alexclare 's review for:

Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson

2.0

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This is a reread, journey (dare I say 'quest'?) back into teenagehood. And I've read a lot of other things since this, which does serve to highlight that this book is pretty hard to read. The concept of a central character who is so unlikeable and so unlikely a hero is a good one but the people he meets are either good (very good) or evil (very evil) which makes it rather two-dimensional. That said, it is a simple story that delivers what it sets out to do, so if that's what you want, then go for it.