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Summary: This is not a good book
Review: I bought this book (and the other 4 ones of the saga) after reading so much about it here and on several devotion-pages. However I have to say that this can only be considered a "good" book by someone who has not read any good book in his life. Sorry. The writing is uneven, with some mediocre but entertaining 200 pages of introduction, 400 pages of american fantasy soap-opera hugging and talking, 150 pages of unnecessary, nasty and de-sade-like kinky violence nad about 100 Pages of a very unsatisfying end. The quality of writing is very uneven. The strongest part (sic!) is the torturing of Richard and this gives us some insight on the author. The whole concept behind this book is as amateurish as it's map and it's shows the first-timer Goodkind is very obviously.What really angered me sometimes was the very little insight Goodkind has in people. His characters never act like anyone would in real life. No, Mr. Goodkind, in war-torn countries, people don't hug at any given opportunity, they don't pad on each other's shoulder, and when they're hungry, they eat ALL of an apple. Maybe this is a difference between someone like Tolkien (who lived through WWII) and a limited-gifted author, living in a country that for 5 generations always fought its wars on foreign soil. Read George RR Martin's Song of Fire and Ice instead.
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Summary: Capivating
Review: Extremely enjoyable! It is a "can not put down kinda book" Mr.Goodkind does an extremely good job in the telling of this book. It kept me up through all hours of the night, at times i actually felt i was in the book, as when Kahlan was always treated badly because she was a confessor. i suggest you read this book, and Mr.Goodkind, please keep them coming.
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Summary: Best Book On Earth
Review: Wizard's First Rule is the best book that i have ever read. There is love, magic, death, and humor all rolled into one. Terry Goodkind is a genious; there are complex ideas that roll throughout the book. If you like Tolken's series, The Lord Of The Rings, then you will definately like Wizard's First Rule. I found many parallels to Tolken's use of magic ojects. A great thing about the book is that as soon as you start, the action starts up too. The action never dies until the last page, Terry Goodkind always finds a way to end the story with keeping the story active. I really recomend the book, so read it.
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Summary: Mindnumbingly boring
Review: This book drags on forever. I kept hoping things would pick up, but they never did. Good for sitting on the beach if you need a nap...use it as a pillow. The storyline is juvenile. I would have enjoyed it in high-school, but don't today.
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Summary: Wizard's First Rule
Review: At the core of Terry Goodkind's epic fantasy is the classic layout - including the hero, the maiden, and the wizard. But Goodkind builds up around it and creates a great fascinating novel. Groans of trite overused fantasy scenes or awkward writing will certainly come up, but that is what gives Goodkind his appeal. Throughout the novels incredulous ideas such as additive and subtractive magic emerge. Yet that is what keeps the novel from becoming a tiresome affair - its almost "silly" ideas. It almost becomes like a parody of the self-absorbed pretentious fantasies. Like when Richard comments why Zedd doesn't have a beard. "...wizards are supposed to have beards." says Richard. There are little bits of humor scattered throughout the novel. Romance, adventure, mystery, plot twists - all the ingredients of a good read are there. And I feel Goodkind moves the book along at a moderate pace, it hits a few potholes here and there but all in all Wizard's First Rule is a smooth seamless ride. If you are looking for a good relaxing novel, get Wizard's First Rule. Just don't take it too seriously, like Jordan fans refer to The Wheel of the Time like the second bible.
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Summary: Good book
Review: I throughly enjoyed the book. I felt envolved and absorbed in the plot. Sometimes too much, I was listening to the audio version on my long commute. It is extremely long and I wish that I could have the time to actually read the book, but the unabridged version gave me all of the color. I will buy the next book in the series. It is not a J.R.R. Tolkien caliber book, but it was worth the time.
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Summary: long and badly written
Review: This book (and series) has a lot in common with Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Like Jordan, Goodkind has a very detailed context worked out for his plot, and a very elaborate and detailed plot worked out as well. But Goodkind magnifies Jordan's principal fault: bilgewater prose. In Jordan's case, the poor writing is at least ignorable. But Goodkind's prose is so awful that it calls constant atention to itself. One minor, but indicative, index of a fantasy author's skill is the ability to come up with good proper nouns: names of people and places. The sheer awkwardness and silliness of Goodkind's invented names is a clear mark of his tin ear for language.
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Summary: Extremely Pleased
Review: From the beginning of the book to the very end, I was deeply inspired by the book. I loved the great details and the wonder characters he created. I would definately recommend this book to people who enjoy fantasy and sci-fi.
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Summary: Best series since Jordan's
Review: I'm always looking for a good fantasy series. This one did not disappoint. This is the best I've read except for Robert Jordan's "Wheel".
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Summary: Stereotypical Mishmash
Review: If you like sheer page count (ie pretence) in a book, this is for you. If you prefer substance to be included in your purchase of a massive reading experience, pass this book up, escape while you still can. Reading the book was a painful experience; each page, each situation, each new character was jam-packed with worn out cliches or juvenile ideas. The entire time I was reading it I felt I was experiencing bad deja vu. Nothing was sacred; Goodkind stole ideas even from the most blatant and obvious places (George Lucas leaps to mind). If it had been well-crafted, those stereotypes and thefts could have been forgiven--after all, there are no truly new stories, just old stories redone, hopefully well--but as it was, the experience was so painful and traumatic that I had to force myself to finish the book so that I would be qualified to review it.
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