Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, Book 2)

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Summary: Excellent and exciting book.
Review: This book is an excellent work and was a thuroughly enjoyable read

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Summary: This book is one of the best I've ever read.
Review: This book is one of the best I've ever read. It's involved, the reader is sucked in instantly, and the writing is excellent. The concept that Terry Goodkind has for this series is awesome, and he really carries this off. I would recommend it to anyone who likes wizards, dragons, sword fights, and a little bit of romance mixed in.

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Summary: Pretty good, but could be shorter and quiker moving
Review: I liked this one a lot more than the first one, although it was pretty good, too. A bit sounds like Jordan, only the concept is used a little more creatively. The fine line between good and evil is made clear as well as how one can't exist without the other. The book is a little too long and drags in places, but overall a fun read.

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Summary: An ok story, but not as good as the first
Review: I am currently on the 4th book of the series, and up to this point I have to say that this is the worst. Not bad but not good either. When reading I kept wondering when we were going to get to the Stone and it's meaning. I was dissapointed in the amount of time it actually recieved. I hope this is only a fluke, and that the rest of the series will be as good as the first book.

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Summary: There is NO God!
Review: There is NO God, and this book prooves it! If there was then he would fling Mr. Goodkind and his publishers into the fiery hell they so richly deserve! This book is the most atrocious use of the English language that has ever been. I feel the need to switch to a different tongue simply because Mr. Goodkind speaks this one. The writing is infantile, the plots absurd, and the eloqution terrible. Mr. Goodkind, go check your report cards, I'm pretty sure you'll find a failing grade from your 2nd grad english teacher. Read this if you want to feel horribly ill.

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Summary: Pretty good for an escapist novel
Review: OK, so he borrowed a little from the Wheel of Time Jordan books. So what? Robert Jordan's last foray was rather weak, so I enjoyed reading this similar, yet better written, version. The bottom line is that the book IS a simple, fun, and not too intelligent story...exactly the reason a person should be reading fantasy in the first place.

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Summary: Very good book
Review: This was a better book than the 1st book. He uses extreme detail and allowed me to visualy see the story inside my head. Not many books can do that for me. Great job Terry!!!!!!!!

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Summary: A Great Accomplishment
Review: This book is the best one out of the Sword of Truth series. It is a great epic of the fight between good and evil. Goodkind has outdone himself with this one. This book has everything a Fantasy lover will ever want. Richard Rahl is truly the greatest characters ever produced.

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Summary: Dry up, sourpusses!
Review: Reading the reviews of this book makes me sick. Goodkind is an excellent author. His novels are extremely well-written, his characters pull you in and make you a part of the novel. He may very well have borrowed from other authors...but then, we all do. However, I have to take offense at the "the only people who like this trash are teenagers" comment. Violence, sex, and intruige have long been a successful formula, and because he pulls it off with a plot and likeable characters the Jordan fans are going ballistic. Grow up, adults. You say teenagers are immature.

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Summary: A nice fantasy novel, but a few hundred pages too long
Review: If you like part one, you'll like this book too. I think it's about 300 pages too long, it seems Terry doesn't really know how to make things a bit more short. Some of the happy coincidences in the book are a bit hard to believe, which degrades the story. Richard is a cool guy, a bit like Arnold Schwarzenegger at times (excluding the accent), Kahlan does her usual thing (i.e. being a brave woman who uses magic when things get tough). Terry G. himself says he wanted this book to be better than the first part. I do not think he has succeeded in that, but it is a satisfying story with some terrifying scenes (some of which are indeed unnecessary as one reviewer suggests), and which still appears to be an introduction to the real story (that of course never gets told in part three). I'm off to read Tolkien first, then I'll proceed to the Blood of the Fold...