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5 comments about The Runes of the Earth.

1. At last, a continuance of the Thomas Covenant series ! But, as all the others, it is a slow read, full of mouth twisting words that can't be found in the common, everyday dictionary.....not the names of places or individuals....but words used to describe emotions, objects, etc.....and the series would be served better if the author would use more commonplace words to let the "unsophisticated" reader better understand the flow of the tale being told. ie: 'argute throb'....now why in the hell do you use 'argute' ??? Why not use sharp or shrill ???? When ya don't recognise a word, ya gotta get the ole dictionary out an look it up. And then, it ain't in the dictionary.....so ya gotta go to the thesaurus and see if it's in there....if not, then "Google" it ??? As I said, Makes for a slow read.
   Not to detract from the excellent story unfolding before your eyes, the series has held my attention for decades now and I hope that the tale will continue into the next decade.



2. Good but not as good as the first trilogy. About par with the second trilogy.



3. I've read the Chronicles I and II again recently; my third time. The first time I read them I was in high school, some 20 years ago. I admit I've only read about the first third of this book, but I really can't go on torturing myself. You know, even in the first two Chronicles it used to bug me how often you would see "outcast, unclean." In this book the phrase is "Lord Foul has Jeremiah." It's just lame. Way too slow and the more interesting portions of each action sequence leave me yawning. I thought Linden Avery was kind of turd in the Second Chronicles anyway. Now, as the main character, Donaldson's just polishing that turd, but she's still a turd. I think the leprosy angle was interesting for the first two Chronicles, but Avery's weaknesses just bore me. Sorry fans ..



4. The many problems with this book have been described by other reviewers so I won't repeat the details here.
   
   This book is ponderous and slow. I'm only halfway done with the book, it's my second attempt to read it, and I'm about to give up again. Nothing happens in this book. It's mostly one character telling another character about things that happened centuries and millenia ago. This is more like a reference book masking itself as a story. The events of the story account for maybe 5% of the total content, the rest is all backstory.
   
   I'll admit the book started well, but once Linden arrived in the Land, it ground to a halt. It took the author over a hundred pages to cover the time span of a day and a half. Reading this is work, it's not fun. Having just learned that there are 4 books to this series, think I'm going to bail out. It's just not worth the effort.



5. I received the book promptly and in very good condition. I ordered the back series of all of his chronicles & haven't had time to read particular book, but all the used book's I've ordered,(quite a few) I'm not disappointed. Will continue to order books this way thru Amazon as my husband and I are retired, read a lot, & like most Americans who are feeling the "pinch", this is one more way to save money. Thanks Amazon & & the previous owner of this book.