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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hex08" data-source="post: 8494378" data-attributes="member: 7029595">I can see where you are coming from, as I said in an earlier post the series was far too long. Even when I was reading it along with some friends, I would often complain about things like the constant braid tugging, Rand, Matt and Perrin each bemoaning that they weren't as good around girls as each other and many other really repetitive behaviors characters engaged in. Also, with the possible exception of Moiraine none (or very few) of the female characters were very likeable. I considered giving up on the books at one point, but I still wanted to know how it ended and the things I enjoyed were enough to spur me on.I don't think you are alone in this complaint and for as much as I still love these books, I can understand it. Covenant isn't a very likable character, which is fairly common in some of Donaldson's other work as well (The Gap series, for example), but I think it's intentional on the part of Donaldson. The author is, as was mentioned upthread, trying to subvert Tolkien but that probably doesn't make Covenant any more tolerable to those who dislike him. I've re-read the books many times and, for me, Covenant is less important to me than The Land and its inhabitants. Bannor, Mhoram, Foamfollower, Sunder and Hollian, Brinn and Cail and the members of The Search are the real reasons I go back to those books.</blockquote>