hand the adult characters are quite enjoyable, so I will stick to reading it a little bit longer ..