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Summary: A Complete Travesty
Review: You know, there's a real problem with this rating system: You can't give a book 0 stars. If I could I would. Faith of the Fallen is a strong candidate for the worst book I've ever read. To state all the problems would take well over 1,000 words. So I'll put it like this: If you like books that preach the same message eleventeen times, that are clearly bigoted and closed minded, that have completely one dimensional characters, and that have literaly no climax this book is for you.
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Summary: An excellent read
Review: First of all, I have to say that I strongly object to the rating this book got from Paul Hughes. Granted it is not nearly as good as the first book of the series but it is still very excellent with great characters and an interseting plot. I am also reading the series by Robert Jordan and they cannot be compared at all. If you try to compare them you might just as well say that if you have read one fantasy book you have read them all. I can only strongly recommend not only this book but all books of this series, it is a great read and promises many more good books to come.
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Summary: He does it again!!
Review: Terry Goodkind is a genius! I have just finished reading all 6 books in the series for a second time. Not only did I read them again, but I read all off them in less than two weeks. Why, you must ask, because I couldn't put them down. Each book has something different to offer (although some of the plot lines are in some points the same)and they keep you guessing as to how Richard is going to get out of this one. In Faith of the Fallen, Richard is captured by Nicci, an evil Sister of the Dark, and is taken back to the old world. In the old world Richard is forced to live in a communistic world, where he has to start from nothing to build a life for himself. I finished this book in one day without stopping becuase it was that good. And by my standards this wasn't even the best book in the series!!!
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Summary: Like Richard, Goodkind has achieved perfection
Review: The latest book in the Sword of Truth series takes us on a journey through the Old World under the watchful eye of a powerful sister of the dark. I can't remember the last time I was so moved by a piece of literature. Usually, I'm one for intense fighting and many displays of mystical might, of which this book has only a limited amount. Nonetheless, the deep exploration of the brainwashing of an entire people, seen through both the eyes of a believer (a sister of the dark) and a non-believer (Richard) was truly an enlightening and moving experience. And, of course, lets not forget Kahlan, who suffers her own trials and travails and must come to a realistic conclusion about her situation. I love these characters, I have since Wizards First Rule, never have I felt so deeply connected to them as in this book. Terry Goodkind, you are a master, I applaud you.
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Summary: exceptional
Review: terry goodkind is awesome. i've just completed his sword of truth series and im hooked on his writing. he starts off with wizards first rule and every book after that just gets better. the sixth book turned out to be just great. i just wanted to give credit to where it was deserved. im hoping he starting another book.
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Summary: not the best in the series...
Review: It's hard for me to give this less than four stars because it's such a solidly-written and engaging book, but it's definitely not without its faults. Other reviewers have already brought up most of them (like the blatant political message and the somewhat rehashed plot), but I thought I'd put in my two silver pennies. For one thing, I'm not sure why Goodkind chose to kill off Warren. There seems to be no logical reason for it. It's as if he decided there were too many characters cluttering up the story and just decided to axe one. This detracted from my enjoyment of the book because Warren is my second-favorite character (next to Gratch.) Adding salt to the wound was the remarkably trite death-scene Goodkind wrote for him, and Verna's decision to have the assassin brutally tortured to death as a "tribute" to Warren's memory. Gee, what a great tribute for a compassionate guy like Warren. And that brings me to the next point...the "good guys" are becoming just as ruthless as the villains, and I don't think this is conscious irony on Goodkind's part. In the beginning, I liked Kahlan a lot...but now, if I didn't know she was the heroine, I'd think she was a villain! She's coldblooded enough to kill a child and feel no regret. She doesn't even reflect on the fact that she feels no regret...killing and torturing has become a habit for her. Sad. As for Richard, he's becoming too perfect to be believable. Everyone likes him and wants to be his friend (except the villains) and he's good at everything. And, of course, all the women want him. Nicci practically has an orgasm every time he walks into the room. The first two novels are much better.
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Summary: Get The Book
Review: This is far from Goodkinds' best work. The writing is stilted, repetitive and full of political message. The narrator sounds like he is reading The Three Bears to a pre-schooler. I stuck through the whole unabridged thing from a fondness for the characters and the previous books. Would be much better to get the book so you can skip over the anti-communist/socialist message.
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Summary: Goodkinds best work since Wizards First Rule!
Review: This is a top notch piece of literature. This book brought me back to love sci-fi-fantasy. It makes me expect more from authors. Goodkind IMHO was slacking in the previous few books. I've almost totally lost interest in Jordan. Fiest is too busy with his Computer RPG books. BUY THIS BOOK. It has everything you could ever want.
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Summary: Does Richard have ANY flaws!?!
Review: My god, he seems to somehow get more and more perfect with each book. He's the most powerful wizard; he's the smartest and most insightful character; he's evidently incredibly good looking; his swordsmanship is good enough to kill 30 master swordsman attacking him all at once; every woman and her mother falls in love with him; he's an incredible leader; he gets the most beautiful and unattainable woman in the series; and suddenly we find out that he is a master artist too? What, does he do windows too?This series started out really well, but come on now. A strong and powerful character is all well and good, but when you make them too perfect they stop feeling human, and are thus less interesting. I give this book a rating of 3, but the series as a whole deserves a 5.
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Summary: One of the series best...
Review: The "Atlas Shrugged" of high fantasy well serves its escapist raison d'être. It is a fun, distracting page turner written in Goodkind's usual flowing style offering just enough carrots to keep you going. Some may frown at the obvious Randian politics, but the good vs evil in the individual vs the state motif is not to be missed. May Richard and Kahlan live on. I eagerly await the stories of their son to come and the final defeat of the Imperial Order. But please, Terry, provide a map of the old world. One of the series best!.
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