fleurette's Reviews > Lord Foul's Bane

I am not a true fan of epic fantasy but I’m generally not against this genre. So when I find out that this book fulfills perfectly one of my more demanding challenges, I started it with high hopes.

And everything looked nice in the beginning. Thomas, the hero suffers from leprosy and the first few chapters focus on his bleak life with the disease. This part is really good, I got attached to Thomas and generally enjoyed the story.

But then, out of sudden, you are thrown into some epic fantasy plot. Just like that, Thomas is moved to some parallel fantasy world. He doesn’t find it strange but, trust me, I did. I was definitely confused by this rapid introduction of a completely new world and the beginning of some complex plot. But I was getting over it and working it out.

The book is a pretty fast read and I was truly getting into the story. Unfortunately, at this point the story becomes somehow less interesting. It drags a bit. Then Thomas makes something so horrible and unforgiven that I completely lost my sympathy for him. I was trying to get over it but his lack of remorse is too much. I read another chapter or two, but I just couldn’t bear it anymore. The story is not getting any better and my strong negative feelings toward the hero made me to left this book unfinished.

I can only hope that Thomas’ actions will be punished at some point of the story, but I do not intend to read this book just to find out. I seriously hesitated how to rate this book. Ultimately, I decided to give it two stars because the beginning is very good and probably, if I really wanted to, I would be able to force myself to read this book to the end.