Chapter Thirty-Seven (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter Thirty-Eight
SCSF: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, Faraday, Timozel, and Yr actually reached Jervois Landing and had a lot of trouble getting transport. For the reader post:
( I had a lot to gripe with here. )
Chapter Six (Part I) | Chapter Seven
A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Lord Foul’s Bane! Last time, Covenant met with Lena’s family, and we learned about a prophecy concerning him. I don’t have much for the reader post, though I would like to apologise for taking so long; I’ve been rather busy, and my other projects haven’t been very cooperative.
( At least we get the legend? )
Chapter Thirty-Seven (Part I) | Table of Contents | Chapter Thirty-Seven (Part III)
SCSF: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, we reached Jervois Landing and we heard about Timozel inexplicably beginning to turn evil. For the reader post:
Chapter Five | Chapter Six (Part II)
A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Lord Foul’s Bane! Last time, Covenant was healed, he creeped on Lena, and they finally made it to Mithil Stonedown.
For the reader post, I don’t have anything; I do want to welcome Silver Adept, though!
Let me go on with this, then.
( We still haven't unpaused quite yet. )
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Chapter Thirty-Six (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter Thirty-Seven (Part II)
SCSF: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, Azhure was accepted by the GhostTree Clan for rather dubious reasons, and we learned some more about the Avar. For the reader post:
A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Lord Foul’s Bane! Last time, Covenant met with Lena, who dumped quite some names on us, Covenant had trouble with his situation, and he eventually managed to climb down Kevin’s Watch.
( I would class this as filler. )
A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Lord Foul’s Bane! Last time, Covenant had two evil beings, one of whom is a Dark Lord, evilly monologue at him, and nothing much of consequence happened besides that.
For the reader post… I don’t have much, so let me go on!
Chapter Thirty-Six (Part I) | Table of Contents | Chapter Thirty-Seven (Part I)
SCSF: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, we spent some more time with the Avar, and we saw them react to earlier events. For the reader post:
( “Wanton violence always results in heartbreak” )
A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Lord Foul’s Bane! Last time, we got the last bit of Covenant’s backstory, he had a meeting with the old man from the first chapter, and he decided to do something… before he presumably fell unconscious.
( (evil laughter) )( This is hardly bad; I just have trouble appreciating it through all the recaps. Oh well, better next time. )
Chapter Two (Part I) | Chapter Three
A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Lord Foul’s Bane! Last time, we got another chunk of Covenant’s backstory, including how he ended up in the leprosarium and got out again.
Chapter Thirty-Five (Part I) | Table of Contents | Chapter Thirty-Six (Part I)
SCSF: A good day, everyone, and welcome to BattleAxe! Last time, Axis confronted Ogden and Veremund about their lies, and they revealed themselves. For the reader post:
Chapter One | Chapter Two (Part II)
A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Lord Foul’s Bane! Last time, we were introduced to our protagonist in a way that very much failed to grab my attention. Let’s see if this time will be better.
( It is, but you'd better be engaged with Covenant's illness. )
Chapter Thirty-Four | Table of Contents | Chapter Thirty-Five (Part II)
SCSF: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, Azhure met up with the GhostTree Clan, which was about all that happened.
( If we do not get some new material soon, I am going... to... go... complain heavily! )
So the choice for the next book after Mister Monday fell on The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, by Stephen Donaldson, a considerably older series and, I think, reasonably famous in its day. I’ve liked this series since I was a lot younger, and I think taking it on with a more critical view will certainly be interesting.
For reference, this series consists of the books Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, and The Power That Preserves (the First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant), The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder (the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant), and The Runes of the Earth, Fatal Revenant, Against All Things Ending, and The Last Dark (the Final Chronicles of Thomas Covenant). In other words, this will keep me busy for quite a while!
( This really looks odd compared to the rest of the books. )
SCSF: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, Axis had a confrontation with Azhure, Raum and GoldFeather, which went surprisingly well. For the reader post:
Chapters Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine | Table of Contents | Grim Tuesday
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome to Mister Monday, for the very last time! Last time, Arthur got home, finally cured the Sleepy Plague and the book ended with a sequel hook. Now it is time for the final thoughts.
Overall
Corneille Blanche: All in all… it is not a bad book, but not a great one, either. It reads smoothly enough and it certainly is compelling, but the plot problems keep it from being what it could be. Sure, they are not so conspicuous on a casual read, but if I am to like a book, it should stand up to deeper examination. So I would say this book passes, though it does not rank very highly.
And that is that! Off we go. (picks up Kerlois and leaves along with Vermaanti)
Scales: Well, that was Mister Monday, then! I’ve finally managed to finish a review! I hope whoever read this had fun reading along with me, and maybe you’ll go on to the book that takes its place: Lord Foul’s Bane. See you there!
