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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
The best word I have found to describe this book is contrived. There is a lot of laying of hands on forearms and shoulders. Hard looks abound and is the Sword of Truth REALLY the only sword that rings when you pull it from its sheath? Pretty sure not given how many times I've read that description in other books.This story is rife with confused heros who respect eachother's secrets but demand to know the truth from each other and who seem to know everything just by considering it a few seconds, heros who know what must be done but find it hard to come to terms with their own responsibility in the matter, and an old wizard who can't seem to call the main characaters anything but "my boy" and "my dear". The plot is unimaginative and the telling of it is nothing short of painful.
Great series... if you read the first handful of books and stop. Great story, fun characters.
Eventually the series seemed to run out of steam and you feel like you're just paying into the author's pocket because book. I'll pick up the later books if I see them on the under $5 table.
Eventually the series seemed to run out of steam and you feel like you're just paying into the author's pocket because book. I'll pick up the later books if I see them on the under $5 table.
I read this after watching the TV series. Although I liked it, I think there are better fantasy series out there. I have books 2 and 3 but don't plan on reading them.
This book...This book is positively amazing! It is awesome and brilliant and I loved every single thing about it! Fantastic time spent devouring this tale, and I am ecstatic that there is much more to look forward to in this series!
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
DNF - I don't know why this one just ended up feeling like a chore and I was avoiding my kindle to avoid reading it. So I made the call to just call it.
Honestly, this book is just too damn long.
Interesting premise, good fantasy world, reasonably interesting writing style, but I eventually gave up a few hundred pages from the end because my library checkout expired and I just couldn't keep motivated to push through. About halfway through it just really started to drag, and the characters were a little too stiff and uninteresting to really keep me engaged. Also, the Darken Rahl feels like every single possible fantasy villain ever, with perhaps a little more nasty gore in the description of his torture of innocents.
Perhaps if I had read this as a teen when I was less jaded I would have loved it. Right now, it just couldn't keep me going.
Interesting premise, good fantasy world, reasonably interesting writing style, but I eventually gave up a few hundred pages from the end because my library checkout expired and I just couldn't keep motivated to push through. About halfway through it just really started to drag, and the characters were a little too stiff and uninteresting to really keep me engaged. Also, the Darken Rahl feels like every single possible fantasy villain ever, with perhaps a little more nasty gore in the description of his torture of innocents.
Perhaps if I had read this as a teen when I was less jaded I would have loved it. Right now, it just couldn't keep me going.
I remember being obsessed with the tv series in 7th grade (more than a decade ago, omg) and binge-watching it on my Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 at the middle of the night while I had school the next day and being afraid my parents will catch me not sleeping.
I heard about the questionable things the author did, but since he is not among us anymore, I wanted to finally see where the story would have gone if they didn't cancel the show after 2 seasons, so I joined the #SwordofTruthReadalong2022.
Sadly I didn't care about the plot and it is too slow moving for me, so I'm not sure I'll continue, but I appreciated that it was more character driven than most high fantasies. Also, it is still so hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that this romance was written by a man. Like you can say anything you want about him, but based on this book, he respected women and consent.
And I loved how Richard called Kahlan smart and parised her skills and brain for a long time and actually become friends with her before he started to be interested in her romantically and sexually.
I heard about the questionable things the author did, but since he is not among us anymore, I wanted to finally see where the story would have gone if they didn't cancel the show after 2 seasons, so I joined the #SwordofTruthReadalong2022.
Sadly I didn't care about the plot and it is too slow moving for me, so I'm not sure I'll continue, but I appreciated that it was more character driven than most high fantasies. Also, it is still so hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that this romance was written by a man. Like you can say anything you want about him, but based on this book, he respected women and consent.
And I loved how Richard called Kahlan smart and parised her skills and brain for a long time and actually become friends with her before he started to be interested in her romantically and sexually.