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

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

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Worst book of the series
Review: This book .... Richard and Kahlan are barely in it. The story was predictable, absurd, and above all boring. I thought the last book a step in the wrong direction, but this is a pitch of a cliff. If the next book is not good within the frist 100 pages, I am quiting the series.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Should have been a stand-alone.
Review: Though I thoroughly enjoy the SoT series, and any info while waiting for the next book is helpful, this book doesn't really belong as part of the series. I enjoyed the read, I really like a "commoner's" look at the land of D'hara and elsewhere. Really, though, this is a side story.
This book is not on par with the writing in "Faith of the Fallen" - my personal favorite and certainly the most well written - but easily stands up to the writing in the rest of the series. Brooks is no Martin (hurry up George!) but still verrry entertaining.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: What series did this story come from?
Review: I was very disappointed with the plot of this book. When you see that a book is the next volume of a SERIES...you expect that it would continue with the original plot. This book however goes off on a completely different tangent with only a "cameo" apperance of the original characters.

I can only hope that the next one does continue the original story, but I will be sure to skim through it BEFORE I buy it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great but misunderstood story
Review: Terry Goodkind is probably one of the best authors that I have read, his books are incredible and worth reading more than once (Faith of the Fallen my favorite I read seven times) however this book doesnt seem to be getting the respect it deserves. Terry has managed to tie up a lot of loose ends and gives your a better perspective of the world then you've ever had before but a lot of people are upset because it doesnt have a lot of everyones favorite charecters. As we all know Terry likes to put a lot behind his charecters to give them depth. This is a whole book that Terry put behind a whole new charecter and by the end you feel like you really know her.

If your looking for non stop adventures and seeing who old gang slaying the order then maybe this book isnt for you (theres some seens with zedd and addy where you find out why zedd is the wind of death, you gatta see it guys.) but if you want a good story and more of Terry's genious this is for you.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good read
Review: I disagree with the other reviewers - I think this was one of the best books in the series. The story had a depth to it of Jennsens' metaphorical death and rebirth that I found wonderfully written. Yes, Kahlan and Richard are only there are the end, but it was refreshing to see D'Hara through the eyes of another character, and Jennsen's growth as a charcter is well written. Cara, Richard and Kahlan border on charicatures sometimes, and it was nice to get away from them for a bit. Goodkind's preaching about individual rights does get tiresome, but it is limited in this novel.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Did we read the same book?
Review: Reading some of the positive reviews of this book, I have to wonder if I read the same book as those who liked it. I can accept the fact that Goodkind has decided to turn his series into an ongoing soap opera and abandon advancement of the overall series plot. That's entirely forgiveable if the offshoot books are well-written and good standalone stories.

However this book is neither well-written nor is the story particularly interesting. Warning - possible spoilers follow. The main character, Jennsen, is obviously being misled from page 1. However she's naive to the point of being just plain stupid. Broad hints as to the truth of matters completely pass her by, even when one of those clues literally whacks her on the head. Halfway through the book I began wondering why Goodkind was dropping these clues if Jennsen was always going to miss them. Did he want to frustrate readers on purpose, or just drive home how blissfully ignorant his heroine is?

Well, enough carping about the heroine. A story can still be good even with a lame hero. But this isn't one of those stories. Jennsen basically runs around for 600 pages accomplishing little and learning less, and in the last few pages Richard shows up to save the day. There's no mystery, no suspense, no unfolding plot, no characters to empathize with. More criticism of the story would be warranted if there was a story to criticize, but unfortunately there's just nothing there to talk about.

One last note - I was also extremely disappointed with Faith of the Fallen. If you liked that novel, then your tastes are sufficiently different from mine that you might actually like this book too. But if you're like me and thought Faith of the Fallen was like a story written by an 8th grader who just finished reading Ayn Rand's _Atlas Shrugged_ then believe me when I tell you that this book only goes downhill from there.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Momentous book
Review: This book was a fantastic read. It offers D'hara from a fresh perspective that tries all it can to upset how dedicated readers view Goodkind's world. In 'Faith of the Fallen' Goodkind showed us what it was like from the other side of enemy lines. This book shows it from a tangent, someone simply caught in the middle. I think Goodkind did a good job of showing his readers what his world is about.
Another reviewer said they wanted a more definite enemy, some sort of all encompassing, definite evil. Guess, what? The real world doesn't work like that! This is a book about real people. If you're looking for an archetypal fantasy novel with a great shadow looming just over the horizon ready to devour the world then read 'Lord of the Rings' or 'The Wheel of Time' series. This book, and the rest of the series, is first and foremost about people and how they react to the situations presented to them. Terry Goodkind, I salute you.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Bad book
Review: I used to like the series, but this book does not live up to them.
First, for whatever reason Richard and Kahlan are not in there from the neggining, I do not know and frankly I do not care. I just don't see the point though. Instead of them we have 3 new character, which can be described as the good, the bad, and the neutral one.
The bad one is very annoying. Whenever he comes into play I found myself skipping whole pages full of horrible, tasteless violence. I suppose this is 'character building', but to be honest, at page 400 I wanted his death as much as at page 100.
Honestly, if you have the other 6 books get this one too. You've already decided to do it anyway by buying the first 6. If not, think seriously about the series because the senseless deaths and violence is sometimes over the line of the mere atmosphere/character build-up.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Not exactly the best book I've ever read
Review: Terry Goodkind is capable of much better work. I finished this book in 4 days, mostly because I wanted to be done with it. The entire book's pretty suspenseful, setting you up for the climax, which is allright, but only 5 pages long. A bit short for something you've been waiting for for 700 pages.
I have to say, for those 700 pages the plot was anything but riveting. You don't really have any idea what's going on until the very end. Plus, there are no heroes to root for. Most fantasy books have a dangerous, evil force and a small band of heroes fighting it. Here, there's only a very undefined danger--as I said, you don't fully realize what it is until the very end. There aren't really any heroes, either. The main characters are Oba (unmitigated evil) and Jennsen (potentially good, but misguided). You're only rooting for the death of Oba and that Jennsen's eyes will be opened.
Despite all this, the book does have some things working for it. Jennsen't plight is pretty suspenseful--will she realize she's being manipulated, or not? Also, we get to see D'Hara from the common people's perspective, and see what they think of the new Lord Rahl. Instead of looking at Goodkind's world from the top down (from the heroes' and rulers' perspectives) we get to see it from the bottom up. I don't think that Goodkind's politics are a huge problem, like some other reviewers do. Even if I don't necessarily agree with them, it's nice to have a fantasy novel that I can escape into but that also has a message, a point. It makes you think a little. Reminds me a bit of Sherri S. Tepper. (If you haven't read her stuff, do it!) Bottom line--it's not the best or the worst fantasy novel I've read. There are worse ways to spend a few hours.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: not as good as some of his other works
Review: he contunes to write wonderfully but he brings u through the whole book with out you know whats the point of it other then to see oba walk through and kill, mangle and distroy every thing jenn comes in contact with then hits you with the "o by the way its a good thing richard did this this and this other wise the world would have ended " some thing that would have been better off if explained 1/2 way though the book


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