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Summary: Mr. Goodkind, you can do better.
Review: I was very disapointed in this book because I have read the other three. First off some of my favorite supporting charachters(spelling?) where no where to be found. I was also upset that Kahlan didnt appear untill the middle of the book. However I thought the concept of Jagang , Richard becoming the master of D'hara and the Mriswith's where all very cool. Lets just hope that Temple of the Winds will be better
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Summary: Excellently crafted third book
Review: In "BLOOD OF THE FOLD" Mr. Goodkind brings order
to the chaos he left us in at the end of "STONE OF TEARS" . In tying up the loose ends he had already left
laying about he raises many interesting possibilities for his
next installment. This book is a very well done fantasy with
a rich background of characters,creatures and lands. I will
read all of this series because I enjoy the way Mr.Goodkind writes and the story he is telling. For those of you who feel that an author must have a brand new slant in order to write a good book, I do feel sorry for you. As for those of you who enjoy a great book for it's own sake please do yourself a favor pick up a copy of this series toda
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Summary: Nicely nasty.
Review: When I began to read this, I was a tad concerned that we might be getting a rehash of the first two, as so many others seem to do when they run out of ideas and have a 5 book contract. Well, Mr.Goodkind has a 6 book contract, I've read, and if he keeps up the pace he's set himself, no other fantasy book will ever be as good, no series as profound or involving. Although this didn't make me go into cardiac arrest like "Stone of Tears" did, I did enjoy it immensely and think the series is far supeior to alot of the mass produced fantasy muck churned out nowadays. It takes alot for me to go into throes of ecstasy over a book, but this series has done it. It also takes alot for me to bludgeon everyone I know to read a book, but this has done it. I am terrified what he's going to do next to our beloved heroes, and I must say to those who hated it-if you didn't like the other two, why read the next one? Gluttons for punishment? Hmm...Terry Goodkind is a wonderful storyteller, with a wide scope and a knack for characterization. I must say that even though this is also quite the nastiest as well as the best series I've ever read, I love all the characters, and find it easy to empathise with them. As far as books go, this is excellent, and well worth a look by any fan of epic fantasy
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Summary: Great, but one thing bugged me...
Review: I am one of Goodkind's fans, and I enjoyed both Wizard's First Rule and Stone of Tears immensely. Blood of the Fold is a great continuation of the series, and I would have given it a 10, but it had one problem...DOES THIS GUY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LANGUAGES? For anyone who's read it: did you notice how easily High Dharan (spelling?) which was supposedly a "very difficult language" translated to english, or whatever language Richard spoke? Fuer grissa ost drauka (once again, spelling? I borrowed the book form my friend as it isn't out in papaerback yet and I don't have a copy with me right now), "the bringer of death" should not translate exactly. Different languages do have different styles of grammar, you know, Mr. Goodkind. If High Dharan is so different from whatever Richard spoke, HOW did he manage to translate it exactly, cryptography-style, from The Adventures of Bonnie Day? I could have accepted that Richard could speak the language because of his Dharan heritage, but this is unbelievable. Aside from that however, another wonderful book
Rating: 
Summary: Gag me, Terry
Review: I thought WIZARD'S FIRST RULE was a joke. BLOOD OF THEFOLD isn't even funny. It's just stupid.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent! Can't wait for book Four. Hurry up Terry.
Review: Brilliant! After being left hanging at the end of the previous installment Blood of the Fold took the story forward, as well as filling in the blanks left after Stone of Tears. Just when you think that all the bad guys have been vanquished and the good guys have won, along comes another bad guy. But it's all done within the underlying plot of the Creator's side -versus- Keeper's side. And, it looks like there are just about enough loose ends at the end of Blood of the Fold to carry forward into the sequel - and I personally can't wait
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Summary: Not quite as good as the first two in this series
Review: Although I enjoyed this book almost as much as the first two this one seemed to get rather streched out and mudied. At times the author didn't really seem to know where he was going
Rating:
Summary: Good Book
Review: I see a lot of animocity between people. They either are feverently
fanatical or think goodkind is a caveman with a stick up his nose punching random
keys. My opinion is that it is very good and worth reading if you can stand and like a little violence(Okay not a little) and some mature content. But what you have to realize
here people is it's a BOOK!!! It's not a matter of life or death nor a debate to determine
the one true religeon. IT'S A BOOK!! Settle down and and use your brains to discuss.
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Summary: Excellent sequel in a growing magical world
Review: Most sequels never quite shine the way their first or second predecessors do. This volume of the ever growing world of magick gleams brightly, not stealing away the light of the origianl but adding its own shine to the world. I was surprised at how well written and attention grabbing these books have been, catching you in on the first page and everyone just seems to get better. There are very few authors able to pull this off book after book, espeacially in large novels
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Summary: Only one problem
Review: This book properly fills in the holes left by the prior 2 and leads into something from the first ("He commands the winds"...). I'm impatiently awaiting the completion of book 4.
The only gripe I have is (as with the entire genre) Goodkind is following suit (as with Jordan, Donaldson, etc) and making the 'Classic Trilogy' into an 8+ book sequel. The world is already built as of book 3. I cannot see Goodkind getting 3 or more books out before having to abandon this plot and start anew.
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