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Summary: ... poor writing....!
Review: I started reading this book whit great joy, and expected this book to give me the conclusion from Faith of the fallen.
But Mr Goodkind should be ashamed of himself. This is not up to his standard, considering the other 6 Sword of the truth series.
I was extremely disappointed with this book. A disapointed formely fan.................................
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Summary: Will this series ever end.....
Review: If you're buying this book cuz you love richard, kahlan, zorander, adie, nathan, and cara, save your money until the next one. They're barely in it, I could count, but my guess is they appear on maybe 10 pages.If you want to
1)see a young innocent girl deceived by the bad guys in boring detail for 557 pages, 2). be preached at with the same (not new, the same) tiresome dialogue that's begun to drag down the other books, and 3). see Mr. Goodkind explore the torture and maiming of innocents in a manner that would make a method actor proud, then this is your book. It would also be nice if Mr. Goodkind would stop reading Robert Jordan....of course both refuse to end the story cuz they are making too much money. Shame on them!
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Summary: What a waste....
Review: I have been an avid reader of Terry Goodkind's books. I am truly stunned over how much paper that has been wasted on this particular story! I do not know what he was thinking, but he has lost me in more ways than one. I don't know why he wasted so much time on these two new characters. I didn't buy this book so I could read all about Jennsen and Oba. I bought it so I could read about Richard and Kahlan in the Old World. Yuck! It is not the money that I wasted that makes me so mad. It is the time that I wasted. That is more valuable to me. I am through with this story. It is just too frustrating to hope that Terry will get his act together and tell a story that we would like to read.
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Summary: Dont waste your time
Review: I loved the first five books in the series but they are just getting worse and worse. Where is the sword of truth? This book should not have been included in the series since the main characters are missing. we wait so long for the next book in the series and this is all we get??
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Summary: The editorial review says it all
Review: Many people have said they don't like this book, but I found it higly enjoyable. Sure, you don't see Richard and Kahlan until the very end, but I was left with the feeling that the next book would tie in very well bringing everything together. If you are a diehard Terry goodkind fan, and, like me, are hesistating to read this book because of all of the bad press you have read, then stop hesitating right this instant. It is well worth the time it will take to read.
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Summary: Um....what happened to the story?
Review: This is one of my favorite fantasy series but I found this book and the last one to be dissapointing. The last one "Faith of the Fallen" seemed to be only half a story and left a lot unfinished. I was hoping that this one would at least complete all the loose ends from the last book but it did not. It almost seemed like a veerrryyyy long short story. Richard and Kahlan did not come in until the very end and while the storyline with Jennsen and her different view of Richard and the order was somewhat interesting, it seems to me like it could have been condensed so that we could get back to the main story and tie up some of the loose ends from the last book. Personally, I am ready for a conclusion and happy ending in the next book.
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Summary: This entire book is filler.
Review: The first thing I have to say is that I'm not the biggest sword of truth fan.. I like wheel of time a lot better. But, after the sixth sword of truth book, I had almost switched--the sixth book was amazing. However, Pillars of Creation is terrible. It completlely excludes the all of the main characters and the characters were what made the series. I wouldn't recommend this book unless your really a diehard fan.
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Summary: Poorly written and childish plot
Review: First off, this book is very poorly written. The text and language is on par with an 8th grader's English creative writting assignment. The plot is unimaginatve and Richard Rahl is not even introducted into the story until, as every reader knows, he must swoop in to save the day. The plot line from the last 6 books has not continued at all. Instead, the author has merely branched onto a side plot, failed, and run into a brick wall. The conflict between the Imperial Order and the New World is barely addressed. Richard is still in the Old World and therein lie some of the discrepancies between this book and the others. How is that Brother Narev's head is in the Midlands when Richard, who killed Narev, is still in the Old World? It just, "got there?" Really, save yourself time and money. Do not buy this book. Rather instead, spend the time you would to read this book to write your own - any high school student could write a novel better than this. Terry Goodkind should be ashamed to put this book in the same series as Wizard's First Rule, which was very well developed and a wonderful read. His editor should be firied for putting the profits he undoubtedly knew the book would reap before making sure Pillars of Creation was a fully developed story that reader's would enjoy. Finally, I should be ashamed of myself for not putting the aweful book down after the first 50 pages. I guess I was too trusting in Mr. Goodking that he could never write such an audcaious and horrific story.
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Summary: Far to abrubt
Review: I absolutely love the entire Sword of Truth series, and simply devour right through each book unable to put it down. This book seemed far to off track from the previous plots though and left me startled and confused. As much as it was fascinating to get a broad bit of back round on a new and obviously important character in the struggle against The Order, I found the change far to abrupt in many ways. The key characters before, Richard and Kahlan are all but completely taken out of the series, that is based around the weapon Richard carries. The struggle is that of him, and his sword because it his tool and they are bonded, and Kahlan because she is part of his soul.; matters of blood do not seem all to relevant. At times the book rambles on aimlessly with no plot in site, and no aim directed, leaving the reader agitated and bored within the story. The tale also lacked the entangled complexity of Terry Goodkind's previous novels, and completely lacked in intensity. Jennsen's new love is too abrupt, and not well thought out, and was unbecoming of developing a character that was not wise in the world of people maybe, but brilliant none the less. Tom, which she realizes is her love near the end is left out far too much, and desearved to have had a much deeper and intricate play within her adventure. It would have made the outcome more likely and much more sensible. It was interesting to see the human side of the enemy, for before all we say was the bias view of his opposition. It felt as if the story was to waste time until late spring, or early summer when the armies would collide in full-fledged war, or simply a tantrum of slow played, simple plot acted out tediously to aquatint us with this new vital piece in the puzzle. I sincerely think the whole ordeal could have been summed up when Jennsen talks to Richard later, and the whole mess about her lover was simply unnecessary and held no valid point. The book could of just before the Pillars of Creation with Richard losing Kahlan, and the whole medley of gratuitous details left out. The character of Oba also held no sway in the story, nor plot, and the many loose ends were left open in an over hasty and again abrupt ending to the book. His writing still beautiful, and imagination still vivid, Terry Goodkind is still my favorite author, and the Sword of Truth series are still my favorite books, but to say the least I am disappointed at the work. To all those avid Sword of Truth readers out there, this is definitely still an essential.
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Summary: Can this series get any worse?
Review: I first picked up The Sword of Truth because it had a decent premise. It soon became apparent (and extensively argued elsewhere) that it was merely a take on the much better done Wheel of Time books (the parallels are endless). What struck me as odd was the fact that here was a first time writer who had an entire publishing house behind him by granting him a hardcover without even being tested in the mass market. I wondered who he was blackmailing or related to at Tor, because this book just didn't rate. With this most recent endeavor, my determination to see the series to its end is being sorely tried. The repetition of phrases, descriptions and explanations, the juvenile dialog and themes and the use of language - more or less modern speech in a classic fantasy setting - is jarring and worse, annoying. The characters, who one would assume, for the most part, possess the same level of education as a typical medieval peasant, are remarkably well read and versed in (flawed) logic. (For someone who spent his life mucking out stables, Oba seems to have quite a vocabulary.) Quite out of place in a fantasy novel. And gee, look what happened. Kahlan got captured again. Can we expect that to happen in every forthcoming book, too? I don't know who wrote the book jacket copy, but the line about Goodkind being "elevated...to the ranks of legend." is laughable. Then again, Goodkind shouldn't take all the blame. His editor apparently stinks, too. For all its recent many faults, the Wheel of Time books leave me wanting more. These books only make me wish they would end.
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