Stephen R. Donaldson
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 480 pages Rating: 3.72 | 41526 Users | 1570 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Lord Foul's Bane |
| ISBN: | 0345348656 (ISBN13: 9780345348654) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #1, Thomas Covenant #1 |
| Characters: | Thomas Covenant |
| Literary Awards: | Gandalf Award Nominee (1978) |
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He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet the Land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever before. Through no fault of his own, he had been outcast, unclean, a pariah. Now he was regarded as a reincarnation of the Land's greatest hero--Berek Halfhand--armed with the mystic power of White Gold. That power alone could protect the Lords of the Land from the ancient evil of Despiser, Lord Foul. Only...Covenant had no idea of how the power could be used! Thus begins one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written...Point Based On Books Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #1)
| Title | : | Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #1) |
| Author | : | Stephen R. Donaldson |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 480 pages |
| Published | : | November 1989 by Del Rey / Ballantine (first published June 1977) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy. Epic Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.72 From 41526 Users | 1570 ReviewsAssessment Based On Books Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #1)
Wow. I really didn't like this book.I think it was in large part due to the fact that I found the main character so utterly unlikable. Heck, he's even despicable.Some people can read and enjoy a book despite not being able to empathize with the characters; I'm not one of those people. I actually like to care about my fictional characters. It's pretty hard to give a flying fickle about some cranky jerk who rapes a woman in the first book. I didn't bother reading more to find out if things*Soul-saddened SIGH*.....Damn, damn, DAMN...life can really be full of suck. This book really torched my hopes and dreams. NOT because it was nightmarishly horrible (which it wasnt) but because I wanted it to be so brimming with steaming chunks of mouth-watering awesome that I could write a stinging, snark-filled anti-anti-Thomas Covenant review...my rant against the ranters.I suspected I had a excellent chance of really liking this story because most of the criticism of the series revolves
I read Lord Fouls Bane once in grade seven (the same year I first read Macbeth and Lady Chatterlys Lover, and The Lord of the Rings for a second time). It was a good year for me and reading. And an important year for who I would become. But I didnt know until now how important Lord Fouls Bane was to all of that.This story has stuck with me in the most amazing ways. After nearly three decades, I recalled an amazing amount of detail in the pages I reread. I remembered minute details about Thomas
At first I wasn't sure that I liked this novel. I had a hard time with the idea that Thomas Covenant is the ultimate anti-hero, with none of the redeeming qualities of an average anti-hero. He is a sniveling, irritating, coward who has to be prodded every step of the way. The only thing that makes him likable is that he is acting in a very human way in a very inhuman circumstance. I had to let go of wanting Covenant to shape and act like a hero. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.
I've often lamented that five-star rating systems, such as the one used by GoodReads, don't allow for ratings lower than one star. Were it possible, I'd give this book negative stars; I think it actually sucks the quality away from books shelved near it, and generally makes the world a less joyful, less intelligent place to be.You might assume from the previous statements that I dislike this book. Given that "dislike" is a pretty mild, milquetoast term on the sliding scale of affection, you
Hated it. 1.5 stars. Terrible characters, info-dumping, purple prose, gratuitous rape, and a frequently offputting word choice. I couldn't connect to any of the characters and I at no moment felt concern or anxiety for anyone's well-being. I would have loved for Covenant to die but he's the crux of the series and no other character had an iota of personality so I didn't care about them. I couldn't make myself care about the quest. Donaldson is a pale and pathetic shade of Tolkien and I'll never
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