--- Lalith Vipulananthan wrote: > Deborah wrote: > > > <jumping in> > > I was ~25 when I read the first book, which I only > > finished because a good friend had highly > recommended it. I nearly tossed it after the > > rape-and-then-she-falls-in-love scenario, as that > is so far from real life that I couldn't stand it. > > You did only read the first book, _Lord Foul's > Bane_, right? I'm just wondering because the > '...-and-then-she-falls-in-love' scenario is only > suggested mid-way through _The Illearth War_ and > explicit in _The Power that Preserves_. Hmm, well it *was* a long time ago...I'm not sure if I learned that through conversation -- I really don't recognize the other characters you named below (like the one name, though!) -- it's entirely possible that my friend discussed further storyline(s) in an effort to convince me to read them. > > I found nothing to like in the main character (I > admit I haven't read the book in nearly 2 decades, so > _maybe_ I'd find something that could overcome that > >initial disgust - but I doubt it). > > At the risk of blundering into this subject like an > idiot, what objections > did you have to that scene? Was it gratuitous, > overly descriptive, unnecessary etc?
I don't recall the actual wording, just that in the flush of returning bodily sensation his first (?) act was to violate another person. Had he instead felt deliriously sexual but run off into the trees to 'handle things himself,' or fallen to his knees and convinced the young lady with a torrent of fervent praise of her person that he was love-smitten, and she yielded to her own sudden yearning, it would have been touchingly funny; instead the reader is asked to accept that a violent, brutal act is the first impulse of a "hero." :P >What else didn't you like about the book other than > Covenant's character? Did you dislike the other > characters as well, like > Saltheart Foamfollower and Lord Mhoram? Sorry, no recall of more of the plot, and I must not have cared much for any of the other characters, or I'd remember something of what they did. > > Debbi > > who heard that in later books the author killed > off the horses... :P > > Uh, yes. That is true. Donaldson does do an > excellent job of portraying the > horses, the Ranyhyn, as complex creatures. They are > seen to be majestic, > proud and magnificent, as well as manipulative, > which is partly to blame for > the dire situation in which they find themselves by > the third book. Sort of like Tolkien's elves, eh? :) Actually, horses *are* somewhat manipulative - part of being social creatures; the other characteristics you listed are of course also true. ;D Debbi who will be at the Denver Horse Expo for the next 3 days, oh joy! :D __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
