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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
Sorciers, voyantes, Mord-Sith, chiens à cœur, Garns, dragon et autres monstres sont de la partie, et la magie est omniprésente ! Un vrai plaisir que de découvrir cette « épée de vérité » !
However, the workdays did drag on as I eagerly awaited coming home to read some more, so I guess I must have enjoyed it
"People will believe a lie either because they want to believe it's true or because they are afraid it might be true."
I'm sure if you look at my history with these books and his series, you'll see that I wasn't always the biggest fan. They're preachy and repetitive and absurd most of the time, but getting past that there can be some interesting messages and ideas to think about. You know Richard is always gonna win and Kahlan is always gonna be stunningly beautiful, but you keep reading cause you wanna see how he's gonna pull the next victory out of his ass and save the world and get the girl.
This re-read is for Terry Goodkind. Thank you for giving us all those years of stories.
Goodkind created quite the fantastical story, but fell short in his execution of it. The book contained moments that were beautifully written, and others, where the author was careless with his style. Some of his best writing in this book were the torture scenes and the bizarrely affectionate relationship that was developed with Richard Cypher's torturer. In regards to Richard's rapports with the other main characters, Goodkind takes on a literal, almost authoritative approach- we are told how these characters feel about each other, without any sensible explanation, and thus as readers, are expected to just accept this, without any discernible character development.
Overall, the book is very entertaining for the most part, as long as you do not allow yourself to get upset by the author's lack yet excess of foreshadow. At moments, what is to come in the next chapters is so predictable, it almost makes you want to stop reading. At other times, Goodkind seems to just have thought of a scene or sensational plot twist, and decided to just throw it in there for dramatic effect. This could have been a better book had the author taken the time to think the plot through and be consistent with his writing style.
That said, I will continue this series, since I have more of the books and they're kind of classic fantasy. Like I mentioned above, they were enjoyable, and I did really like pieces of the magic system he created. For these reasons, I'm looking forward to where the world is going.
"oh look, a woman! i can tell from her eyes that she's smart like me!"
ridiculous.
"let's go see my kooky old mysterious friend!"
"sounds good! and while we walk, here's a story about a wizard who disappeared!"
"gosh, i wonder what happened to that wizard?! well, let's go see my friend who has never seemed like he's from around here."
COME ON. Do better.