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Summary: Soul of the Fire was a bit weak but 'Faith' delivers bigtime
Review: I just want to say, three cheers for Terry Goodkind. After a somewhat disappointing fifth installment to the series, Goodkind regroups and delivers another nail-biting, from the heart, in your face, literary blockbuster full of all the old characters you know and love and some fantastic new ones. Finally I get what I have wanted since the end of Book #4, tons of action, tons of emotion, a lot of heartbreak, but with a fairly happy ending that still leaves many unanswered questions, which practically guarantees another installment to look forward to. With this one he manages to put heart and soul into politics and ten tons of dynamite into 539 pages. Keep 'em coming Mr. Goodkind.
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Summary: Faith of the Fallen
Review: The book was good, not great, but to me worth the wait and read. I was hoping for a more exciting story line, but the blood and gore were enough i guess, Richard is a bit of a back door character and the plot became all to obvious when we found out Richards destination after his kindapping...all to obvious. But if you liked the battle stories in previous books and don't mind Richard being the backdrop rather then the center of the story for the majority of the book you will enjoy this book.We don't see much of Nathan Rahl which is kinda dissapointing, you will however see and learn more about the Order and basically see what happened to the old world(trumpted up communist society IMHO). Without spoiling too much let me just say, the book leaves itself off like the others, a really easy way to continue the sequal, but it differs from the others as i feel he hasn't really defeated anyone in this book, the book is about an inner struggle/which relates to prophecy(big surprise) for richard anyways... Also the author tries to add more emotion to the book where little is apparent from what i felt, except maybe a little when a few of the "fun" characters died... Anyways i would rate this 3and a half outta 5, i was expecting a long awaited show down Richard Vs Jagang, but it was more of a Richard Vs Richard or Nicci, and Jagangs few million soldiers agaist 400,000 at most new world troops you can only guess who wins lol. In the end i will be the lemming and follow the series to the death like an avid fan, hopefully the series picks up like WoT :)> and Richard begins to use some of his so called goldy powers so we can drool for one book at least.
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Summary: Goodkind is the man... put that on your train pass.
Review: Goodkind is a master storyteller. While using fantasy elements he shows us an interesting and new perspective on human emotion and character. Even though he uses some of the same basic plots like Richard being captured. He tells the story in such a way that it isn't old yet. His style makes it so you don't want to put the book down. It make you laugh and cry with the characters throught their experiences. The characters are very detailed and realistic, even though most fantasy characters aren't. His philosophies are realistic also and applicable in our lives.
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Summary: Best yet.
Review: Faith of the Fallen has quickly become my favorite in the Sword of Truth series. The characters are given more depth and the story keeps you totally engrossed. It has less focus on violence and more on the characters motivations and past history. The fighting is still there and some of the ways to defeat an army much larger than your own are extremely creative. The only word that came to mind when I finished this book off was--MORE.
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Summary: YOU ARE A RARE WRITER MR GOODKIND!!!
Review: I have long been a fan of this wonderful Author and have followed his work eagerly, so it wasnt hard for me to get his latest offering FAITH OF THE FALLEN. This is without a doubt my most favourite book of the Sword of Truth series! my past fave WIZARDS FIRST RULE has been ursurped by this fine piece of storytelling!! Richard Rahl, Kahlan and crew are back, fighting the injustice of the Imperial Order, a tyrannical ruling body from the Old World, trying to enforce its twisted ideals on the New, (earlier in this series we gradually came to know the Imperial order and what they stand for). While trying to unite the fragmennted lands of the New World under one rule Richard has discovered that the people he is trying to protect are refusing his help, denying the terrible truth and unaware of the horror of life under Jagangs Imperial Order, people blindly accept these invaders and what they offer. Richard disillusioned takes his Wife Kahlan and his Mord-Sith Protector Cara deep into the hartland, hoping to regain some of the peace and simple enjoyment this land had always given him. However forces conspire to take what he prizes above all else, imprisoning him yet again for purposes unknown. Separated from his beloved, Richard finds himself in the heart of the Old World fighting a different kind of battle. Kahlan forced to endure their separation decides to take control of matters within her power to affect, dispite her loss, she determinedly sets about making the Imperial Order pay!!!! We are introduced to characters from previous Books in the series, such as Nicci a Sister of the Dark and slave to Jagang, (yet another women intent on making Richards life a misery!!), Warren a Wizard from the Palace of the Prophets (friend of Richard), Anne and Verna Sisters of the Light and Alessandra a Born again Sister of the Light, former Slave of Jagang and Sister of the Dark, we also come to know new Characters adding to the colourful richness of this well crafted, frighteningly terrifying, yet inspiiring and uplifting world of tragedy and triumph!!! I am not ashamed to admit that I was crying like a Newborn in certain parts of this book, I felt a sense of pride and joy along with the characters, sharing their anguish and misery with sympathy, while looking at 'Evil' in a different light and shuddering at its.terrible simplicity. Thanks MR GOODKIND for a fantastic read, I have come to care deeply for all these characters wanting this series to never end, read this book its simply brilliant!!! DOWN WITH MEDIOCRITY, and INDIFFERENCE!!!!! LONG LIVE THE RIGHT TO SELF DETERMINATION!!!
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Summary: More than makes up for Soul of the Lame
Review: Goodkind brings the original joy and mysterious feeling back with his new novel. I am overjoyed with glee for the fact that the series is yet-again building up momentum for something intense to unfold.
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Summary: I felt like I have read this already
Review: Have you read any Ayn Rand? Terry Goodkind obviously has. In fact I was so turned off by the unsubtle pushing of capitalism in the beggining of the book that I almost stopped reading. Don't get me wrong, I love Ayn Rand, but If I had wanted to read a good old fashion communist bashing book I would have reread "We the living" or "Atlas Shrugged". Terry manages to keep the story (slowly) moving, but it is a far cry from the first book, which I couldn't put down. The main plot is basically the same one we have seen in the last five books. What happened to the origional story lines that I used to enjoy? I was hopeing that this book would prove my fears wrong, but it hasn't. The series is slowly dying. Sorry Terry, I think it is time to put the Sword of Truth to rest.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down
Review: Many have said that this book is by far the best book of the Sword of Truth series and by all means i believe so. It is always hard to outdo the 1st book in a series but in this book, Terry Goodkind has more than accomplished this. Having all the components that made his previous 5 books great, this book has everything from emotional strife to bloody combat. As i've been reading over the years ive always been frustrated with the skipping of plots over different chapters. I've always found one to be more interesting than the other and i would just skip over the boring one. This book is entirely different. Each side plot kept my attention and i found myself reluctant yet excited to reach an end of a chapter. This book is definately a good read and all those who push it to the side are definately missing out in a great book. I can't wait till the next one comes out.
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Summary: This book is a must read!
Review: I have read Faith of the Fallen, and I feel that it is one of the best fantasy books I have ever read. It not only contains the hack and slash action that many fantasy books contain, but it also has a deeper meaning. Faith of the Fallen helps show what Richard is going up against by explaining the conditions and attitudes of the people of the Imperial Order, as well as expanding the characters of Richard and Kahlan. There were a few characters that I was hoping to see more of that did not make up a big part of the book, but I think the fact that Terry Goodkind made this a book with a deeper meaning and also made it a little more deep that the average fantasy novel more than makes up for this. I can honestly recommend this book without any reservations. Faith of the fallen is most definitely a must read.
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Summary: Read it first, then comment
Review: As a former big time Terry Goodkind fan, I am very disappointed by this book. It's the same as many of the others but not as magical, and the characters I've been waiting to see [Chase, Gratch, Scarlet] are apparently a thing of the past too. This is one big rant against socialism, just like Soul of the Fire was a big rant against the Clintons. This is a dumb book, and Goodkind fans will be disappointed, even people who give it 5 stars without reading it.
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