A review by taisie22
Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson
3.0
It pains me to give this book a generous 3 stars because I love Mr. Donaldson's writing (Mordant's Need and the first six Thomas Covenant books are some of my favorite fantasy books and I enjoyed the Great God's War series). Perhaps it was because I liked Thomas Covenant's POV more; Linden always seemed whiny and self-absorbed, but reading this book was painful.
I still love his writing style although it's become somewhat repetitive. His word usage is superlative. I know others don't like it, but I enjoy looking up unfamiliar words and noting how he uses other archaic wording.
I don't like books though that just seem like journeys for the sake of filling out a book and that's what this one is. It took me forever to read it, not just because it's a lot of pages but because they never seemed to progress very far. I am heartened by the ending which will encourage me to keep reading.
I still love his writing style although it's become somewhat repetitive. His word usage is superlative. I know others don't like it, but I enjoy looking up unfamiliar words and noting how he uses other archaic wording.
I don't like books though that just seem like journeys for the sake of filling out a book and that's what this one is. It took me forever to read it, not just because it's a lot of pages but because they never seemed to progress very far. I am heartened by the ending which will encourage me to keep reading.