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I_Abibde posted...

Then again, I can remember back when Donaldson was a controversial writer.

Having your main character rape a 12-year old girl in one of the earlier chapters definitely makes for a hard sell for a lot of people.

That was one of the awkward sticking points when trying to sell that series to people who'd never read it (and where I think a lot of people just stopped reading it and wrote him off as a writer). Though when the entire series as a whole is taken into account, I think it's one of the emotional fantasy stories I've ever read. And while Covenant himself isn't always likeable, some of the supporting characters wind up being the most lovable I've ever seen in fiction *cough*Foamfollower*cough*.

It's a deeply cynical fantasy that actually winds up being strangely idealistic in a lot of ways.


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