Lord Foul's Bane

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Stephen R. Donaldson: Lord Foul's Bane (1977, ballantine)

Published Jan. 6, 1977 by ballantine.

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3 stars (14 reviews)

The first book in one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written, the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever. The Unbeliever, because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet he was tempted to believe, to fight for the Land, to be the reincarnation of its greatest hero....

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reviewed Lord Foul's bane by Stephen R. Donaldson (The first chronicles of Thomas Covenant the unbeliever -- v.1)

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2 stars

Despite (ha!) the concept behind this book, the flesh wound characterisations of the other participants, the (unashamed?) 'borrowing' from other well known fantasy books without any reason for their existence in this "land" and the feeling throughout that the verbosity was simply for its own sake, this book made me despair (double ha!) throughout.

Two stars for the idea and some of the prose. That I'm unable to care about it or its characters as I thought I would is a disappointment for I recall liking at least this book somewhat when I was younger. And so no more.

Thomas Covenant Survived. I did too, albeit barely.

reviewed Lord Foul's bane by Stephen R. Donaldson (His The chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever)

Review of "Lord Foul's bane" on 'Goodreads'

1 star

I have only one reason to thank the author of this book: he taught me that it's OK to not finish a book when it isn't worth reading. Before starting Lord Foul's Bane I had always struggled through to the end of every book I'd started, even on books I didn't particularly care for, but this one was so bad that I couldn't force myself to finish it.

reviewed Lord Foul's bane by Stephen R. Donaldson (His The chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever)

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2 stars

La seule raison qui me poussera (peut-être) à lire la suite des aventures de Covenant sera l’envie de savoir le pourquoi du comment de ses « visites » dans le Fief. Globalement, rien de neuf. L’intrigue est simpliste, sans grand intérêt. Un héros, un message de fin du monde à transmettre à un groupe de vieux sages, une quête insipide, un anneau symbolique, un bâton tout aussi symbolique, des méchants très vilains mais sans envergure, un final grandiloquent déjà vu à la télé, au cinéma et dans les jeux vidéo. En plus, je raffole pas de la magie dans les livres, surtout quand il n’y a pas grand-chose à côté qui compense la facilité qu’elle implique. Seul intérêt, la nature et l’origine du héros, écrivain à succès atteint de lèpre (pourquoi, comment on n’en sait rien !) qui se retrouve propulsé malgré lui dans le Fief dès qu’il tombe dans …

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