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Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, Book 6)

Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, Book 6)

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Does Richard have ANY flaws!?!
Review: My god, he seems to somehow get more and more perfect with each book. He's the most powerful wizard; he's the smartest and most insightful character; he's evidently incredibly good looking; his swordsmanship is good enough to kill 30 master swordsman attacking him all at once; every woman and her mother falls in love with him; he's an incredible leader; he gets the most beautiful and unattainable woman in the series; and suddenly we find out that he is a master artist too? What, does he do windows too?

This series started out really well, but come on now. A strong and powerful character is all well and good, but when you make them too perfect they stop feeling human, and are thus less interesting.

I give this book a rating of 3, but the series as a whole deserves a 5.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the series best...
Review: The "Atlas Shrugged" of high fantasy well serves its escapist raison d'ĂȘtre. It is a fun, distracting page turner written in Goodkind's usual flowing style offering just enough carrots to keep you going. Some may frown at the obvious Randian politics, but the good vs evil in the individual vs the state motif is not to be missed. May Richard and Kahlan live on. I eagerly await the stories of their son to come and the final defeat of the Imperial Order. But please, Terry, provide a map of the old world. One of the series best!.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Essentially a duplicate of Stone of Tears
Review: Those of you who have read Stone of Tears will think this new novel sounds vaguely familiar. In my opinion, it is a copy of Stone of Tears. First, Richard and Kahlan are together and happy, then a Sister comes along and forces Richard to come with her. Sound familiar? Then, she takes him back to the Old World while Kahlan joins up with a Midlands army and leads a battle against the Imperial Order(again, familiar?) I don't want to spoil key events and the end for those of you who wish to read it, but pay attention to how many other similarities you can find. This book was a big disappointment to me, and the only reason I gave it 3 stars was because Goodkind is a great storyteller. I am a HUGE Sword of Truth fan and have read the first four at least 9 times and Soul of the Fire at least 5 times. I eagerly await the next book and hope that it is better than this one.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Formula, but still good.
Review: Terry Goodkind has a formula that he seems to be falling into.

A. Start with Kahlen and Richard together and happy

B. Seperate

C. Torture Richard

D. Make Kahlen fight a hopeless battle

E. Reunite

That said, it's still an enjoyable read. Richard's "torture" is the best one so far.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Probably my favorite of his so far...
Review: After reading the negative reviews of this book, I'm frankly amazed. Throughout the book, I was totally captivated and interested in the storyline, as I have been with all of his novels up to date. Up til the middle of the novel or so I would have rated it as par for his series. After this point, however, I fell in love with it. The thoughts he gave on the whole socialist society, and even the connections he feels with our own government today, hit very close to home for me, and I felt took a certain amount of courage to write with how most people are nowadays. I felt the whole ending, dealing with Richard's job, the unveiling of his work, and the way everyone reacted was perfect, and quite moving. I felt the ending just added on to his character, and gave me even more insight into what type of person he really IS. To make a long story(or review) short, I have to say that this was the most moving of all his novels, and if you turn away from the series at this step, you are missing out on more than you know.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best Yet
Review: This book has it all. A crowning achievement of the series. If you did nothing else but plowed through the prior 5 books just to get to "Faith of the Fallen", your time would be well spent. Terry weaves a intricate story that grips you and keeps you guessing until the end. Never before have I read something that touched me a deeply as this book.

Thanks!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Side interests
Review: The supporting cast was really the highlight of this book. Great battles and story for them. The main characters story was very tired. I think Goodkind has run into the Superman syndrome with his main character, too powerful! That and this book was like a belabored Asop's fable, moral of the story is!? thanks for letting us know where your politics lie Mr. Goodkind; maybe be a little more subtle next time.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Disappointing
Review: Faith of the Fallen falls far short of expectations for this series. While it is true that since Jagang has been in the picture the story has declined somewhat, and it is also true that since he has been a character in the story there have been a number of rather unvague allusions to the glory of freedom and capitalism over tyranny and communism/socialism, Faith of the Fallen takes the propaganda a bit too far and the quality of the story suffers greatly for it.

Furthermore while, as a devout agnostic, I found some pleasure in Terry Goodkind railing against the teachings of Christianity, I felt it was superfluous and the story could have done without the anti-christian sentiment that has become all too popular in american culture.

The story in essence flings the main character into the evil communist country that wishes to take over the world, he then proceeds to change those around him with his divine capitalist spirit, and makes the community he lives in better. The leaders of this communist country find his meddling, and being stupid as they are evil, assign him the task of carving a gigantic statue to stand in front of their temple which is currently under construction. I won't spoil the ending for those who still wish to read on, but be rest assured, it is as much tripe as the rest of the story.

I for one intend to read the next book -- I am willing to give this author another chance before discarding the series entirely, but if I were you I'd wait until this book comes out in paperback before reading it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Ridiculos and worthless
Review: While world saving is a respected job for heroes of fantasy novels Goodkind Richard could be called a serial world saver. O, sure there are enough worlds that should be saved periodically - Robert Jordan's for example - but each several thousand years, sot each several month. Even the Wizard first rule has some definite faults - the plot is totally predicable, the characters two-dimensional e.t.c. but still contained enough original to be worth reading if not rereading but after it the serial becomes a neverending story with the same plot and same events returns in each volume of it. And because Goodkind need something to keep his Superhero busy - he create a new crisis each new installation. But don't worry - a hero would solve it to the end of the volume except some loose end to be left for the next one. All mentioned in other reviews faults - schematic characters, repetitions, ridiculous social and historic references are just consequences. When fantasy world is well designed writer is just should follow a "natural" for his world course of events. Sometimes when author tries to follow to many of them a story would be slowed (Wheel of Time) but still events are natural and could or even should happen in that world. For Good kind's world there is no natural or logical course of events so he must invite something to fill the place and no wonder he has difficulties with it. If you just wondering about Wizard rules - ask somebody who already read these books to make a list for you and read it - it would save you from great wasting of time. If you are looking for something epic to read - try Robert Jordan or George Martin.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I am still reading this series...
Review: Well, I love this series! I know many think that this book begins to pale, but I enjoy it. I do not necessarily look for the deep plot lines serious writing of many authors but instead look for character and story development. Goodkind has both. I always buy into the characters and can pick up the next book in the series without rereading the previous - I remember and hold on to the storyline. With many series, I may need a quick re-read to brush up on the storyline. I definitely recommend this book...


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