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Summary: Excellent story!
Review: I loved this story. I purchased the unabridged audio cassettes for my long commute in the car. The only complaint I have is that my car didn't support the tapes (so I heard both sides at once), but I put up with the annoyance to hear the story. That should say something about the quality of Terry Goodkind's story. This book made my commute MUCH more bearable (hardly noticed the drive). :)
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Summary: Good but bears very similar to other exceptional fantasy
Review: I enjoyed GoodKind's "Wizard's First Rule." But Iwas shocked at the similarities between this book (among others inthis series) and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. At times, Goodkind's style seems to mimic Jordan's so closely that I knew what the next chapter would hold. I am disappointed...Goodkind's books are a close second behind Jordan's amazing fantasy.
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Summary: Take it as you like it.
Review: This book is a fantasy book in the truest sense of the word. I have read both Jordan's and Tolkien's series, and even though it may seems similar, that doesn't change the fact it is a great book in its own right. The book, the first in a series of five, is unique in the fact that the main character, Richard Cypher, is forced to forgo the typical "I'll cut their heads off" hero theme. Richard, with time as his enemy, must find the quickest way to his goal. Even though this is normally running, action-lovers can be assured that, without giving away the plot, that he has his fair share of battles to take up. A new idea of magic is introduced here, Additive and Subtractive. Wizard Zedd doesn't explain to the reader every step in the casting process, only what the reader needs to understand what is going on, just like with Richard. I greatly enjoyed the series, and highly recommend the following books for those who thought this book was lacking. People either love this book or hate it, so read it for yourself and make your own opinion.
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Summary: Completely Awful - Should be 1/2 a Star.
Review: This is easily the worst fantasy book I have ever read. The characters are unoriginal, boring and I feel little connection to them, nor do I feel for them, the same way I do for characters from Jordan or Tolkien's books. I usually fly through books, but this one has me dreading to read it, and wishing I could return it.
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Summary: I'm glad I got this one out of the library
Review: Well - sick as I am (physically), I just can't take anymore. When I was 12, and new to fantasy, I might have enjoyed this book and found the time to finish it. Alas, another scene with a boring character doing one more contrived thing to steer a rather dull plot has driven me to give up. Too bad - Goodkind certainly has a lot of enthusiasm - he needed it to churn out 700 odd pages of repetitive scenes of the hero and heroine meeting one creature after another and (surprise, surprise) surviving relatively unscratched. There were promising elements, but they were lost in the constant pounding of uninteresting action that just wasn't coming to life off the page. If you are looking for the Grisham's equivalent in fantasy - this is it. Dissapointment city.
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Summary: woooooooo hoooooooooo!!!!!!!!
Review: get ready to be blown away by the best fantasy book ever! my goodness, from the very moment i lay hands on the book, i was enthralled by all the magic and struck by how much magic actually made sense! it is truly a rare book and i gurantee those who are looking from something different, choose this! woooooo hooooooooo!
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Summary: I'm actually being genorous here it deserves worse.
Review: This novel is really nothing more than copied off version of:Tolkien, Robert Jordan, Raymond Fiest,and anybody else I forgot. Though the plot itself is okay (though severly similiar to THE EYE OF THE WORLD by Robert Jordan). All the fantasy in this is completly unoriginal, all the creatures in this series is just a spawn of another author's work. His writting isn't complex (as it may seem),it merely drags on too much, and I'm suprised I even gave this 2 stars. I only belived he deserves it for trying, and making a nice long series. The biggest disappointment, is the main character Richard, throughout the book he always appears to be an unskilled little weakling that forgets to bring his sword with him while hunting. He also has to run away from the enemy every time, he never stands and fights, he just runs like a coward, i'm suprised that Kahlan even fell for him, all he does is run with her and act like a brainless thug in front of her. If you've read every fantasy book besides this one...Wait for more because this series is just to boring.
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Summary: Enthralling, a Great Fantasy Novel!!!!
Review: This was a wonderful fantasy novel! I have read many fantasy stories but this is probably the best. It draws you in with lovable characters who are believeable and are what we wish to be ourselves. It has everything a great fantasy novel Deserves to have: love, adventure, hardship, wisdom, and of course an epic enemy. It touches, and grabs hold of your imagination. Sure there are a few faults but what book doesn't have even a few? The faults are lost in the superb action and emotion included in this novel. I would recommend this to any and everyone!!
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Summary: IT HAS EVERYTHING!!!!
Review: I found this book when I was browsing through the fantasy section of the book store, and as soon as I saw it, I picked it up and bought it. I read it in about a week and a half and immediately went back to the bookstore and bought the next two books in the series! Wizard's First Rule rocked. It had everything needed to make an awesome fasntasy. Every part was sweet and entertaining. And as Piers Anthony claims, "It's endlessly inventive," ain't it the truth?! I recommend this to all fantasy lovers!!!
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Summary: Engaging, but too similar to Wheel of Time for my taste
Review: It's good. I'm not saying it's not good. Ever since I recieved this book for my birthday I couldn't put it down, but was unneccisarily fatigued by constant reminders of the Wheel of Time. Who is Richard, but a somewhat smarmy version of Rand? There are countless other similarities: The Blood of the Fold andthe Imperial Order, arrogant orginizations who force the "light of the Creator" upon all, willing or unwiling, are the Children of the Light redone. And who are the Sisters of the Light, arrogant as well, convinced in their right to manipulate, an enigmatic and often deadly sisterhood, but the Aes Sedai? There are simply too many similarities to count. I would not like to discourage anyone from reading this series, however. Having just finish Stone of Tears, there is nothing I would like more at this point then to get Blood of the Fold and devour it. There are many good points as well. Goodkind saves his main character, Richard, from coming across as a sappy git on many occasions. His rage is what makes him believable and keeps him from being so astoundingly irritating that he simply cannot be endured for another page. I love the Mord-Sith; they are characters I understand, and I like how they are living attempts at twisting the Wizard's Second Rule. In short, read the Sword of Truth series, but I would reccomend the Wheel of Time first.
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