| | Comment from (2008-06-18) |
| Richard and Kahlan are in love
Something goes wrong with (insert magic object/antagonist here)
The two are seperated, one thinks the other betrayed them
They each do things to stop (magical object/antagonist)
Richard stops(magical object/antagonist) by using a tacked on "Wizard's rule"
They are in love again
I'm sorry if I spoiled the books for you, thank me for saving you many hours of your life you will never get back |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-14) |
| Goodkind started out with some really nice fantasy books, and I enjoyed staying up late to read some of them. The first two books in the Sword of Truth series were a lot of fun, despite the unreal cutesy-ness of the male and female lead characters. The third and fourth books were mediocre but palatable, and I lost all hope with book five. It was so painful to read that I doubt I'll ever ready any Goodkind again.
I've noticed Terry has a tendency to be unnecessarily cruel to his characters. They spend most of their time in various sorts of pain, with only brief moments of relief here and there. His stories do have some incredibly fun moments, but they are too sparse.
Another annoyance in the Sword of Truth series is that each book builds its own backstory. There is very little flow between them; it feels like a bunch of disconnected stories rather than a continuous epic. Which wouldn't be so bad, except each successive book feels "tacked on" with some lame excuse at the front to continue the story. It gets bad enough that book five spends about 80% of its pages on history lessons and development of unimportant characters who make no appearance in the other books. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-08) |
| Goodkind's Sword of Truth series is fantasy fiction at its best. The first two books in the series, Wizard's First Rule and Stone of Tears, are especially good. Goodkind blends action, gritty drama, humor and a touch of romance into a well-conceived plotline to create an engrossing adventure. If you are a fan of fantasy, you can't go wrong with the Sword of Truth series. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-08) |
| His writing lacks depth, world building, character building, and any sense of realism. His forshadowing is so blantantly obvious that his works are predictable. His stories are deep enough for about 300 pages, yet take 1200 pages to tell. This was the first series I've read that I couldn't even make it through the second book because it was so bad. If you're looking for larger fantasy books, Steven Erikson, Robert Jordan, George R.R. Martin, and Tad Williams are all MUCH better. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-08) |
| Sorry Terry, but I only found the first two books to be entertaining in an "action movie" sort of way, with cheesy dialog but fun excitement. But after that, you committed atrocities that should never have been. Lets talk about "Soul of the Fire" which is probably the worst fantasy book I have ever read... and being a huge nerd, I have read alot. I mean, come on, a CHICKEN MONSTER??? Faith of the Fallen almost redeemed you from the previous three failures, but then Pillars of Creation happened, and I decided that I loathed you. PoC is the most useless book in any fantasy series. Terry Goodkind is at his best mediocre and at his worst... well... the worst.
btw... I let a friend borrow "Soul of the Fire" because he was a fan of the series, and when he finished the book, he called me and told me that the book had stolen precious hours from his life, and since he couldn't get them back, he tore the book into a million tiny pieces. |
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