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happyocelot's review against another edition
5.0
"Confessor" had a better ending, but "Warheart" provided appropriate closure and finality to the Richard and Kahlan love story and adventure. "Warheart" is still a solid book. I am so sad that the series is over. But, the ending was great!
sequence19's review against another edition
2.0
About the only positive things I can say about this book is that the world was still nice, and I liked Regula. On the downside: every bit of resolution felt rushed, Zedd's death was cheapened even further by this book, the confrontation with Sulachan was underwhelming, the boxes of Orden were used but it was somehow boring this time, and I generally struggled to care at all about this book. Severed Souls ripped my heart out, and this book made me regret that I felt that way.
jessaca_with_an_a's review against another edition
3.0
Aaaaaaand Goodkind has lost me again. I am struggling with this one. I'm still in denial that this series continued after the fabulous ending back at [b:Confessor|604803|Confessor (Sword of Truth, #11)|Terry Goodkind|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1442796715s/604803.jpg|1025414]. Although, after the way Severed Souls ended I was really hoping for a grand finale, but so far Warheart has not met my exceedingly high expectations. If you're going to continue a story that has already left readers with some kind of peace or closure, then the continuation better be mind-blowing and sadly, this hasn't been.
Most of the writing has felt rushed to me, like Goodkind wasn't putting in the effort to create anything with literary sustenance. I just find myself being bored and unable to find the motivation to continue reading. Honestly, at this point, I'm only finishing the book because it's the last one in a series that all of us have already dedicated so much time and heart into.
Anyways, rant over about all that.
More review to come if the second half of the book starts getting any better.
Most of the writing has felt rushed to me, like Goodkind wasn't putting in the effort to create anything with literary sustenance. I just find myself being bored and unable to find the motivation to continue reading. Honestly, at this point, I'm only finishing the book because it's the last one in a series that all of us have already dedicated so much time and heart into.
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Can also express how absolutely enraged I am about Cara's death! Essentially, Goodkind has been plotting for this for a little while now, ever since Meiffert's untimely death. And then, he distances her from the reader so we start to, hopefully, feel less attached to her so she can sacrifice herself for Richard. But I'm sorry! She's been with us for BOOKS AND BOOKS now. I would sooner lose my attachment to Nicci than I would my love for Cara! I know, of all the deaths maybe I'm being a little melodramatic about Cara's. I could accept Zedd's death, I even accepted Richard's death and for awhile assumed that was how the series ended! But Cara?! It just felt like a cop-out to me for some reason. Like she was treated as an extra, a means to an end so that Richard could once again magically evade death.More review to come if the second half of the book starts getting any better.
lmcclure14's review against another edition
3.0
Meh, but at least it's over and he can stop ruining his characters.
lordsith77's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! I love that this book ties all the previous ones together. Every little detail was brought to light. GReat ending, to a wonderful long series. I've waited a long time for this ending, and wasn't disappointed in the least.
angelahayes's review against another edition
5.0
4 stars
Warheart is the fifteenth book in the epic fantasy series- Sword of Truth- but also the fourth book in the Richard and Kahlan series by Terry Goodkind. I was rearranging my bookshelves recently when I came across this series hidden behind some newer purchases. I haven’t read them for quite some time and remember really loving the series when I first read it. So I thought I would re-read the books- and the best thing about that was I got to read them pretty much back to back- no waiting in-between for new books to release. I have enjoyed the series, almost as much as I did the first time- although there were a few minor issues I noticed this time around that I didn’t the first time I read them. These issues didn’t really detract from my enjoyment of the story- but proved that our tastes and expectations do evolve over time.
WOW- That's all I'm going to say about this book, because I really don't want to spoil it for you. There was emotion, intensity, great characters, fantasy, adventure, action, drama, magic, danger, suspense, good vs evil, and so much more. I found it to be original and well written- with wonderful world building- Mr. Goodkind creativity resulted in a truly fascinating world, where every detail came to life before my eyes.
A great adventure that I am happy to have rediscovered again.
Thank you, Mr. Goodkind.
Warheart is the fifteenth book in the epic fantasy series- Sword of Truth- but also the fourth book in the Richard and Kahlan series by Terry Goodkind. I was rearranging my bookshelves recently when I came across this series hidden behind some newer purchases. I haven’t read them for quite some time and remember really loving the series when I first read it. So I thought I would re-read the books- and the best thing about that was I got to read them pretty much back to back- no waiting in-between for new books to release. I have enjoyed the series, almost as much as I did the first time- although there were a few minor issues I noticed this time around that I didn’t the first time I read them. These issues didn’t really detract from my enjoyment of the story- but proved that our tastes and expectations do evolve over time.
WOW- That's all I'm going to say about this book, because I really don't want to spoil it for you. There was emotion, intensity, great characters, fantasy, adventure, action, drama, magic, danger, suspense, good vs evil, and so much more. I found it to be original and well written- with wonderful world building- Mr. Goodkind creativity resulted in a truly fascinating world, where every detail came to life before my eyes.
A great adventure that I am happy to have rediscovered again.
Thank you, Mr. Goodkind.
brandur's review against another edition
3.0
A good story, but a little on the formulaic side for the genre, and with a little too much charging around the world without good reason. One dimensional villains whose abilities are never well explored, but as is typical with antagonist inflation, are made clear to be even bigger and badder than the last ultimate bad guy.
olsenc's review against another edition
5.0
After being a little disappointed in the previous two books in the series, Warheart won me back. A rather satisfying conclusion to the long running Sword of Truth series.
anisengupta's review against another edition
1.0
I enjoy science fiction, I enjoy fantasy. I still re-read the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, . This series began well - an easy flow of narrative but lost its' way around the 5th or 6th volume. I wish the author had not felt compelled to continue to the forced "happy ending"
lfresch's review against another edition
3.0
I don't know how to review this book. While the book was enjoyable and I'm glad I read it, it left me feeling disappointed and longing for the return of Goodkind's previous writing style.
After reading the previous (17??) books in this series, I feel a sort of an obligation to the characters to finish out the series. These newer books are okay, but don't really hold a candle to the original books of the series (Faith of the Fallen, for instance). With the exception of The First Confessor, which was written much more in the original style, these later additions seem long winded without much actually happening in the grand scheme of things.
After reading the previous (17??) books in this series, I feel a sort of an obligation to the characters to finish out the series. These newer books are okay, but don't really hold a candle to the original books of the series (Faith of the Fallen, for instance). With the exception of The First Confessor, which was written much more in the original style, these later additions seem long winded without much actually happening in the grand scheme of things.