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Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
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did not like it
bookshelves: fantasy, bleah, male-chauvinist-pigs, tried-to-read

So many people love this series. Not sure why. The hero is a leperous (no, not lecherous) rapist and incredibly whiny. The bad guy is named Lord Foul, ferchissakes. I hated everything about the first few chapters of this book. Once the main character forced himself on a girl, and then the author tried to make it a sympathetic moment (for the perpetrator), I hurled it at the wall in disgust and never finished reading it.

Right around the same level of arrogant sexist manhood as Piers Anthony.
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Reading Progress

August 19, 2007 – Shelved
August 25, 2007 – Shelved as: fantasy
August 25, 2007 – Shelved as: bleah
August 25, 2007 – Shelved as: male-chauvinist-pigs
March 15, 2016 – Shelved as: tried-to-read

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message 1: by Jack (new) - rated it 5 stars
Nov 19, 2010 01:55PM

Jack Linoge I understand your point, but you have to realize that as a leper he didn't have feeling in anything, hands legs arms nothing. When he's healed, getting the sense of touch back after having lived without it for so long and having his mind warped from the constant reminder and fear of his condition made him lose control.


message 2: by Jennifer (new) - rated it 3 stars
Mar 29, 2013 07:34AM

Jennifer Nielson Jack, are you saying that if we understand where a rapist is coming from its all okay then?


message 3: by David (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jul 28, 2013 10:58AM

David Moss I think reading the rest of the series would have been relevant here. Books 4-10 have a female heroine as the protagonist.

I don't see any sign that the rape is supposed to be a "sympathetic moment for the perpetrator" (except insofar as the perpetrator is depicted as being immediately sickened at the act).

And for context: the perpetrator doesn't believe that the Land where he commits the rape exists (that's why he's called the Unbeliever)- he thinks that it and the girl who he rapes are an illusion designed to drive him mad or kill him (which it pretty much does).


message 4: by Greg (new) - rated it 5 stars
May 31, 2014 01:50PM

Greg A moronic review. It is a story, you nutbag


message 5: by David (new) - rated it 5 stars
Nov 04, 2016 09:25PM

David Cornelson Yes. Stopping after the rape scene is like stopping Shawshank Redemption after Andy Dufresne goes to jail for murdering his wife. Sure Andy is innocent and Thomas is guilty, but the journey with that innocence or guilt is a critical point in both stories. Read the first and second chronicles. They are brilliant as a whole. (don't read the last chronicles....Donaldson lost his mind on those books)


message 6: by Dylan (new)
Dec 15, 2019 06:41PM

Dylan It's really amusing watching all the men in this thread fervently defending rape lol


message 7: by Graeme (new) - rated it 1 star
Dec 30, 2021 05:02PM

Graeme Rodaughan "Once the main character forced himself on a girl, and then the author tried to make it a sympathetic moment (for the perpetrator), I hurled it at the wall in disgust and never finished reading it."

Spot on Holly. I'm becoming convinced that this book and people's response to it accurately reflects our cultures' attitude to the permissibility of rape.


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