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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
The main character is so miserable I just couldn't get hooked.
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
ick. he forces himself onto a presumably teenage girl (she is “too young to woo”) and “takes something” as well as “hurts her”, plus “blood on her loins”. not into this glossed over rape scene, doesn’t set the protagonist up for future good decisions. after all that he gets to work questing with the girl’s mother like nothing happened. i am sure there is a character arc point being made but i lost interest in his story after that.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Rape
I wasn’t really into it to begin with and then the rape scene is what did it for me.
This has been an almost lifelong DNF for me. I first attempted to read this as a teenager and could not get past Thomas' heinous act of violence. Yes, I get that he is supposed to be an unlikable character, but he is just too unlikeable for me. I have tried several times in the 30 or so years since to pick it back up and read it but have never succeeded. It shall forever be DNF...
Horribly overwritten and overwrought. Cartoon villain.
This is such a weird series. The prose is mediocre, the mechanics are trite and the plot is slow. But it is an amazing series that explores some unique ideas I've never seen addressed anywhere else, and it's worth reading at least once.
I am also a sucker for stories with epic histories and epic-sounding names, and "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever and White Gold Wielder" does it for me.
I am also a sucker for stories with epic histories and epic-sounding names, and "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever and White Gold Wielder" does it for me.
I got to the vivid description of rape done by the main character on a child and couldn’t go on
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape