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jaepingsu 's review for:
The Third Kingdom
by Terry Goodkind
It took some real effort to make it through this, which I think is a first for a Sword of Truth (or this offshoot) book. Normally these read quick and enjoyable, but this felt like a bit of a chore.
It felt like nothing much happens in here. There's plenty of danger and uncertainty, and we for sure know this since Richard is nice enough to tell us in about 5 different ways per page how much danger they're all in. Conversations are repeated every few pages, just in case you forget how screwed and confused they are. The prose in general felt way more stilted and awkward than I ever remember Goodkind's writing being.
All in all this was a bit of a letdown. I'll still be dutifully picking up the next because at least when there's plot it's interesting, but man I don't have high hopes at all.
It felt like nothing much happens in here. There's plenty of danger and uncertainty, and we for sure know this since Richard is nice enough to tell us in about 5 different ways per page how much danger they're all in. Conversations are repeated every few pages, just in case you forget how screwed and confused they are. The prose in general felt way more stilted and awkward than I ever remember Goodkind's writing being.
All in all this was a bit of a letdown. I'll still be dutifully picking up the next because at least when there's plot it's interesting, but man I don't have high hopes at all.