The Pillars of Creation (Sword of Truth, Book 7)

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Summary: Somewhat Disappointing
Review: When I first inserted the first tape into my player, I questioned whether or not it was the same series.
Not till I got home and comfirmed it on the internet did I believe it.
3/4 of this book is dedicated to two new character who could have been described in two chapters.
I was very disappointed with this book.
Mr Goodkind takes an entire book to identify two characters which he could have done in two or three chapters.
The last 100 pages are appropriate and very interesting.
The rest of the book existed just to make money.
Shame on you Terry.


Rating:
Summary: Strange thing
Review: I noticed watching an old Friday the 13th movie that there is an obscure actress named Jensen Daggett. That's such an odd name in general that I have to wonder if Terry Goodkind ripped it off from her for the character. The question is: why would anyone do that?

As to the book, it was fine.

Rating:
Summary: Why would he do this...
Review: Why would any author do this? Mr. Goodking has written a book that is supposed to be the seventh in a series of books. The whole story is about a character that has never appeared in any of the previous books!! The main characters, Richard and Kahlan, don't show up until the end.

In Temple of the Winds, Goodkind was able to introduce Richard's half brother without dedicating a whole book to him. It worked out fine there. This story however is a waste of the reader's time. When you finish Faith of the Fallen, you immediately want to know what happens next. Instead, you wait patiently for a book's release to find a story of a girl being chased around by soldiers, falling in love with a stranger, joining up with the New Order 3/4s of the way into the book, and finally confronting the main characters of the series at the end. The fact that she's Richard's half sister was the only thing that allowed me to get through to the end. The story moves real slow, and since she's new to the events happening in the series, you get things explained to you that have been part of all the previous books.

In the end, I feel like this book could have been three chapters of a story that introduces us to Richard's sister and then moves on. If you've just finished Faith of the Fallen (book 6), you can read the last fifty pages of the this book and go to the next.

Rating:
Summary: An Interesting Book
Review: Something that would have helped me to know I give to you. Richard Rahl will not appear in this book till the last couple of chapters. I kept waiting for the main characters to take over but they never did. Half way through the book when I finally realized Richard wasn't coming things went better.

This book doesn't really advance the main storyline at all. It revolves around Richard's evil half brother and sweet and innocent half sister. I personally enjoyed the departure from the main storyline, but I can see how many people would be annoyed by this. The story was interesting enough though that I enjoyed it.

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Summary: Hooray for libraries
Review: This stinkbomb series is great. It really reminds me that if you're in doubt about the book, you can check it out at the library instead of buying it. Support your local library!

Lucky for Richard his enemies are dumb and cartoonish, too bad for us I guess.

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Summary: This book was awesome.
Review: I'd just like to start by saying that "backfromspace" has obviously not even read the damn book or maybe just skimmed it because so many of the plotlines he or she outlined were completely inaccurate! Dude, if you haven't read the book, don't review it. Jeez. Must be some wannabe writer who is jealous of Goodkind's success.

As for why Inchohatus or whatever hated the book, I just don't get it. I don't think it was poorly written. I will never trust inchohatus.com and urge others to ban that damn site.

I thought this book was great. It was refreshing to have the focus of the series shift onto new characters.

Rating:
Summary: Not relavent to the plot line
Review: This goes on some big sidetangent not related to the story. Really not that worthwhile to read.

Rating:
Summary: Good book gets bad review
Review: Despite all the bad reviews from other readers, I tried this book and really enjoyed it. It had all the action, suspense and page turning thrills as all the others in this series. Goodkind is an excellent writer and I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the previous books.

Rating:
Summary: Brilliant
Review: Anyone who says the book was no good because Richard and kahlan were hardly in it, simply have no concept of judging a book by its quality of plot, intrigue, and pure skill of writing. They go only by how they feel and not the NEXT chapter in a series that is original(and as such, invovles many twists and angles of perspective) and not the same old monotone crap that usually happens book after book in a long series.

This book was amazing! It was highly original and brought a whole new perspective to the enemies side and how they believe in a lie. The book was well developed and there was simply nothing wrong about it. It wasn't a good book...it was a great book! I give it 4 stars instead of five simply because it wasn't his best. Well written! Bravo Goodkind! Don't let people's emotional whims judge your great skill of writing!!!