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    <body><![CDATA[I've only just started reading this book. I'm on page 115 of 1,152 pages! I am enjoying this book even though it is the same &quot;on a quest&quot; type saga as Lord of the Rings. There are the requisite good guys and bad guys. The characters are on a foot journey through varying and rugged terrain....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71783130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I always enjoy a good dose of 'unlikely hero' and boy does Thomas Covenant fit that description to a tee. I am a big fan of Fantasy novels and started reading this on recommendation by a Scifi/Fantasy enthusiast. SO far I haven't been disappointed...only by the fact that I have left my half-read cop...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77185857">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't read much fantasy literature but I'm glad I read this trilogy.<br/>The entire Chronicles by Donaldson is one of my all-time favorites. The main character is almost an anti-hero and the story, while it slows briefly, never let me down.  Other than Tolkien, Donaldson is the best writer I've...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44160534">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read tons of fantasy, but the Thomas Covenant series remains my favorite.  The characters are real and not only question their motives but their reality as well.  <br/>At first this series seems another LOTR rip off, but quickly  turns into a journey of faith and truth.  Donaldson is a master s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17741516">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lord Foul's Bane is the first book in a six book fantasy series that kept my wife, Corie, and me eagerly awaiting the next book.  We couldn't wait for the paper back edition, so we went to the author's book signing at The Tattered Cover and paid top dollar for the hard cover edition.<br/><br/>Each...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16343494">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not like Tolkien at all. The Thomas Covenant series sucked me into its creative black hole for weeks on end! I was hooked, gone, my friends lost sight of me. Awesome imagination. The characters are flawed and vivid. This is powerful stuff.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The only reason I couldn't rate it higher, is I like my fantasy to have clear good and evil - clear goals and if we are going to follow an antihero, please at least make him interesting and endearing in some way.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book, and the ones that followed, are some of the only books I can think of where the main character is so dang unlikable.  He gives a whole new meaning to reluctant hero. Half the time I just wanted to smack him.  That being said, the series is brilliant.... and depressing.   <br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read at it, so it's hard for me to be fair. My wife loved it. I was not engaged by it, but I probably should give it another shot. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well written and depressing.  The main character is very unappealling and yet I read every last book.  Go figure.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Let's put it this way, I wear a white-gold wedding band :) ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dull. Bloated. Unnecessary.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a great story.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great, epic fantasy series, second only to Tolkein, in my opinion.  It has a similar depth and background that Tolkein brought to his universe.  Not always an easy read, but it rewards patience.  A great hero/antihero is born in Thomas Covenant!]]></body>
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