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chogangoof 's review for:
Blood of the Fold
by Terry Goodkind
This book more so than any of the other two makes it obvious that Terry Goodkind is a pervert. I have defended some other books from similar criticisms like The Witcher which is a lot more subtle because it's not so much scenes that are misogynistic but just descriptions. Here, Terry good kind just unrelentingly portrays women as weak and as a reward for men to earn. This is disgusting and it made it really hard for me to get through this book. I don't really have that much to say that's new with this book that wasn't in the other two. It's still unoriginal, it's still blatantly cliche and trope-y, conflicts just resolve themselves out of nowhere still, and there are no themes anywhere in the text.
I have three things I can compliment for this book. Firstly, The characters are pretty well thought out, at least the male characters. And secondly, it's pretty well-paced. I mean it's really well-paced. Even if I didn't really care about what was happening there was still always things happening and developing which I have to respect on some level. Goodkind actually knows how to start a book, which sounds like a really flat compliment but compared to a lot of fantasy which really struggles to get going his books always start right off the bat and I have to respect that on some level. My last positive comment for this book is that it was a big battle that was really good. It wasn't mind-blowing, it wasn't Sanderson level but it was pretty good compared to everything in the last two books.
This was my favorite out of the three so far, but it was still pretty goddamn bad. Even if I look past the sexist portrayal of women a lot of it just feels bland. Even if it had moments that were redeeming to some extent this is still not a "good book". I'm struggling to decide whether giving this one or two stars, but because I feel nice today and because it is a pretty big step up from the first book, I'll give it two, albeit a very low two.
I have three things I can compliment for this book. Firstly, The characters are pretty well thought out, at least the male characters. And secondly, it's pretty well-paced. I mean it's really well-paced. Even if I didn't really care about what was happening there was still always things happening and developing which I have to respect on some level. Goodkind actually knows how to start a book, which sounds like a really flat compliment but compared to a lot of fantasy which really struggles to get going his books always start right off the bat and I have to respect that on some level. My last positive comment for this book is that it was a big battle that was really good. It wasn't mind-blowing, it wasn't Sanderson level but it was pretty good compared to everything in the last two books.
This was my favorite out of the three so far, but it was still pretty goddamn bad. Even if I look past the sexist portrayal of women a lot of it just feels bland. Even if it had moments that were redeeming to some extent this is still not a "good book". I'm struggling to decide whether giving this one or two stars, but because I feel nice today and because it is a pretty big step up from the first book, I'll give it two, albeit a very low two.