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A review by elmeco
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
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? Yes
4.5
Hot take (apparently) but I'm a massive fan of The Legend of the Seeker tv series. I found this book, along with a good number of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series through multiple sources at a bargain, and promised myself I'd read at least one one day.
First thing's first, yes, there's a number of typos throughout the book, but that's something I'd attribute to Tor's shitty editing and pubilshing. As for Terry Goodkind's writing itself, it's fairly simple, which makes its length and worldbuilding so much less daunting than one would think. This is where this series really excels at: the world, the magic, and the characters. Most of this is generic fantasy stuff, but has some unique and wholly original stuff such as anger being the main force and theme here, as well as the Mord-Sith are something I've never seen done anywhere else, with the latter being the coolest damn thing ever.
3 segments that really stand out:
- The Mud People section
- Rachel and Giller's story in Tamarang
- Richard and Denna's bond(age)
Nothing like the show, which I suppose is where most of the hate stems from but at their core, Richard, Kahlan, and Zedd are the heart of the series and is at least one thing the show got right. Not Chase though. Can't believe how they massacred my boy.
First thing's first, yes, there's a number of typos throughout the book, but that's something I'd attribute to Tor's shitty editing and pubilshing. As for Terry Goodkind's writing itself, it's fairly simple, which makes its length and worldbuilding so much less daunting than one would think. This is where this series really excels at: the world, the magic, and the characters. Most of this is generic fantasy stuff, but has some unique and wholly original stuff such as anger being the main force and theme here, as well as the Mord-Sith are something I've never seen done anywhere else, with the latter being the coolest damn thing ever.
3 segments that really stand out:
- The Mud People section
- Rachel and Giller's story in Tamarang
- Richard and Denna's bond(age)
Nothing like the show, which I suppose is where most of the hate stems from but at their core, Richard, Kahlan, and Zedd are the heart of the series and is at least one thing the show got right. Not Chase though. Can't believe how they massacred my boy.