Debt Of Bones

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Summary: it's been a while
Review: I read this right after I finished Pillars of Creation, and I found it a lot better then book number 7 of the actual series. It was great, although a tad short. It made sense, and actually added something to Zedd I hadn't expected. It was great, though I felt a bit robbed, seeing as it only took me a half an hour or so. I had hoped that it would be a bit longer, and have some more development on early Zedd. He changes a lot over the years, and getting even a small glimpse of him was really fun, but there wasn't much. I do suggest you read it, but if you don't, it's not going to affect your enjoyment of the entire series.

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Summary: Not Enough to Stretch Into a Novel
Review: I read this story as a novella, as part of the "Legends" anthology, and enjoyed it. When I heard that it had been developed into a full novel, I imagined a greatly elaborated story, with more background, and possibly starting further back a little in history. It could have been elaborated also by giving the background of the characters, which is apparently known to regular readers of Terry Goodkind. I started reading the book, loaned to me by a friend, and quickly decided that I was glad that I had not bought it. Very little of the elaboration and enrichment of the story that I had hoped for, had been done. There is a good, novella-length story here, but nothing more. Coulda been, shoulda been, isn't

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Summary: Brevity and Stretching as an Author
Review: I've read some of the reviews here, and many of them mention how short the book is. Yes, the book is short, but the impact of the book is greater due to its briefness. It would be nice to have a full-length novel of the time before the boundaries, but Goodkind has decided to give us as readers a teaser, a little tidbit of history to whet our appetites. Will Goodkind give us a full-length novel of pre-Boundary times? Maybe he will, maybe he won't. The point is that the brevity of Debt of Bones is part of the reason it's such a good story. It's also a nice change of pace for Goodkind, whose novels are very epic and grand in scope. Maybe he was just trying to do what other great authors have done, stretching his skills to see what he can accomplish. Goodkind has broadened his writing style to include small, self-contained stories as well as grand, world-sweeping epics. Kudos to you, Terry Goodkind.

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Summary: Nice, but doesn't compare to SoT novels
Review: If you are a fantasy reader and have never read Goodkind before, you will enjoy this. If, however, you are looking for something that will be as good as the novels in the "Sword of Truth" series, I think that you will be, unfortunately, a little disappointed. Even so, it was interesting taking a look at Zedd's past and the story of the boundaries.

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Summary: Get this book fast!
Review: If you're one of the lucky ones who managed to grab this paperback edition of "Debt of Bones" be sure to take a look at the inside publishing information--it lists the author as "Robert Jordan" instead of Terry Goodkind! The books with this error have been recalled so they can be destroyed and the correct ones can be printed--shame on the publisher for such a HUGE error!!

Overall exceptional book though!! :) Loved reading some background information on Zedd--wish it'd gone more into his life with his wife and daughter and, perhaps, a young Richard. <G> but that's just me ;)

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Summary: Too short
Review: Its interesting to know something about Zedd-pre-grandfather time. But it was too short of a book. Other topics of interest might be how Richard was conceived, the life story of the Confessors, the old Prelate's life. But this book brought out the view of the pre-world from his other books were derived

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Summary: Cool, even the prequel sounds a lot like a rehash
Review: Jeesh, how can you write a prequel and have it seem like you already wrote the story.... Maybe he got his ideas from First King of Shannara from Terry Brooks, which seemed an awful lot like Sword of Shannara just with different characters.

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Summary: in debt because of bones
Review: Okay, so when is a book not a book? When it's so thin, you lose it under your TV Guide for 2 days. When the only way you can find it in your bookcase is if you stick a big fluorescent yellow post-it to the spine of it.When you can read the entire thing while waiting in the check out line at your favorite bookstore! Terry (not another thousand pages of character development)Goodkind is notorious for spending way too much of the reader's time dealing with topics and issues that seem to have both way too much detail and way too little to do with the plot. (Wait, did I say plot, I can't remember the plot. I think the main character disappeared and will never be found again). to say that Debt of Bones is too short is like saying that War and Peace isn't long enough. That Terry can charge [item price] for something he could have written on a cocktail napkin is inappropriate, but definitely in keeping with his contemporaries.
It would actually help if a book which is promoted as part of the sword of truth series would have something to do with the sword of truth series!

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Summary: Past History of Debt of Bones
Review: Realizing that the Debt of Bones was originally found in the Legends anthology and is primarily a short story, not a novel, I found it to be a very interesting piece of "history." It provides more detail about Zedd's past, and it also clears up a bit of the Mord-Sith:Confessor interaction found in later stories.

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Summary: A completely revised edition of Goodkind's epic
Review: Terry Goodkin's Debt Of Bones presents a completely revised edition of Goodkind's epic from the Sword of Truth series, including a specially commissioned new introduction by Goodkind and new full-page illustrations by Keith Parkinson. It predates Wizard's First Rule and thus will serve as an excellent introduction to newcomers to Goodkind's fantasy magic and worlds.