The books turn into a Libertarian circle jerk with the main enemy mostly being some fucked up, made up form of socialism. Like in one scene, a farmer harvests his crops, the bad guy’s army takes it all and say they’re going to distribute it to those who need it and the farmer complains because his family will starve so they put him on a spit and slow roast him alive on an open fire.
Jim is an amazing character, he’s a man who has been treated as property his entire life. When he breaks free of that he demands the respect he deserves. Dude is awesome.
That series doesn’t get awful until like… The third or fourth book? Somewhere around there. Up until then they’re decentish high fantasy books.
I liked the first few Sword Of Truth books as a teenager, then it just went off the deep end with all the bullshit, weird political stuff and I gave up.
I hadn’t heard of this book and read a synopsis. I’m reminded of ‘Six Feet Under Par’ written by the character Brent Norwalk on ‘The Good Place’.
One of the ‘Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser’ books. They are treated as fantasy classics but the main characters are rapists and one is a pedophile. The entire series is fucked.