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Summary: The Sword of Truth Series
Review: The first book, "Wizard's First Rule" was acceptable, so I can't give it a negative rating. The rest of the books, quite frankly, suck. I need to have a little bonfire in my backyard since I can't take them back to the store. I read a few of the other reviews and oh my God! Eleven and twelve-year-olds read these books! Their parents really should pay attention to what they are reading. Anyone who is not a s**ist will agree these books are horribly unfair to every woman in them - even Kahlan. And if you actually like some of the wretchedly sick and disgusting things done to women - and little boys - okay, that's you. You're phsyco. Also, I would love to brink out yet another very bad aspect of teh series: Terry Goodkind copied earlier works of FANTASTIC fiction, such as Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, (and did a bad job of it, too) so much that he sould have been charged with plagery. Here are a few examples involving the Wheel of Time( some of these are pretty petty, but the resemblance for some reason, is striking): SWORD OF TRUTH The "Sisters of the Light" who "touch" their "Han" and live a long time. WHEEL OF TIME Aes Sedai who live in the White Tower and wield the One Power by touching or embracing "Saidar." SWORD OF TRUTH The sword itself; the idea of a sword having the abilty to draw out the power of its holder. WHEEL OF TIME Okay, We know Terry got the idea from Callandor. SWORD OF TRUTH The feeling of Richard's "oneness" with a target. WHEEL OF TIME Rand's void. And all wielders' of the One Power Oneness. SWORD OF TRUTH Richard has within him a dangerous power that can kill him. WHEEL OF TIME Somehow, Jordan's idea got into Goodkind's sucky books. SWORD OF TRUTH There is a copy of the Black Ajah - the Sisters of the Dark. Wow.Seeker WHEEL OF TIME The leader of the Traveling People is called Seeker and seeks TRUTH and 'the song.' ONE MORE... "Han is a copy of "the One Power- Saidin and Saidar." Only, sorcerers and sorceresses mess it all up. I can't believe someone wrote a book without enough of his own ideas. Some of you may agree, but some may not. Anybody who's ever read the Wheel of Time knows that that same quality in that series is by no means present in this one.
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Summary: 5 are not enough!
Review: The Sword of Truth are possibly the best series of books I've ever read! You just cant wait to grab the next one and get on with the reading. At time of writing this, all I'me waiting for is the next book in the line - nr. 6. Buy this - you wont regret it!
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Summary: I LOVE THEM ALL!
Review: The Sword of Truth novels are the best books ever written and that's a fact. I'm only 11 and I got so into the story even I read them all! It's just an amazing story if you like fantasy and you'd like to read a "good" book for once just read these they'll blow you away!
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Summary: These books kick.
Review: These books are well written and very good if someone were to make a movie of them they would have no choice but to follow them word for word.
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Summary: Tolkien Finally Has Competition
Review: These series of books show the brilliant and creative imagination of Mr. Goodkind. I found myself unable to place the book down. His intriguing and descriptive usage of words, pull you in from the first to the last page. These books display a mixture of fantasy, mystery, and suspense. Towards the end of any of these five books, you think you have finally solved the puzzle, when out of no where, Goodkind adds another detail and the puzzle--you realize--is now missing pieces. Once again, you must put your mind to the test and rearrange the characters, conditions, and settings. At times, these books are very contradicting! Throughout the series, Kahlan Amnell, Richard Cypher(Rahl)--a once quiet and modest woodsman, and Zedd--the last of great wizards--stand together to battle evil and protect the innocent throughout the lands of Westland, the Midlands, and D'Hara. During their journey's, Richard discovers many dark secrets of his past and is named the Seeker. The Seeker carries the Sword of Truth--now you understand where the series' title comes from--and searches in the name of truth. Richard travels to D'Hara and the People's Palace primarily to stop Darken Rahl and to destroy the boxes of Orden. In each of the series, things turn out as hoped, but other things fail. At the end of every book, you want to run to the library and pick up the sequel in order to find out what happens. Only to your dismay, after reading all the five released books, more incidents happen you must wait patiently for Mr. Goodkind to write the next book in the series! Though some argue that Mr. Goodkind's books tend to be on the graphic side, I tend to think that because they are graphic, it means Mr. Goodkind has been able to place words in such a way, we are able to picture what he is writing. Only talented writers such J.R.R. Tolkien and Terry Goodkind are able to make the words flow with such intensity.
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Summary: The best
Review: This is easily the best series of books ever written. If you are a fantsay of the junuera or just appreciate a great story then I hightly reccomend it.
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Summary: RIP OFF
Review: This is really low. HOT TIP: but all the hardcover books seperate and you'll only pay about half that.
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Summary: The Sword of Truth Gift set
Review: ugugugugugugugu yuck, it was HORRIBLE! Barns&Nobles was stupid enough to buy it YUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
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Summary: The Sword of Truth Series
Review: Unlike the bunches of reviews that shower praise without criticism on this series, I must say that while a pretty nice series, I disliked various aspects of the series. I read the Wizard's First Rule and found the plot, the story, captivating, inspiring and moving. A decent conclusion made this an epic novel -- my only complaint was a nearly 50 page long sequence of torture; rather stupid and obnoxious in my opinion. Well, then came along Stone of Tears -- a decent book, but it appears as if the plot was somewhat of a plagerized plot. Maybe not, but it seemed VERY similar to the Wheel of Time series. Well, this was a decent book and I had no REAL complaints. Then Blood of the Fold -- the DUMBEST book ever -- not only was it short and stupid, but Goodkind seemed to run out of good ideas. The fact that the core main characters seemed to NEVER encounter undefeatable problems seemed to kind of hurt the book -- then there is the ever so dumb Jagang -- what was up with that? Then came Temple of the Winds -- read the above excerpt on Blood of the Fold. However, this was better in some aspects -- but I disliked a continued need for new and ever so powerful enemies that just "appeared". Soul of the Fire finally changed the downward plunge of the series -- it returned to the captivating roots of the first book and made the characters more vernable -- they could actually be HURT now! Wow. Now, it all depends on the turn the next book takes the series... and whether this is a never ending book series -- David Eddings realized that a longs series must end SOMEWHERE...or you'll end up with one of those useless, repetitive series that fades into distant memories. Thus I say -- the first and the fifth books are awesome, but in between... er...you will see the bad side of Goodkinds books.
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Summary: Inconsistent
Review: Wizard's First Rule is one of the best books I have ever read. Unfortunately, the quality of its sucessors seems to decrease with each new book. Wizard's First Rule introduced us to Richard, a forest guide-turned savior. Richard's struggle to maintain his identity while everything around him turned to Chaos was endearing. Throw in the wise, benevolent grandfather, an evil step brother, an evil step father, some unrequited love and stir. The result is quite pleasant. Stone of Tears was a sloppy continuation to a tidy story. The plot seems to have been forced into the story as an afterthought. Numerous side trips and subquests make this a book that is far from memorable. Several plot devices which made the first story so enjoyable are eradicated and/or contradicted in this one. In short, I wish I had stopped reading at the end of the first book. In Blood of the Fold, Goodkind had run out of stuff to write about. We had tired of Darken Rahl by now, so he introduced another baddie. There's nothing like completely shifting the focal point of a series to spice things up, right? If the disguised Aes Sedai with their collared male channelers from the previous book didn't infringe on Robert Jordan's intellectual property, then the White Cloaks in this book (under the guise of The Blood of the Fold) certainly did. Well, Darken Rahl's soul hadn't been utterly destroyed yet, so he sent another son out to terrorize Richard in Temple of the Winds. Richard and Kahlan's romance had progressed from the level of friendship and respect to the level best understood by observing a couple fifteen year-olds in the back of Dad's Chevy. All of the restrictions and obstacles that made Wizard's First Rule so engaging are cast aside. I'm sorry that this book was ever written. I gave up by the time Soul of the Fire came out. The story wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't stomach any more of Richard and Kahlan's conversations. I read an excerpt from this book and decided my time and money would be better spent elsewhere. Killer chickens were just too comical for a series that fringes on the melodramatic. In short, I highly recommend the first book, but I wouldn't bother with the rest of the series. Terry Goodkind is a good writer (only a good writer could have produced a book as good as Wizard's First Rule), but his latest efforts have gone astray.
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