Elantris a Rip off of Eddings?

[Nessa]

It took me until the beginning of book 5 to get them all straight. That's wayyyy too long. Sure they were all different and distinct, but it was still too many different and distinct countries/people.

But then, being a tech writer, I'm the kind of person who likes to oversimplify. Too many superfluous details gets me all mixed up.

[Entsuropi]

*shakes head* They were very simple to keep track of, to me. And i'm someone who has trouble following how his own local government works. (It's friggin byzantine I tell you - the wikipedia article nearly killed me). I have much more trouble when there is a few, very similar in appearance (for webcomics) or outlook/name (for novels) characters. I usually have a hell of a time when a webcomic first starts keeping the female cast members apart - for some reason they tend to be drawn very similar.

[RaoCar]

When i first read the review i couldn't understand why he didn't know what a Seon was. The way EUOL wrote the book you have to think of what it looks like or what it is until i tell you what it is. Than if you put 2 and 2 together i think they are on the cover.