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Summary: Preachy
Review: One of the best books I've ever read... At times it felt 'pushed', but the idea, the IDEA was simply... captivating.After I read a good book I don't have many words ;-)... Let us just say that along with the first one this is the best books of the series.
--- Now, some time later, thinking about this book... The "idea" I appear to have been so enthusiastic about is just classic anti-communist propaganda.
The whole "philosophy" Goodkind is throwing at us so graticiously is nothing more that recycled Anne Rand truisms...
Really, a serious, mature person should stay away from this "literature" at all cost... Sadly I was not one, a few years ago.
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Summary: It reedems itself from the last book.
Review: After 'Soul of the Fire' I came very close to giving up Goodkind altogeather. This book reedemed my interest however. One thing I was very pleased about it is that there was far less sensless bruitality in this one the the others (although there was one very disturbing incident near the end). one negative aspect though was Richard getting nabbed and taken away from Kahlan by a woman. Where have we seen that before? Only the same plot in half of his stories. I enjoyed this one more however. Also there were a few co-incidenses that happen that are just to far fetched. Gadi finding his way up to Kahlan and Cara and telling them of Richard and Nicki for instance. Granted its not as bad as Fitch in the other book (an uneducated young man who travels thousands of miles to find the wizzards keep, ender the keep, and find richards sword) but it was still unbeleivable.
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Summary: Short yet discriptive
Review: Out of this entire seriers(I've read all including the pillars of creation) so far, the first book, "Wizard's first rule is the best. I think most people will agree that terry's forethought is well played out, but his foreshadowing hints are too predictable once they get started, and the storyline is similar to the ones proceeding. Read the entire series if you think you can hang on to your horses and not fall off of the saddle of boredom only to evade the more intereting and true part of the story. Although I do not recommend the pillars of creation if you want the meat of the story, it's totally off line and character. It's like being dragged away from what truly matters.
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Summary: Tribute or ripoff?
Review: First of all I think it's a great story and I really have enjoyed all of the books in this series. My problem is this: There are so many obvious parallels between this book and Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, I can't decided if Mr. Goodkind is actually paying tribute to Ms. Rand, or if he's just stealing her ideas....I'm inclined to think it's the latter because there are also many similarities to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Terry Goodkind's obviously a talented writer and a great storyteller. I just wish he write something of his own.
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Summary: Interesting, but I see several problems here
Review: Wow! The first time I read this book, I was amazed. What a great plot! What a beautiful philosophical discourse! One thousand pages later, I found myself disgusted with the entire book. The one thousand pages I refer to are modern philosopher Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged," a wonderful book which I am not reviewing here. However, I will say that the book describes her philosophy, objectivism, which is remarkably similar--read, identical-- to the philosophy Goodkind puts forth in the conclusion of Faith of the Fallen. I can understand appreciating Rand's philosophy. However, appreciating to the point of putting it in a fantasy novel and passing it off as your own creation can only be called plagiarism. The plot of Faith of the Fallen was excellent, but I found myself disgusted with Goodkind's blatant replication of Ayn Rand's ideas.
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Summary: Could you repeat that, please?
Review: Although I've found Goodkind's series a little easier-to-digest and faster-moving than Jordan's, I've continually been disappointed in what seem to be blatant [copies] of the Wheel of Time. This one goes a different direction. If you were to take The Fountainhead, rename the characters to match the Sword of Truth series, and fiddle with events to match the going plot...you would have Faith of the Fallen. Now, this story is totally enjoyable. And I'm a huge Ayn Rand fan who has always wished to see someone continue in her footsteps. I'm just not sure I wanted to see it done in replica form.
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Summary: Richard Rahl meets John Galt and Howard Roark
Review: This book is very, very different from the previous books in the series. This book has much in common with Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. There are so many parallels I lost count. The story wasn't as engaging as the first three books and wasn't all that original in terms of Richard's moral struggle with the Order (similar to Rand's stuff). I hope that the next book lives up to my expectations, as this one did not.
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Summary: this book is a must read
Review: This is definetly the best book in the whole series. The whole story of how Niki was brought up and how her mother twisted her thinking into not caring about yourself was interesting.
The way that Richard prevails again in this book without magic is one thing that Goodkind can make happen unlike other authors who just have some hero using thier magic to kill something. Richard uses his ideals and his passion for living to make others understand that their live is thier's alone. This is one thing that i really admire about Goodkind,he understands that his life is precious and wouldn't give it up for anything.
The one thing that isn't the best is the conflict of Richard and Kahlan being separated and will never see each other again. Sure it is repeating what has happened before, but its not like it wouldn't be plausable, or that Goodkind is going out on a limb here to explain the strength of the human spirit. Richard and Kahlan are the most important people in thier world at this point in time, so it is concievable that other people would try to get them apart or in some way hurt them.
Other than the repetition this book is a must read. Goodkind really shows off his talent for writing and imagination. There is nothing i would change about the book.
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Summary: Million dollar book with five cent philosophy...
Review: Wizard's First Rule was one of the greatest first offerings ever in the fantasy genre. Many of the sequels have maintained a satisfying blend of adventure, character development, and good writing. Goodkind is both blessed and cursed with a predilection for underpinning his exploration of fantasy with moral and philosophical questions. When done right, this can take advantage of the lack of obvious prejudices the reader has in an imagined world to allow him to see the world in a different fashion. Unfortunately, Goodkind, in recent novels, has failed to sufficiently check this urge. There was an excellent story in Faith of the Fallen: but it was only about 250-300 pages. The rest of it is a philosophical/political polemic. Some of his positions are fairly sophisticated. But he attempts to demonstrate their validity by having those who embrace his ideals win out. Since he controls the universe of the novel, this becomes incredibly contrived and pointless. Greater novelists than Goodkind have failed at attempting the exact same thing. If he wants to attempt to establish himself as a philosopher, he should write a book of essays. Then, those that are interested (and I am) could have a chance to see his arguments properly structured, and could respond in kind. And then we could also read his (excellent) novels without being bothered by poor argumentation. In all previous novels, I could get past this problem. In the early novels, it wasn't even a problem, but rather, a benefit. Now, I'm not sure how much I want to continue the series, for this reason alone. It's already why I stopped buying them in hardback.
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Summary: Ok, but . . .
Review: After reading the first 5 books of the series I was a bit disappointed with this one. Faith of the Fallen is certainly as well written as the other books of the series, but the plot seems a bit "small". It's as if you keep expecting there to be much more to the plot, as the whole book seems but an aside to what was left hanging in other books, particularly Temple of the Winds. Still a good book, but doesn't really seem to advance the plot of the "world" as the other books did.
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