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Summary: if you like a good story, you will like this book
Review: This book filled in some gaps in our "sword of truth" world. It explains about Richard's half-siblings, and his ancestors. Also we see the utter insanity of the dreamwalker and his followers. let me break it down-
Pros:
-553 pages (nice, healthy size)
-expands on Rahl history
-there's romance (always appreciated!)
-major plot develops further
-and did i mention magic/otherworldly beings/villains you really hateCons:
-sexual violence (that stuff is tough- emotionally- to read) All in all it's a very good book, and quite enjoyable. btw- you will understand the title by the end of the book, or you didn't read it properly.
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Summary: An ok read, But Richard and kahlan fans beware!
Review: In Terry Goodkind's latest novel we follow the new character of Jensen on her journey of self discovery. Jensen is Richard's half sister and she believes Richard is out to kill her like their murderous father attempted to. Terry Goodkind is an incredible author and while I applaude him for using fantasy as a genre to present his political philosophies at times he climbs a little to high on his soap box. Another major drawback to this book is that Richard and Kahlan, the series main characters occupy less than twenty pages. For true Terry fans the novel can be enjoyable if you are forewarned of the lack of main characters. I still can only give this book two stars because I was not warned of the lack of the original characters and therefore looked forward for over a year to reading about them only to be disappointed.
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Summary: Terrible disappointment
Review: Goodkind has departed not only from his usual storytelling style, but from any kind of writing style. Shockingly simplistic, repetitive, and ridiculous (the goat thing, really!). Proves what a highly successful author can churn out just to fulfill a contract.
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Summary: Not satisfying.
Review: This book will certainly never be considered the paramount of Mr. Goodkind's career. The entire book is spent looking through the eyes of either someone who hates Richard, or someone who is completely insane, and enjoys killing things just to watch them die. Not a pretty prospect for Sword of Truth fans. It was, in all, moderately interesting, but it wasn't at all satisfying. I, (and most other Sword of Truth readers, I imagine) were expecting something that seemed a little more... relevant. The whole book seemed rather pointless, but still, if you're a fan of the series, or of Goodkind, you have to read it if you want to continue the series.
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Summary: Goodkind isn't so good after all
Review: To say that I was disappointed in this book would be an understatement. I brought this book with me to Mexico to relax on the beach with Richard and friends. Needless to say, I could not get past the first half. I had to make myself finish the book with hopes that the second half would turn everything around. Well no. The characters (Jennsen and Oba)are flat and boring not to mention predictable. I understand that Terry wants to introduce another main character - but did the whole book have to be dedicated to her? In the last 6 books, I have grown very fond of Richard, Kahland, Cara, etc, and to see her hatred towards Richard so blatently displayed and so biased, I quickly grew to hate her. Oba - well doesn't he have issues. I STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TITLE HAS TO DO WITH THE BOOK. Only at the end was the Pillars mentioned and described - and even then I was left wondering what significance they had.
To try to take us into the heart of the Imperial Order was a poor attempt. You don't really understand their mentality at all. They seem disorganized and not really a force to reckon with. Not to mention too nice considering what they have done in before.
Too many things just seemed out of context with Terry's writing (Tom travelling across the Old World to follow Jennsen with three goats, Oba's character just ending like that - nothing exciting considering who he was and what he has done, (I felt cheated to tell you the truth), the Imperial Order strategist ending his own life for the love of a girl,) comes to mind and that is just to name a few.
I know that everyone learns from their mistakes and hopefully Terry will learn his from publishing this book.
After all that is said however, I look forward to reading his next books - I just hope they are this time about Richard.
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Summary: Good, not great, but a must read.
Review: I loved the first four books, abhorred the fifth and was ecstatic about the sixth. PofC is in between. I began reading the book knowing that Richard was not going to be in it. Though it was dissapointing, I was at least not frustrated. Instead I enjoyed the character of Jennsen and am sure that her role in the future books will be important. I hope her relationship with Tom will continue. I enjoyed the D'Harran and Old World back stories. The ending was predictable, but satisfying. Better than any of the Wheel of Time books. Can't wait till next year.
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Summary: Oh where has my Richard gone?
Review: I don't like Jennsen. Richard doesn't even show up in the book as a character until page 500. This book is basically Wizards First Rule rewritten with Richard being Jennsen. It's a good book, just redundant. I think this book was just written as a preview of what the next one will be like. I was disappointed in it. I hope R & K are in the next book. It's more interesting with them.
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Summary: What was the motivation for this book?
Review: I must say I was pretty disappointed when I heard that Terry Goodkind was to release 7th installment for "The Sword of Truth" series. "Faith of the Fallen" had a perfect, non-Hollywood, ending, where it gave hope to a new beginning. Unfortunately, it seems that the writer could not just end it there, but instead started a completely new story that somehow lamely ties into the existing one. Seems to me like greed was the motivation for the book, not a new brilliant idea. And new plot is not what really bothers me. It is the quality of writing. It is repetitive, silly and obnoxious, and it read as fast as a bad romance novel. I do hope he will go back to the writing style which made the previous books in the series such good reads.
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Summary: One Thumb Down
Review: My first complaint is that I was very distracted by Richard's absense. It would have been fine to have the story switch between Richard and Jennsen, but his absense was so complete that I kept disengaging from what was, while not Goodkind's best work, an interesting story to wonder what our hero was up to. I would have been very interested to read about R&K's adventures in the Old World. Were their experiences too boring to merit further mention? That seems a little unlike them. My other complaint was that the story seemed to be Goodkind's attempt at writing a fantasy version of Atlas Shrugged. While Jennsen's journey to Objectivism was interesting, it wasn't what I had signed up for. When I read Goodkind, I want the old cliches. I want Richard to wear white. I want his enemy to wear black. I want the fantasy version of a shoot out at high noon. Even though I got that in the last few chapters, they felt rushed and awkward because of Richard's previous absense. I guess I shouldn't complain when Goodkind wants to branch out a bit, but when his experimentation leads to an awkward ending, I feel justified.
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Summary: Pillars Of Creation
Review: Terry Goodkinds new book is a wonderful jouney deep into the heart of Richard Rahl's opposition, the Imperial Order. Jennesen, the main character, is on the run from Darken Rahl,her father, who while he was still alive and ruling D'har had ordered Jennesen killed because she was an ungifted offspring. Jennesen and her mother are running from him and are not aware that he is dead. Jennesen meets a man who works for the Imperial Order and takes him in while his has fallen ill with a fever. This starts her on A whole new andventure when she finds that Darken Rahl is Dead and the Bounderys have fallen and she thinks that her half Brother Richard is trying to kill her now. This book has a wonderful cast of new character and Mr. Goodkind amazes me angian with his one of a kind writing style.
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