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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
OCENA (overall rating) ★★✫ 2.5/5 stars
Radnja (story) ★★✫
Ideja (plot idea) ★★★✫
Okruženje (setting) ★★★
Pripovedanje (writing style) ★★★
Likovi (characters) ★★✫
UTISAK (summary) - predugačko, posebno delovi koji se bave epizodnim i nebitnim likovima koji poginu bez razloga. Odugovlačenje sve do psolendjih 10% knjige kada Ričard smisli odgovor i sve reši. Previše priče o politici preslikanoj iz stvarnog života, koaj je predstavljena isuviše crno-belo. Neophodno je pročitati i sledeću knjigu gde će najzad da se razreši obračun sa carom Jagangom.
Radnja (story) ★★✫
Ideja (plot idea) ★★★✫
Okruženje (setting) ★★★
Pripovedanje (writing style) ★★★
Likovi (characters) ★★✫
UTISAK (summary) - predugačko, posebno delovi koji se bave epizodnim i nebitnim likovima koji poginu bez razloga. Odugovlačenje sve do psolendjih 10% knjige kada Ričard smisli odgovor i sve reši. Previše priče o politici preslikanoj iz stvarnog života, koaj je predstavljena isuviše crno-belo. Neophodno je pročitati i sledeću knjigu gde će najzad da se razreši obračun sa carom Jagangom.
The incessant repeating of previous events is getting exhausting and is ruining the pace. i’m constantly skipping paragraphs and sometimes entire pages of details i’ve read over and over and over.
apart from that it feels like goodkind is sometimes writing just to fill up pages, or that he likes his own words so much he can’t seem to shut up.
also i suspect he hates women or has just never been near a real woman in his life because all feminine characters are so terribly written, including poor Kahlan who honestly doesn’t deserve this. and let’s not mention the embarrassing amount of unnecessary rape and trauma porn thrust upon them, in all books but particularly this one.
richard’s arc is getting so incredibly predictable it’s just impossible to empathize with this character anymore. he’s just always right, always honorable and always just. no depth and no evolution.
I started to read this series again out of nostalgia but it’s clear now that 13 year old me had horrible taste in books. I give up.
apart from that it feels like goodkind is sometimes writing just to fill up pages, or that he likes his own words so much he can’t seem to shut up.
also i suspect he hates women or has just never been near a real woman in his life because all feminine characters are so terribly written, including poor Kahlan who honestly doesn’t deserve this. and let’s not mention the embarrassing amount of unnecessary rape and trauma porn thrust upon them, in all books but particularly this one.
richard’s arc is getting so incredibly predictable it’s just impossible to empathize with this character anymore. he’s just always right, always honorable and always just. no depth and no evolution.
I started to read this series again out of nostalgia but it’s clear now that 13 year old me had horrible taste in books. I give up.
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
The series really starts to plummet here. As in nosedive down to bad.
The story was not quite as good as book 4, but the narrator was very good and a distinct improvement. Richard and Kahlan remain separated for a significant part of the story, as do most of the main characters. The story follows activities of the different groups of people, but the weak point is that overall, this book doesn't advance the main story to any substantial degree. There is a good and satisfying ending, and the world is fleshed out and kept interesting.
This was my 2nd least favorite in the series during my first read. Revisiting it made me love it so much more. Zedd and Cara were the true heroes this time around.
So far this is the book I have liked the least. I was frustrated for most of it because of Kahlan. Her constant doubts about Richard and down playing his thoughts seriously angered me. After all they had been through up to this point, for example the doubts she had about Richard's sanity when he said the Temple of the Winds was sentient, she should know better. They literally just came from a similar situation of her doubting him and him being right, and still she believes herself superior and more knowledgeable about magic and wizardry. I usually love Kahlan but this was too much!
I think the entire Andre and Haken thing was completely unimportant and was written just to fill space in the book. I hope this is not a new trend in the series.
I think the entire Andre and Haken thing was completely unimportant and was written just to fill space in the book. I hope this is not a new trend in the series.
Still a good book the series, but I had a hard time getting through it. The whole middle section of the book was a tad dull. . . but it had a great ending and I can't wait to get started on the next one!
I really tried to like this book, but it just didn't seem like it was as good as the first four. Not that it was bad, but it felt like first 480 pages of the book were just slow, and the protagonists were wringing there hands, and then POOF! the problem is solved, book over! It felt like the other books had more ups and downs, varied problems for all the main characters, just... more. I don't know, it was a little boring.