Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, Book 2)

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Summary: Star Wars + Tolkien + Eddings + Jordan = Goodkind
Review: I can forgive him for copying Tolkien cause every fantasyauthor does it. But Star Wars, Eddings AND Jordan!!?? Thisguy should be sued. Bad guy is good guys father...Sisters of Light and Dark = Aes Sedai...collars to control powers... good guy is a powerful wizard but doesn't want to be...ad nauseum. Can't Goodkind come up with ANYTHING original?

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Summary: Good book, but plot very familiar
Review: This was a good book to read, but I get the feeling that some of the plots in the story have been taken from some other book. However, Goodkind does a decent job of making it new and interesting enough to make the book readable. I also like the length, it seems hard to find a really good AND long book these days. I hope the next book in the series has some more creativity though.

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Summary: Goodkind = Nausea
Review: "Oh, I love you, Kahlan," - "Oh, I love you, Richard!"Jeesh. Make me puke while you're at it, Terry. Thisbook was written mostly for horny teenagers and has little for the mature pallet.

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Summary: ...And I thought he might improve!
Review: I thought Goodkind might improve on his second book--but, ifanything, he's gotten worse: the storyline is even morepredictable than in the first, the characters have become the Lords of Cliche (as if they could have gotten any thinner), and the style is even more bloated and irrelevent. It's as if he sat down and TRIED to write a book with every contrived device any fantasy author has ever put down on the page--as is, without making them his own in any way. A real master of low-grade hackmanship.

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Summary: Fair to partly cloudy with scattered sunlight
Review: I cannot tell you how disappointed I was with this book. T. Goodkind lost the art of combining dialog with horrifying violence with a purpose going toward an unforseen yet sensible outcome. His characters just went a little nuts. It seemed like the ending was disjointed and left a lot of details out that needed to be there. I hope TG gets back on track with the finale.

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Summary: The Best book I've ever read. No kidding.
Review: Look out robert jordan you just got very boring. Never have I read a book as exciting and satisfying as the 'Stone of Tears'. Most the time authors spend to much time on detail or making there books big with no substance. Terry Goodkind has suceeded at the three elements of a good read. Fast pace, great characters, and a good plot. Keep it up terry!

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Summary: THE NEW ROBERT JORDAN!!!!!
Review: THIS FANTASY SERIES AND IT'S AUTHOR HAVE ENTERTAINED ME FOR MANY HOURS. HIS DEVELOPEMENT OF CHARACTERS AND STORYLINE ARE TOPS. I RANK HIM UP THERE WITH ROBERT JORDAN AND RAYMOND FEIST. IF THERE ARE ANY HARD CORE FANTASY READERS OUT THERE, READ THIS SERIES. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOOK, "BLOOD OF THE FOLD". CASEY JONE

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Summary: Excellent fantasy adventure
Review: Really outstanding fantasy. Few books can maintain the interest and adventure over nearly 1000 pages as this one does. There are lots of interesting twists to the story line but I agree that the resolution to many of the problems presented was summed up relatively quickly at the end of the book. This was similiar to what happened in the first book (Wizard's First Rule) but Stone of Tears is a better book. It's more consistent and has a better pace to it. I'm looking forward to the third installment of this series. This author has a tremendous gift to be able to sustain such an interesting story for 1800-1900 pages (over 2 books) and still have another novel to go in this series

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Summary: Just as well done as the first
Review: The Stone of Tears is an excellent sequel to Wizards First Rule, and though I must admit that I liked the First Rule better, the Second book was quite enthralling. It further probes the love of Richard and Kahlan and reveales valuable insight into our own lives. 2 thumbs up

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Summary: Even better than the first one
Review: This book made me a fan of Terry Goodkind, if the first one had not. It was hard to put down and I finished it in one long weekend. I have read a lot of Sci-fi and Fantasy but not much this good. I am totally captivated by the characters, the world they live in and their stories. The writing is tight and well done, the plot well thought out and the story twists enough to keep you turning the pages til 2 or 3 in the morning. I am looking forward to more in the third book of the series...I can hardly wait to see what happens next