The Pillars of Creation (Sword of Truth Series, 7)

Rating:
Summary: Oh, well. Dissappointing, but readable.
Review: While I read this and was not totally put-off, I do agree with some of the other devastating criticisms. However, I read it in a couple days and still found it mildly interesting.

Even so, there is a lot a 'willing suspension of disbelief' that must be exercised here to make it worth while. There were many plot devices that just seemed contrived and many important aspects of the story were not explained nearly well enough (i.e., the pillars of creation). The ending seemed rushed and a bit like a cheap detective novel. Anybody reading the book saw most of the ending coming, but how it was revealed to Jennsen just didn't make sense. I could not get my mind around Tom either. He seemed to just re-emerge in the story to tie up a loose end.

In several places the dialog and desription became so redundant and rambling that I would skim the first lines of paragraphs until he moved on with the story.

I will probably never read this story again, but I am not sorry I bought it, even in hardcover. I was entertained and am still looking forward to the next installment, which is now ordered and on the way.

This was a little dissappointing, but everyone has an off day, or book.

Rating:
Summary: Why would he do this...
Review: Why would any author do this? Mr. Goodking has written a book that is supposed to be the seventh in a series of books. The whole story is about a character that has never appeared in any of the previous books!! The main characters, Richard and Kahlan, don't show up until the end.

In Temple of the Winds, Goodkind was able to introduce Richard's half brother without dedicating a whole book to him. It worked out fine there. This story however is a waste of the reader's time. When you finish Faith of the Fallen, you immediately want to know what happens next. Instead, you wait patiently for a book's release to find a story of a girl being chased around by soldiers, falling in love with a stranger, joining up with the New Order 3/4s of the way into the book, and finally confronting the main characters of the series at the end. The fact that she's Richard's half sister was the only thing that allowed me to get through to the end. The story moves real slow, and since she's new to the events happening in the series, you get things explained to you that have been part of all the previous books.

In the end, I feel like this book could have been three chapters of a story that introduces us to Richard's sister and then moves on. If you've just finished Faith of the Fallen (book 6), you can read the last fifty pages of the this book and go to the next.

Rating:
Summary: We can't believe that they went ahead and published it.
Review: WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS:

If you're a Goodkind fan-boy, then don't let us distract you. Go out and spend your $10-$20 on this book. If you're empty-headed enough to like it, why, go ahead and buy the eighth book as well. You certainly don't need our permission. But we warn you: this book is badly written, badly edited, and feebly concludes. Even for fans, it's a crushing departure from the--I guess we have to call it this--story arc of previous books and it couldn't possibly stand on its own as a worthwhile novel absent those predecessors that it chooses to ignore.

WHY YOU SHOULD PASS:

We gave it a 1. It's our worst rating. We reserve 1's for books that make us temporarily regret ever learning to read. If the reader would rather avoid such painful regrets, then trust our review and avoid this book at all costs.

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