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Lord Foul's Bane
by Stephen R. Donaldson
Did you ever watch a movie, sit back after, and go, "What happened?"
That happened with this book. I'm happy to know that it's the first in a trilogy because it really felt incomplete to me. While I remember certain events, it all strung together rather oddly and the end was anti-climactic as I never think we really reached the climax. When we did, everything got foggy.
We follow Thomas Covenant, a leper, is determined to go into town and make an appearance, even if his fellow townsfolk think he should be outcast. What ends up happening is far different; he winds up in a world that he swears is a dream. And he has to bring a message of ill-will to the leaders of that world.
Throughout the novel, I wanted to punch Covenant. He's rude, he's whiny, and he does things that made me stare at the page and go, "Why would someone have their MC do that?" Through the whole story, everyone is trying to help him but himself. And some of his decisions prove that he doesn't want to really help himself either. And at the end, he has this...I suppose it's a revelation though I'm not sure why.
But the world-building is so intriguing that I read on.
I liked almost every other character better than Covenant. In fact, I think the only character I liked less that Covenant was Drool, but Drool was at least meant to be a bit creepy. Of course, giving him the name Drool made me chuckle at first.
I'll finish the series because I'm a completionist like that. And it wasn't the worst series I've ever read. The writing is there, the worlds are interesting, and I have hope that Covenant has gotten over his whiny-emotional-breakdown and decided to act like a decent human.
That happened with this book. I'm happy to know that it's the first in a trilogy because it really felt incomplete to me. While I remember certain events, it all strung together rather oddly and the end was anti-climactic as I never think we really reached the climax. When we did, everything got foggy.
We follow Thomas Covenant, a leper, is determined to go into town and make an appearance, even if his fellow townsfolk think he should be outcast. What ends up happening is far different; he winds up in a world that he swears is a dream. And he has to bring a message of ill-will to the leaders of that world.
Throughout the novel, I wanted to punch Covenant. He's rude, he's whiny, and he does things that made me stare at the page and go, "Why would someone have their MC do that?" Through the whole story, everyone is trying to help him but himself. And some of his decisions prove that he doesn't want to really help himself either. And at the end, he has this...I suppose it's a revelation though I'm not sure why.
But the world-building is so intriguing that I read on.
I liked almost every other character better than Covenant. In fact, I think the only character I liked less that Covenant was Drool, but Drool was at least meant to be a bit creepy. Of course, giving him the name Drool made me chuckle at first.
I'll finish the series because I'm a completionist like that. And it wasn't the worst series I've ever read. The writing is there, the worlds are interesting, and I have hope that Covenant has gotten over his whiny-emotional-breakdown and decided to act like a decent human.