Reviews with content warning for Rape - Lord Foul's Bane

he forces himself onto a presumably teenage girl (she is “too young to woo”) and “takes something” as well as “hurts her”, plus “blood on her loins”. not into this glossed over rape scene, doesn’t set the protagonist up for future good decisions.

after all that he gets to work questing with the girl’s mother like nothing happened. i am sure there is a character arc point being made but i lost interest in his story after that.

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lydiacrouch's review against another edition

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I got to the vivid description of rape done by the main character on a child and couldn’t go on

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samuel_kane_horrigan's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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sincebeta's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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joy_davis's review

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Flowery language. Going on and on about leprosy.

The world/magic is kind of interesting, but I wonder how it's actually connected to the real world. I'm not invested enough to read more of the series to find out if that is ever explained, though.

As with any story, this volume suffers from using the "all a dream" trope. Eventually I did feel like it was a metaphor for our lives being obsessed with our weaknesses instead of embracing our strength in this magical world, which was kind of interesting, but it came about in a very annoying Ten of Swords overthinking kind of way.

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