Sword of Shannara
I hate not finishing a book as much as I do not finishing a game, though I tend to do the latter more often.
In the past I've read Terry Brooks's Magic Kingdom of Landover series, which juggled humor and seriousness in equal measure. It amused me as a teen, and was one of my favorite fantasy series.
Therefore, this alongside the Coles (of Quest for Glory fame) making a game of the Shannara series meant I picked up a copy of Sword of Shannara from the library. Mistake.
I'm almost a hundred pages in and I'll be retiring the book back to its proper place--not near me.
Within this first hundred pages, it's obvious that this is a Lord of the Rings knock off. The writing is lazy but superfluous. We have our artifact, sage, history of oppression, the races fighting amongst themselves, and oh look! A person who has to go on a journey to find this artifact and stop the SUPREME EVIL!
Not to mention the only two females to have shown up so far? They're both mothers, and both dead. The major historical figures are all male, and only a son can wield this ultimate artifact.
Look, fantasy is fantasy because it can move us from a world of our own, not use the same racist and sexist tropes that exist in ours. Get a fucking clue.
Yeah, not my cup of tea. Fuck this series.
In the past I've read Terry Brooks's Magic Kingdom of Landover series, which juggled humor and seriousness in equal measure. It amused me as a teen, and was one of my favorite fantasy series.
Therefore, this alongside the Coles (of Quest for Glory fame) making a game of the Shannara series meant I picked up a copy of Sword of Shannara from the library. Mistake.
I'm almost a hundred pages in and I'll be retiring the book back to its proper place--not near me.
Within this first hundred pages, it's obvious that this is a Lord of the Rings knock off. The writing is lazy but superfluous. We have our artifact, sage, history of oppression, the races fighting amongst themselves, and oh look! A person who has to go on a journey to find this artifact and stop the SUPREME EVIL!
Not to mention the only two females to have shown up so far? They're both mothers, and both dead. The major historical figures are all male, and only a son can wield this ultimate artifact.
Look, fantasy is fantasy because it can move us from a world of our own, not use the same racist and sexist tropes that exist in ours. Get a fucking clue.
Yeah, not my cup of tea. Fuck this series.