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anaffpereira's review against another edition
3.0
The final instalment of a series that looked promising and entertaining, but it didn’t live to its full glory. Overall, it was enjoyable, but seriously 11 books? That’s a stretch! I fell for the trap though; since I enjoyed the first volumes, I was committed to finish The Sword of Truth.
As for the final book, I must say that I began feeling scared as the last chapters approached. With only a hundred pages left, it seemed that nothing was solved. Luckily, our hero Richard is a genius and he figured it all out… somehow. Seriously, I just don’t understand how magic works in this universe. All explanations seem too farfetched or forced to serve the plot.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed the ending, and I’m glad this journey is over.
As for the final book, I must say that I began feeling scared as the last chapters approached. With only a hundred pages left, it seemed that nothing was solved. Luckily, our hero Richard is a genius and he figured it all out… somehow. Seriously, I just don’t understand how magic works in this universe. All explanations seem too farfetched or forced to serve the plot.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed the ending, and I’m glad this journey is over.
trangmar's review against another edition
adventurous
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
3.5
nicolejablonski's review against another edition
5.0
Great ending! though there were a couple of slow and lost books in the middle, the last three, and this one in particular, were far more fast paced, on topic, and exciting, bringing a good end to a good series!
lprnana6572's review against another edition
5.0
Loved this series - two lead characters always try to do the right thing, no matter what.
mcnealc31's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this series, but I'm also glad to be done with it. I feel like the last 3 or so books strayed from what hooked me in the first place. Too much repeating plot points, magical theory, and philosophical rhetoric.
Didn't particularly care for all the one page cameos in this one, either.
Didn't particularly care for all the one page cameos in this one, either.
zaphod46's review against another edition
2.0
The conclusion of the Sword of Truth series is actually a conclusion, which was
nice. The writing style was again poor, with even the dialogue reading more
as two monologues, with the characters taking turns paragraph by paragraph.
The plot was decent, though it had a few holes. While I wasn’t trying very
hard to figure out the ending, its bittersweet-ness was entirely predictable and
somewhat boring.
This series started out so well, it’s a pity that it fell so low by the end.
nice. The writing style was again poor, with even the dialogue reading more
as two monologues, with the characters taking turns paragraph by paragraph.
The plot was decent, though it had a few holes. While I wasn’t trying very
hard to figure out the ending, its bittersweet-ness was entirely predictable and
somewhat boring.
This series started out so well, it’s a pity that it fell so low by the end.
benlundns's review against another edition
1.0
Like a TV show that has gone on for too many seasons, the sword of truth has gone on for too many books. The book is riddled with anti-climatic moments and with plot holes that don't make sense. The book ties up in the last 50 pages, the rest of the book is turned over to Goodkind lecturing on the evils of faith and how his viewpoint is the only 'right viewpoint'. Even leaving that aside, the biggest issue was the problem with Cara not being able to sense Richard when he came out of the world of the dead. The D'Haran's think that Richard is dead for the last 100 pages. Did this bond suddenly stop working? This bond has been a central point of many of his previous books, but all of a sudden it seems to have 'malfunctioned'? The death of six was very anti-climatic as well, occuring in the span of less than a page. For a central figure, I had assumed that she would be featured a bit more. It feels like Goodkind merely used the first idea that came into his head on how to kill her off, because he felt 'he had to'.
As someone who loved the first few books, to see the series reduced to this is sad indeed. The only upside is, although a new book in the series has come out, this is it for me. The saga is closed, Goodkind can have his universe, it is not for the likes of me.
As someone who loved the first few books, to see the series reduced to this is sad indeed. The only upside is, although a new book in the series has come out, this is it for me. The saga is closed, Goodkind can have his universe, it is not for the likes of me.
seeinghowitgoes's review against another edition
3.0
Reread this one last week to see if my memory was it lived up to reality. Sadly it was even worse, started out as a strong series and ended up a muddled overly idealistic moralic tale.