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Originally Posted by MephistophelesJanx
I think what sets this series apart from others in this genre is how rich and full the rest of the world they are set in is. In most series there is only a singular, albeit super powerful, baddie while in this one we have several villains with varying degrees of ability to mess things up for our intrepid heroes.
Not only are there a large number of baddies but they are all extremely well constructed and each with a real possibility of assuming power over the whole thing.
If it weren't for his horrendous pace... this series would eclipse LotR as my favorite fantasy series.
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That and the many shades of gray (non-BDSM) involved. Good guys do bad things, bad guys do good things (or do bad things for understandable reasons) etc. etc.
I **LOVE** LOTR, but it's very black/white. There isn't an ounce of badness in Gandalf, or Sam, or Frodo, or Aragorn, and there isn't an ounce of goodness in any Orc ever, or Sauron, etc.
Here -- yeah, not so much.