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heylook's review
1.0
This is garbage. Some goddamn adolescent fantasies going on here. The gore is merely stupid, and there's no sex, but there are super-magical leather-clad sex-slave sorceress dominatrices who wield magical electric-zapping dildos. Terry Goodkind is like . . . Freud 101.
cjknight09's review
3.0
There were definitely problems. I had high hopes for this new series and they have yet to come to fruition. The next book is supposedly the final novel in the series. That I don't know if I believe because Goodkind leaves quite a few cliffhangers at the end of the novel. The combat scenes are good in the novel but unlike in previous novels Goodkind fails to explain Occult Powers in this novel which can be frustrating at times.
mnyberg's review
3.0
I liked a bit better than the previous book 13, but still not a fan of the current way Goodkind is writing dialog. If he uses "I guess that makes sense" from another exchange, I may have to fling the last book across the room.
drewsbookreviews's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
shelschneider's review
5.0
I just finished this, and I don't yet have the words to describe how I feel about it. It is a good book that filled me with extreme emotions. Sometimes I wonder if Terry Goodkind and Joss Whedon took lessons from one another, because they both leave me feeling emotionally spent. I suppose it's because they both create characters that I instantly fall in love with.
michaelesch's review
4.0
Terry Goodkind is one of my favorite authors. The story of Richard and Kahlan will never become old to me. That being said I am not a fan of the walking dead or the whole zombie theme found in the last four books (first confessor, omen machine, third kingdom and severed souls). It is not the way that Goodkind writes about them, it is just that I dont like any stories with zombies. So this book had me at a cross roads. I love the author yet am not interested in a large part of the story.
This story started off with a big zombie battle, but after that there was just a journy, betrayal, a bad guy, and a hero. The last 50% of the book was the classic Goodkind writing that I know and love. Of course I did not like the ending, but I dont like to put spoilers in my reviews. Though I will say it was by far the most emotionally charged book I have read by Goodkind.
If you have made it this far in the series it is a must read. If you have never picked up a Goodkind book start with Wizard's First Rule for the beginning of the story or Faith of the Fallen for the best book in the series!
There hasnt been talk of a next book and if this is the end of his writing then I will be extremely upset, because confessor would have been a better book to end on. This book ends with a lot of questions unanswered. (Crossing my fingers for another epic book!)
This story started off with a big zombie battle, but after that there was just a journy, betrayal, a bad guy, and a hero. The last 50% of the book was the classic Goodkind writing that I know and love. Of course I did not like the ending, but I dont like to put spoilers in my reviews. Though I will say it was by far the most emotionally charged book I have read by Goodkind.
If you have made it this far in the series it is a must read. If you have never picked up a Goodkind book start with Wizard's First Rule for the beginning of the story or Faith of the Fallen for the best book in the series!
There hasnt been talk of a next book and if this is the end of his writing then I will be extremely upset, because confessor would have been a better book to end on. This book ends with a lot of questions unanswered. (Crossing my fingers for another epic book!)
bogdanbalostin's review against another edition
5.0
You know what? It's a 5 star because it's epic.
The third book in Richard and Kahlan series in a flash, following in a bit.
This is a really engaging story with a battle that goes over 200 pages, more or less. The bad part is that to really appreciate the story here, every small subtle nuance, you have to read through the other at least 11 volumes.
I thought I became numb to emotions in this series. I mean a lot of bad stuff happens you feel the pain. Finally, good things happen, you feel relieved. And it goes on and on. But this book really made me feel again.
The characters that we learned to love and hate are back together again, while the villains are hilariously doing their stuff somewhere else. The villains are hardly present in this volume yet it's their actions that made the most harm. They are more brilliant than Jagang (the previous bad guy, if you don't remember) but in a way, they don't have the same presence on stage, the same strong character, and the menacing allure.
Still, there is enough trouble for our heroes to keep them busy for the length of the whole volume, while they are exploring the backcountry of the Dark Lands.
The ending will hit you hard. Let's hope the final volume delivers.
The third book in Richard and Kahlan series in a flash, following in a bit.
This is a really engaging story with a battle that goes over 200 pages, more or less. The bad part is that to really appreciate the story here, every small subtle nuance, you have to read through the other at least 11 volumes.
I thought I became numb to emotions in this series. I mean a lot of bad stuff happens you feel the pain. Finally, good things happen, you feel relieved. And it goes on and on. But this book really made me feel again.
The characters that we learned to love and hate are back together again, while the villains are hilariously doing their stuff somewhere else. The villains are hardly present in this volume yet it's their actions that made the most harm. They are more brilliant than Jagang (the previous bad guy, if you don't remember) but in a way, they don't have the same presence on stage, the same strong character, and the menacing allure.
Still, there is enough trouble for our heroes to keep them busy for the length of the whole volume, while they are exploring the backcountry of the Dark Lands.
The ending will hit you hard. Let's hope the final volume delivers.
reasonpassion's review
3.0
I'm not entirely certain that I read the book before this one and frankly I can't summon the energy to care. There's no real need to have done so as the key points are covered soon into the story and just as quickly moving along towards an end that Goodkind has been promoting for weeks up to its release. This is the end of Richard. That another dies (I won't spoil it) is actually far more disturbing and done in such a perfunctory way that I felt cheated. The books have long since turned into allegory rather than literary fiction, with Richard and Kahlan being un-changing paragons of rational humanity, along the lines of Ayn Rand's John Galt. While at times I find the fact that the characters never really make mistakes and rarely fret over their decisions, I read another review that basically stated: "finally adults acting like adults!" and had to agree. A good allegory has characters you aspire to be and while the degree of certainty Richard possesses is a bit scary at times, his dedication to principles and firm pursuit of a rational existence are exemplary things to uphold. An excellent continuation of the series and I can't help myself with being very curious how the next one will go.
mjcole85's review
2.0
Mr. Goodkind has a great series here, but desperately needs someone to edit his books! Too many repetitive paragraphs, adding length, not substance. I really enjoy the Richard and Kahlan saga overall, but not when reading stream of consciousness, not edited, poorly written chapters. Cut the clutter and it would be great!