A review by loonyboi
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson

1.0

Wow, I hated this book. The plot isn't dissimilar to [b:A Princess of Mars|40395|A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)|Edgar Rice Burroughs|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1332272118s/40395.jpg|1129624] crossed with a bit of [b:The Lord of the Rings|33|The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)|J.R.R. Tolkien|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388181159s/33.jpg|3462456]. The difference between this and those books is that the protagonist of this novel is utterly and completely unlikable. He's a leper, which is a clever twist, but good lord, he's unpleasant. His self loathing isn't amusing, it's annoying. Even when he's seemingly cured of his afflictions he's unbearably gloomy. Oh, and he expresses his return to health through a brutal sexual assault on a sixteen year old girl. Maybe he was under the thrall of a dark lord during that act, maybe not. It's not clear, and the author doesn't seem to care much.

So yes. I loathed this book. I always finish what I start, but this was a slog I had to push through. I have no plans to read the others in the series. One was quite enough for me, thanks.