![]() ![]() It is not going too far to say that looking back I almost felt trapped in these books. To me it was just supremely annoying, you can see how much. I suppose some would say that reflects Donaldson's writing ability. The "woe is me, life is s***, and everything is all about me anyway" attitue of this character drove me crazy. Donaldson did set out (I believe) to show the gradual change.but the key word there is gradual (GRADUAL). I freely admit my reaction to these books is somewhat visceral. ![]() This seris convinced me I never want to read anything else by him. You hit it on the head when you said it is a common theme for Donaldson. I want to include a quote from Dorothy Parker I've used before: "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. I reviewed this a while back, but I want to update it. Now that I think of it, I DISLIKE these books. Thomas will entertain you with his continual "Woe is me, ohhh woe is me" for a long, long time to come. So, put on your white gold ring, gird up your loins and charge ahead. Having refused to believe he is healed and that the land is even real, he tags himself "the unbeliever". ![]() He meets Lord Foul early on and in-spite of what you will realize about it all, Thomas will fail to realize those things and go right on.for 3 books. His frantic dis-belief is so emphatically strong he (view spoiler). ![]() Upon being healed in "THE LAND" he's afraid to believe as it might cause him not to take his leprosy seriously and end up with more lost limbs etc. You see, Thomas is a leper.and while I can't imagine how awful this would be (wife leaves and takes child, loses fingers before realizing condition, etc.,etc., etc.)he manages to drive any sympathy out of the readers, or he did me. Thomas Covenant is one of the universe's great whiners. It's well written in that it dragged me in, sort of. This book was in it's own way "well written" or at least "fairly well written". ![]()
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