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Summary: Splendid!!!
Review: Being an avid reader that enjoys losing myself in the story, I found this novel to be completely engulfing. My state of involvement in the story and characters of the novel was so complete that I found myself making time in my day to sit and read. Goodkind presents the story and characters with deft skill. He manages to give the plot and characters substance without burdening the reader with excess information. The story is a classic good against evil scenario that will have you wishing you had the second novel on hand. Richard Cypher is your everyday, run of the mill, outdoorsy type who wants nothing more than to go hiking for the rest of his life. As the fates would have it, the boundy that is between his land and a land that is only spoken of in fear, is about to come tearing down. His homeland is a world without magic and magic reigns in the land next door. Despite his ignorance, Richard learns that the magic of that land next door not only resides within him, but that the lives of untold numbers of innocents rests in his hands. Overcoming the hurdles of his ignorance, Richard Cypher learns the value of unconditional love while trying to provide for a better tomorrow. In this day and age, who doesn't need a hero?
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Summary: Best of the Bunch
Review: Terry Goodkind has a real Gem here. If Terry goodkind did not write a sequal this book would have been 5 stars as a stand alone novel. It was much to my surprise as i finished the book there was an ad for the 2nd book in the series....i was thrilled and you will be too if you read this book.Buy this book, you wont regret it, but beware you will have to buy at least 7 more books!! The Characters are that good!
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Summary: One of the Best
Review: This book "Wizard First Rule" by Terry Goodkind is an incredibly well written novel where it combines romanticism and a variety of characterizations in an era of mythical dragons and rulers. If I were to rate this book, I would say it surpasses the level where readers just think it is an exceptional great book to read. Readers, who are enthralled by love novels, will worship this book ultimately. This book is breathlessly exciting and will captivate reader as no other fantasies have done before. "Michael, I forgive everything you have done against me" Michale sagged in relief. " But I cannot forgive what you have done against others. Others have forfeited their lives because of the things you have done. It is for those crimes that you are executed, not the one against me" If you like Dragons Dawn, or any novel that embraces romance, actions, and adventure, you will adore this book.
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Summary: Run out of Wheel of Time or Tolkien books?
Review: Perhaps you just finished the last book (so far) from the Wheel of Time or Lord of the Rings...And now you're thinking about trying out a new series.
Give it a try. It's definately worth it. It takes awhile to adjust to a new series and author, so give the book a chance. Goodkind takes his own unique approach to developing the atory and characters. I did too much comparing against other series when I started the Wizard's First Rule, but now after the first two books, I am very glad I did. Looking back, the first book in the series is quite good, and the second gets better.
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Summary: One of the BEST
Review: I fell in love with this book (and, subsequently, the series) the moment I began to read it. It contains some of the most real, wonderful, and heart-breaking characters I have read so far (and I think I have read the best in fantasy and sci-fi, including Piers Anthony, J.R.R. Tolkien, Anne McCaffrey, Issac Asimov, and Terry Brooks). I highly recommend this book to all who love the genre, and even to those who are new to it. It's easy to follow and so addictive that I spent several years abroad reading and re-reading this first book without being aware of the rest of the installments. I believe you'll enjoy it as much as I have, and I've since gone on to read up to "Soul of the Fire". I've enjoyed all the books, though I feel this first book as well as "Temple of the Winds", are the best so far.
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Summary: Wizard's First Rule - A Student's Critique (DMO)
Review: Wizard's First Rule is a book that you definitely shouldn't miss out on. Richard Cypher, a simple woods guide, attempts to help a young woman who is being chased by a bandits to safety. The young woman turns out to be Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor to the midlands. Queens, Kings, and Emperor's alike all bow to her. The bandits turn out to be powerful warriors working for Darken Rahl, The D'Haran Emperor. This exciting book turns into a romance and drama series about the love between Ricahrd and Kahlan, and how they connect to one-another. He was a noble hero in times of trouble. The tension between him and his closest friends kept me reading the book and not wanting to but it down. This is truly one of the few books that I can actually say I enjoyed reading for my own pleasure and a novel that I would consider reading again. I found myself actually feeling sad for the strength Richard had to show when he found out that his brother had betrayed him and Richard had to come to terms and have his brother beheaded.
Richard who starting out being just a simple guide, who got stuck by a thorn has transformed into a hero by saving Khalan, destroying his bastard father and saving the middle lands from the Keeper. This is the start to a great journey that starts of the Sword of Truth series, a very good fantasy adventure. I read this book a few months ago, and now I'm going to get back into the Sword of Truth group of novels.
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Summary: Engaging, with brilliant insight. Yes, people are stupid.
Review: Well, for someone who hasn't read much fantasy, except for Stephen Donaldson's 'Thomas Covenant' books, which are nearly unparralleled in their brilliance, I now recommend Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series.
Book one,'Wizard's First Rule' is set in a fantasy realm, but mirrors our world in many ways. Darken Rahl represents the idiocy, and harm, of religion. Richard Cypher represents 'reason', (albeit poorly) something we sorely lack in this bankrupt, politically correct culture of ours. Speaking for myself, I'm wrapped up in this series because of this corollary, not because of the "magical realms." Many reviewers criticize these works because they claim the writer has copied other fantasy writers. They've missed entirely the point, I believe, of this series, which is to warn of the advancing mindless/selfless hordes, who now live among us. Remember, here I speak only for myself and not the author. This is my interpretation of 'First Rule.'
Now, it's off to 'Stone of Tears.' I can't wait to get started.
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Summary: Wizards First Rule = Fantasy flop!!!
Review: Wizards First Rule (Book 1 of Terry Goodkinds 'Sword of Truth' series) is a classic example of yet another redundant fantasy "epic". One-dimensional and uninspired characters populate an unimaginative and cliched fantasy setting, and on top of it all Goodkind writes with the stylistic flair of a 3rd grader. Seriously, the writing is ridiciously poor. I am a HUGE fantasy and sci-fi fan, and after hearing rave reviews I picked this novel up. Somehow I managed to slog my way through the entire book, which incidentally is about 500 pages too long, and as far as I can tell it has very little positive elements at all. Prepubescent teens looking for gratuitous violence, and cliched characters will be extremely pleased with this book. Other readers looking for something more imaginative, entertaining, and intellectual than this piece of literary [junk], would do well to check out George R.R Martin's "A Game of Thrones", or anything by Guy Gavriel Kay.
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Summary: Don't waste your time or money
Review: I believe that not4prophet got the review right. This book is really really bad. I can barely imagine what the rest of the series is like. It's like a nightmare of one my high school role playing sessions! Save yourself before its too late!
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Summary: The ultimate boredom
Review: The only reason why I have read up to 180 pages of this book is because it was a recommendation. I haven't read any fantasy before unless you count Harry Potter and Neverending Story. I don't think that it is the fantasy gendre that has the problem, but after reading this book I'm not the keenest to read more of the gendre. I'll mention the main thing that bothered me about this story: The dialogues are [simplistic]to say the least. Characters get obvious conclusions and are promptly praised by all comrades present. We can actually listen to the protagonist say something like this to himself several times: "If I'm the only one who can kill the Bad Guy, and I can't use my neat sword, then how am I supposed to do it! It makes no sense! No, no...I have to stop looking at the problem and find a solution. I AM The Seeker" Come on! Every chain of thoughts is presented in this [backward]manner throughout the 180 pages I read. I got so bored to be pointed out the obvious that I had to stop. I just couldn't bear it any longer. There's other things that I detested but I think they are portraided better in other reviews. Read it? Gosh no!
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