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Summary: Not worth feeling violated...
Review: While I am not one to beat a dead horse, I still would like to say I was SEVERELY disappointed with this book. The plot could have been forseen by a child of three, the characters lacked much needed definition, and I felt that the story went nowhere. After a year of waiting, I feel like a man would after visiting a prostitute, the service recieved was not worth the money spent. I'm sorry to say that one of my favorite authors has let me down with a sidebar that, to me, had no meaning. This book felt more like one that would come after an author has finished a series and was trying to float a few books by on its reputation. I hope that this book is not a forewarning of the future of Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. I look forward to a better book to come.
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Summary: This Book is Great, Brings out more from the series!!!!!
Review: When I first started reading this book, I was just like everyone else, wondering what had ahppened to Richard and Kahlan. But, I have to say this book is well worth the money and time. A new and worthy character has been added to the community, we learn more about Terry's world and learn more about his world's precarious balance with magic and life. Yet, I gave it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars for the reason of lacking much about what has happened to Kahlan and Richard throughout this time, these are the focus of the other books and that needs to be kept.
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Summary: did i really pay full price for this?
Review: ok, i know this has been said over and over, but one more time, this book was a huge HUGE waste of my time and money. The previous reviews said this was basically a book to introduce a new character. Well i disagree, it was a book about nothing. Jennson wasn't interesting in the least, and i have no idea what oba the boring oaf was even doing in there. And who couldn't see the whole tom was actually a lord Rahl agent all along? I love the SoT series, and it saddens me that mr. Goodkind felt he needed to write this novel like this at this time. I agree with the others when they said he needed to address what happened after they took Jagang's home city. With that said i'll just say that I would have given this a big fat goose egg for a rating but amazon doesn't go that low in it's rating system.
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Summary: Stepping Stone
Review: I have a hard time knowing where to start with this book. In many ways it was superior to what I have seen in the last two books in the Sword of Truth series. I could see Goodkind's writing in it, his ability to shape and weave a story that is both wonderfully written and spellbinding for both a world and the characters. Soul of the Fire was not written in that way, it was slow and hard to get through. Faith of the Fallen was better, more interesting, but still not up to the standard Goodkind set for himself with the first four books. In this regard, book 7 was very well written. However, it was unique in the series and I am not sure that I like the change. When I read Sword of Truth I want to know what's going on with many things. The main characters are the most important of those things, with the world and the supporting characters as secondary in what I want to know. This book explored what happens in the world in some aspects, but we see very little of the main characters; so little that I hardly felt like the book was Sword of Truth. That's not to say the story it told was a poor one. Quite on the contrary. I liked that story and the main character, Jennsen was interesting to say the least. It just felt to removed from the series as I know it. However, I must consider the ending. I think its highly possible that Goodkind was using this book to set up the rest of the series, and that the things that happened in Pillars of Creation will become crucial to the rest of the series, especially in regards to the character Jennsen. Due to this I am going to have to reccomend this book to anyone who wants to finish out the series. To anyone who wants a good story, I would also say read this book. To someone who is looking to explore what is happening with Richard and Kahlan, do not. You will be disappointed. I give it three stars because it is a good story, but feels out of place as the series stands now.
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Summary: I forgive you, Terry!!
Review: While I agree that this book is not as good as some of the better books in the series (Temple of the Winds, Faith of the Fallen), I think that the biggest flaw in the book is the jacket copy. If the publishers had just been honest and said, "In this book, Terry Goodkind introduces a new major character..." I would have spent a lot more time enjoying our introduction to Jennsen and a lot less time wondering what the heck happened to Richard and Kahlan! As it was, I spent most of the book thinking, "Gee, this is a lot of character development for this book's 'chicked that isn't a chicken'" and hanging in there because I love this series so much. However, after realizing that Jennsen is going to be with us for the long haul, I did get caught up in the story. Goodkind is always kind of a slow starter; when I recommend these books to someone, I tell them that once they drag through the first 150 pages of each book, they'll get caught up in the story and stay up 'til 3 AM to finish. But waiting for the first 400 pages is a bit much. And one bit of advice: Terry, we read these books for Richard and Kahlan. In the future, please keep the secondary characters... well, secondary. Still, I think this book was okay. It was just disappointing because I am used to rating the books in this series 5+++. I hope the next installment gives me back the Richard and Kahlan (and Terry) that I love so much.
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Summary: Sloppy and Rushed
Review: I found this book very disappointing. Having only discovered the series at the end of the summer, I only had a couple of months to wait for this sequel. Because of that I suppose my expectations had not quite reached the fevered pitch of people who read Faith of the Fallen when it first came out. Still I was disappointed. The jacket is blatantly misleading. It spends half of it's space talking about Richard and Kahlan as well as Jennsen. The reader is deliberately lead to believe that the story is about Richard and Kahlan meeting this new girl Jennsen. That's like saying the Lord of the Rings is about Prince Imrahil. I felt the characterizations were forced. I'm sure he thought he was being subtle, but it was blatantly obvious that Sebastian was using the main character. And as for Oba, what was the point? He had almost no bearing on the book that required him to have so much development. Furthermore his development was uneven. He's a sadist before he listens to the voices. We're supposed to feel like he's a weak nice guy who's hoodwinked by the voices in his head which corrupt him over the course of the novel. That's a little hard to swallow, when his FIRST scene has him inflating a live chicken! Jennsen felt like a low rent version of Kahlan. Similar trust issues, but not as smart. I still enjoyed reading the book for the most part, but I found the ending unsatisfying and I felt hammered by "subtleties". I'd almost suggest new readers read this one first then go back and read the rest of the series.
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Summary: not enough action
Review: I felt this book didn't have enough action with the characters we have grown to love. Terry Goodkind tells a flowing story that read fast, but didn't further the saga. The book had its moments, but as whole it was pointless. Richard, Kahlan, and Zedd are in only about 60 pages. The character Oba was a complete waste. After Faith of the Fallen this was a let down
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Summary: Decent Book, not what I was expecting
Review: Simply put, if I had read this book without reading the prior 3 or 4, I would have enjoyed it a lot more. Great authors in the genre(put your own favorites here) have a distinct knack for being able to make us care about characters OTHER than the main protagonist. Goodkind did that here. I even ended up liking Sebastian by the end of the book. The only problem was that I did spend the first 500 pages wondering when Richard and Kahlan were going to show up, and not as much paying attention to the story. I am figuring that most of you did the same. So what I would say is reread the book, firmly believing that Richard and Kahlan won't show up until the very end, and the story has nothing to do with them directly. Because the story isnt' about the Seeker, it's about the Pillars of Creation....
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Summary: GOD AWFUL
Review: I have generally been a big fan of Terry Goodkind's work. I greatly enjoy his characters Richard, Zedd, Kahlan, Chase, etc. Too bad this book wasn't about any of these characters. Richard's character appeared at most on 25 pages of this 550 page waste. I must say, I really don't care about Jennsen, and the description on the inside of the dust cover is really the only good fiction to be found anywhere inside of this book. There is more written about Richard and Kahlan there, then anywhere else in the novel. I love this series because of Richard and Kahlan, I was hoping to read more about them. This book might be good, as a stand alone novel, with a vague tie in to the Sword of Truth series. But in no way should it be book seven. I bought this book expecting to read mostly about Richard and Kahlan, instead I got page after page of Jennsen. This book might have done the impossible and completely turned me off Terry Goodkind for ever.
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Summary: great book
Review: i have long been a fan of this series its as awsome as ever.
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