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Summary: uh.
Review: This is one of only two books that I've ever really tried to read, and found myself unable to complete. The other was "The Talisman" by Stephen King.I think the most difficult thing for me to swallow were the names. "Thomas Covenant the UNBELIEVER," for one. But I almost threw it out the car window when I read about "Lord Foul the DESPISER." I am sorry, but my youngest cousin (five) would be able to come up with more creative names. I resisted the temptation, however, when I remembered that it belongs to my library. When I have more time, and more patience, I may try to read this again. But now I will go back to reading a series that is definitely worth while, "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan
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Summary: As good as the first series.
Review: This series was just as good as the first. Not your normal fantasy as it's quite dark and doesn't follow the standard formula that most fantasy books do nowadays.
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Summary: Wounded Land...
Review: Thomas Covenant is again summoned to the Land in "The Wounded Land", the first book in the 2nd Chronicles. This time is different though, not only is his return to the Land rought with difficulty and suprises, but someone else has been summoned with him. Linden Avrey, a doctor, is brought into the strange land with Covenant. Together, they face a land that is nowhere close to what it used to be. Covenant is shocked by what he sees. It has been 10 years since he had been to the Land. But time in the Land passes quicker, and by that time, it has been 3 1/2 thousand years. Lord Foul has been at work. He was hurt in the last series, but he was not defeated. He is back and his touch is felt almost everywhere. Earthpower is seriously lacking. Covenant can't believe what he sees. But, with the help of Linden and a few other friends. He begins a trek to destroy Foul once and for all. The first book relays his suprise with the Land and his thoughts on how to fix it. Donaldson does it again. A great peice of Fantasy.
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Summary: Wounded Land...
Review: Thomas Covenant is again summoned to the Land in "The Wounded Land", the first book in the 2nd Chronicles. This time is different though, not only is his return to the Land rought with difficulty and suprises, but someone else has been summoned with him. Linden Avrey, a doctor, is brought into the strange land with Covenant. Together, they face a land that is nowhere close to what it used to be. Covenant is shocked by what he sees. It has been 10 years since he had been to the Land. But time in the Land passes quicker, and by that time, it has been 3 1/2 thousand years. Lord Foul has been at work. He was hurt in the last series, but he was not defeated. He is back and his touch is felt almost everywhere. Earthpower is seriously lacking. Covenant can't believe what he sees. But, with the help of Linden and a few other friends. He begins a trek to destroy Foul once and for all. The first book relays his suprise with the Land and his thoughts on how to fix it. Donaldson does it again. A great peice of Fantasy.
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Summary: Best of all the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant novels!
Review: Thomas Covenant who at the end of the first trilogy had saved The Land and learned to love it, is returned to The Land a thousand years later. The Land has been corrupted by the evil of Lord Foul and nearly all the beauty and magic has been perverted to evil. Thomas Covenant, the White Gold Wielder, and his new companions search for a way to end the worst of the evil, the dreaded Sunbane, and restore beauty upon The Land. Be warned that the 2nd trilogy goes downhill starting with THE ONE TREE and never recovers its wonder and fascination until the end in WHITE GOLD WIELDER.
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Summary: Exciting and more
Review: When this second chronicles was published, it was an incredibly exciting day, especially as the first three were devoured, and in particular, the Chronicles started to catch on with the public. In this next saga, Covenant is brought back to the Land after a 4,000 year hiatus, only to find despair, dismay, and destruction, with nothing but the White Gold (his wedding ring), the only power which can save. But again, he is a desperate unbeliever who doesn't inspire anything but anger because of his continuance of a leprous mind which is negative. This is an engrossing read. Tread lightly and with your mind. Highly recommended!!
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Summary: A Remarkably Creative Follow-Up
Review: Whereas many follow ups to successful first works seem to be written purely as a vehicle to squeeze another dollar out of a good idea (see Terry Brooks' second go with the Shannara series and David Eddings' Mallorean), this beginning of the Second Chronicles logically follows the First. I read this book many years ago, and am as impressed with the concept of a "Wounded Land" now as I was then. Some refer to this work as "Dark Fantasy". I see it more as realism...within the scope of a fantasy setting, of course. Donaldson has a feel and touch to "The Land", an affiliation so natural that his third person omniscient sounds exactly so. Upon reaching the end of this trilogy--The White Gold Wielder--it is obvious that the story has not yet reached completion. We can't hold our breath, as it has been some 16 years since White Gold Wielder was published, but we can bid our time. As impatient as it seems, at times....
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Summary: Just when you thought this series couldn't get any better...
Review: Wow. I'm sorta at a loss for words here. I can't really describe how strongly I feel for this book and the series that follows it. This is Donaldson in top form, even topping the first Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. His violation of the Land and the introduction of Linden Avery, not to mention making good ole Tom a little more sympathetic (though just as pained as ever...don't you worry about that) make this series one notch better than what I had thought was perfection. If you have a dark spot in your soul, this will make you FEEL more than anything you could imagine previously. The only small flaw there is, which doesn't take away from the book at all, so it may not BE a flaw, is Donaldson's tendency to use an "extended" vocabulary. While I don't mind painting pictures with intricate words, I believe that using "chiaroscuro" and "glode" is stretching it. (look those up, as you'll need them several times per volume). If you're looking for other "Dark Fantasy," and I mean the Real Stuff, not the *!@#$ Stephen King and the like try to pass off as it(avoid dark tower like the plague), try Neil Gaiman's Sandman(and then his everything else...if you don't feel comfortable with comics, at LEAST read Smoke & Mirrors and Neverwhere), and read Michael Moorcock's Elric Saga(pretty much Thomas Covenant sans the leprosy, but with a soul-sucking sword and yet another debilitating disease).
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Summary: Much ado about nothing
Review: You read and read and read, and it all just comes down to nothing. Nothing at all...
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Summary: "Sniff" Thomas Covenant wises up!
Review: You spent the entire first trilogy wondering when Thomas Covenant would "get over it" and stop whining! Finally, in the last few pages he sucks it up and uses his wild magic to glorious effect! In this book Covenant is less wary about using the white magic, or maybe he's forced to use it. Anyway, he's finally learned how to invoke it and becomes more than just a passive character. I think this series will be more satisfying than the last, during which I spent the entire time wondering when Covenant would do something.
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