Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, Book 2)

Rating:
Summary: The BEST book ever written. It should be a solid 5.
Review: Richard and Kahlan have just found out that they can be together without risk to Ricahrd. So they fly off on Scarlet to the Mudd People village to be alone together. Then they find out that Richard has to learn how to use his magical ablity even though he doesn't believe he has it he finds out that he truly does have it. He leaves and goes to be with the Sisters of the Light where he helps them rat out the Sisters of the Dark and forces them to leave. Mean while Kahlan is having to fight an D'Haran army with a small band of Ebesian soldiers and they defeat the illustrious army with Kahlan's remarkable military strategy that she learned form her father. In the end Kahlan and Richard come back to each other through a sort of void.

Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable but certainly not original
Review: I actually found Goodwind's second book quite dark in places with the rape/torture repeated themes, however overall the book was quite enjoyable. The similarities with Robert Jordan's wheel of time extend into almost every area of the plot. right down to the Sisters of light being on an Island, the warder type cloak, the term 'novice' etc etc etc however the great thing about Goodkind is that he wraps up most of the loose ends by the end of his books. This means the books can be enjoyed on their own, being a story in themselves. Overall I've enjoyed reading the series so far and plan to continue reading them all.

Rating:
Summary: Good, despite the lack of originality.
Review: This book reminds me of my high school book reports where I would rearrange the authors words just enough to keep it from being called plagiarism. I admit that I'm not an expert on the fantasy genre, but it's almost embarassing whenever I read something "borrowed" from Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series. Overall, it is an enjoyable read, but I think it's because Terry Goodkind took Robert Jordan's concepts and made his own story out of them.

Rating:
Summary: Goodkind continues to deliver us great fantasy!!
Review: Stone of Tears is an awesome follow-up to Terry Goodkind's wonderful first book, Wizard's First Rule. Stone of Tears also has everything that you could want in an epic fantasy. It's not nearly as fast-paced as Wizard's First Rule, but still worthy of recognition!! I definately recommend this to all who loved Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule!!!!

Rating:
Summary: Great. Only problem is with the pacing.
Review: This is a very worthy successor to the first book. Everything's tied together very well and it almost never seems boring. The only problem is the book's pacing. The first 600 pages or so are paced very well, like in the first book. The next 350 are slowed down and loaded with too much detail (Not that detail is bad, but in this case the flow of the story is interrupted). And then the last 50 pages move at hyper speed to wrap everything up. Considering how big the series is, I'm glad this is the only real flaw I could find.

Rating:
Summary: good but it wasnt as good as the first
Review: This book was very good, but not a great like wizard's first rule. It had a very good story line but the ending was to quick. all in all it was definatly worth reading

Rating:
Summary: All the negative reviews on this book are valid.
Review: All the negative reviews on this book are valid. Why do I loveit? It is so easy to read with none of the ridiculous descriptions ofeach tree and hillside that infest WOT. The charachters may be cliche but so are Jordan's. This book does not punish the reader with weak willed, whiny, and undecided charachters. In Jordan's work you want to scream "do something!!!" . Goodkind may not be the greatest writer, but he is an easy read.

Rating:
Summary: A really REALLY terrific book
Review: Stone of Tears is a masterpeice of litureture. I've never read a book so captivating... I read the nearly 1,000 page book in five days I just couldn't put it down. I scincerly recomend buying this book.

Rating:
Summary: Good - but not quite as gripping as Wizard's First Rule
Review: Goodkind should have spent substantialy more time on the ending since it concludes hastily without any of the rich detail he is renowned for. Good - but could have been better.

Rating:
Summary: Goodkind is one of the good kind!
Review: Stone of Tears was a fun book to read. I haven't been pulled along a story like this since the Shannara series. There's a couple of twists I particularly liked. The first twist was the return of the collar. The second was Gratch, I luuuuuug Gratch! The two reasons I can't give this book 5 stars are: 1) there is too much storyline that reminds me of Wheel of Time, and; 2) the book concludes too quickly without giving certain story elements the attention they deserve. I sure like Richard more than that mean ol' Rand al'Thor!