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. )
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!
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) )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 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. )
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. )
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!
Chapter Twenty-Five | Table of Contents | Chapters Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, we had the climax, as Arthur fought and defeated Monday and was about to claim the Key. Let us see what happens now.
( Wrapping all the House business up. )
Chapters Twenty-One and Twenty-Two | Table of Contents | Chapter Twenty-Five
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur and Suzy arrived at Monday’s Antechamber, they were busted by Noon (again), Dusk allowed them to escape, and they began the descent to Monday’s Dayroom.
Chapters Nineteen and Twenty | Table of Contents | Chapters Twenty-Three and Twenty-Four
Vermaanti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur and Suzy stumbled through all kinds of time periods on the Improbable Stair, and we saw that Suzy’s family is dead. Now… we’ll finally get to see the plan to do something about Monday, when we’re 78% of the way through.
( This story actually gets exciting, and it is such a difference. )
Chapter Seventeen | Table of Contents | Chapters Nineteen and Twenty
Vermaanti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur escaped the Clock-Marchers and he talked a bit with Pravuil. We are also slightly over two-thirds in and the actual action of the book has yet to happen. At least it will happen now?
( The book's “astonishing turnabout”: from dull drag to excitement. )
Chapter Fourteen | Table of Contents | Chapter Sixteen (Part I)
Vermaanti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur was thrown into a prison pit and he had a conversation with Monday’s Dusk.
Chapter Eleven | Table of Contents | Chapter Thirteen
Vermaanti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, we had a quite large infodump, because the information in this book is not divided very well. This time, we find out just what Arthur is supposed to do.
( The book turns much better! (It still gets very stupid, though) )
Chapter Nine (Part I) | Table of Contents | Chapter Ten (Part I)
Vermaanti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur managed to get inside the House, and he talked with the Lieutenant Keeper of the Front Door. We left off on Arthur discovering that he doesn’t have any trouble from his asthma inside the House.
( It's fine, but also boring. (Not a complaint I thought I'd have!) )
Chapter Eight | Table of Contents | Chapter Nine (Part II)
Vermaanti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur managed to avoid going to the quarantine hospital, the Will created a cloudburst to help him escape, and he was about to step through Monday’s Postern. Let’s see what will happen now!
( Arthur's inside the House now, though with quite some difficulty. The book ought to pick up soonish, too. )
Chapter Four | Table of Contents | Chapter Six
Vermaanti: A good day, and welcome back to Mister Monday, everyone! Last time, things began to ramp up, and Arthur discovered that an epidemic was brewing. Let’s see what will happen now!
( And now we meet Monday's right-hand man. )
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