phunkypbj 's review for:

Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson

4.0

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Probably one of the most interesting protaginists in any fantasy book I've ever read. He varies from the traditional protaginist (especially in a fantasy book) in that he is often not a very good person. This is a very traditional fantasy series in many ways, and the [book: Lord of the Rings] influence can be seen very clearly in it (the theme of the preservation of nature, rings being important, etc.) but this book explores the full spectrum of motivations and allows it's characters to make many more bad decisions and to be negatively motivated without being "villians." The series lies somewhere in between traditional fantasy and more grittily realistic and complex modern fantasy like [author: George R. R. Martin]'s [book: Song of Ice and Fire] series.