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The Runes of the Earth

The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

By Stephen Donaldson

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| Paperback | 9780575076129

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2 Reviews

A boring read, too difficult to slog through.

When I realized I was slogging through another 6 or 7 page long expository narration by another long-winded character, I had to just put down and abandon Runes of the Earth. In the Land, nobody seems capable of giving a short or succinct answer, and that's the problem. The book collapses under the w ... (continue)

When I realized I was slogging through another 6 or 7 page long expository narration by another long-winded character, I had to just put down and abandon Runes of the Earth. In the Land, nobody seems capable of giving a short or succinct answer, and that's the problem. The book collapses under the weight of the world that has been previously created and the lore that has come before. It's all much too verbose and ultimately unreadable for me. Normally I relish a book that is smartly written and uses words that force me to expand my own vocabulary, but it seems like Donaldson consulted a thesaurus to find a bigger, more complicated and not-well-known term for just about everything. Lengthy descriptions of everything, even the most mundane and seemingly meaningless details. I loved the original Thomas Covenant books in my youth, and was excited when I cam across this continuation. But I just couldn't get through it. If the characters or the story had been more compelling, I'm sure I would continue but at just over 200 pages in, I don't find myself caring enough to continue.

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