A review by literaryescapes
Naked Empire by Terry Goodkind

2.0

I won't be reading any more of these books. I had set this down, halfway read, a couple years ago and now I remember why. Richard is a horrible Mary Sue. Not only can he do no wrong, all the characters defer to his infinite knowledge. Kahlan and Cara, two powerful women who grew up using magic, are often subjected to Richard's (who only discovered magic EXISTED a couple years ago) sermons on magic!! WTF? Not to mention his moral sermons where he restates the same (often stupid) ideal for 10+ pages and eventually everyone agrees with him, while the reader wants to slap him across the face.
Kahlan is an awesome, badass character and doesn't deserve to be stuck with such a misogynistic snob