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bogdanbalostin 's review for:
Wizard's First Rule
by Terry Goodkind
Before you read this review, you need to understand that we all have secret guilty pleasures. I admit I find the Sword of Truth series truly fascinating and a real pleasure to read. But I don't take it seriously. And so far it's something that I find only in this series. I find fantasy series either amazing and page-turners or average to boring, with generic characters.
There's one exception: this series. There are many problems with it, just read other reviews (not mine) of later books in the series. But I read it continuously, all 12 volumes, never feeling like a drag. Sure, it has its ups and downs but there's a lot of "it's so bad it's good". I can't really explain it. Either you get it or not. I don't think the characters here are heroic, and I'm pretty certain I misinterpreted the author's intentions, but unless he tells me exactly that, I think I am allowed to enjoy the absurd situation that I find in this series, along with the emotions, dangers, and sense of wonder the characters go through.
Pay attention to the bookshelf I've added this to. It's called guilty pleasures. Here you can find books that I know are not perfect and I cannot recommend them wholeheartedly (I'll probably agree with your every criticism) but to me, the time reading them was well spent.
There's one exception: this series. There are many problems with it, just read other reviews (not mine) of later books in the series. But I read it continuously, all 12 volumes, never feeling like a drag. Sure, it has its ups and downs but there's a lot of "it's so bad it's good". I can't really explain it. Either you get it or not. I don't think the characters here are heroic, and I'm pretty certain I misinterpreted the author's intentions, but unless he tells me exactly that, I think I am allowed to enjoy the absurd situation that I find in this series, along with the emotions, dangers, and sense of wonder the characters go through.
Pay attention to the bookshelf I've added this to. It's called guilty pleasures. Here you can find books that I know are not perfect and I cannot recommend them wholeheartedly (I'll probably agree with your every criticism) but to me, the time reading them was well spent.