"The Redemption of Althalus" by David Eddings.
NOw Eddings isn't the best writer and his plots all turn out the same (surprise the child is god/goddess), but as a kid I enjoyed the Belgariad and Mallorean series. I stumbled ont his book, saw it was a standalone and not some series so decided to buy it thinking some Eddings fluff would entertain me for a few hours. It was a stressful time and I needed a little fluff escape. Wow what a terrible book. I read an amazon review after the fact which summed up my thoughts "when i finished the book first I threw it against the wall and then i threw it in the garbage". Though I thought burning it may have beena better way to go so noone else would accidentally stumble on it.
It's a book written nearly entirely as conversation. to do that properly (i.e. the Barrytown trilogy) you better be good at writing snappy and witty dialogue. Eddings isn't. Just terrible.
To this day I'm annoyed I bought the book and wasted that much of my life reading it.
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