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antiauk 's review for:
Wizard's First Rule
by Terry Goodkind
While this is not a well crafted novel, I did find myself enjoying Cypher's adventure. I found a lot of the language to be a little too repetitive, Goodkind goes so far as to repeat himself in the same paragraph. Luckily this made it very easy to skim through the book without the fear of having missed an important detail. If I missed it the first time, I had a chance of reading it again only a few sentences down, convenient.
That being said, I did personally enjoy the story told. I especially loved the portrayal of Denna's character as being far more complex and heartbreaking than even the forbidden love between Richard and Kahlan. The creatures and features of the Midlands were interesting and Zed was a great character all around. Strangely, I liked the side plots best as I found Richard kind of obnoxious and got really tired of hearing what a "rare" person he was, this is the same problem I had with the TV series after awhile.
So while this isn't great, it did give me a decent fantasy fix. I personally enjoyed reading the story (especially compared to the Tsoutsouvas narrated audio). But by no means is this the best example of fantasy writing or writing in general. It's a "I've been snowed in and I don't know when I'll get out" sort of a read. It will keep you busy, and it will keep you entertained, but you have to overlook a lot of the flaws in order to get there.
That being said, I did personally enjoy the story told. I especially loved the portrayal of Denna's character as being far more complex and heartbreaking than even the forbidden love between Richard and Kahlan. The creatures and features of the Midlands were interesting and Zed was a great character all around. Strangely, I liked the side plots best as I found Richard kind of obnoxious and got really tired of hearing what a "rare" person he was, this is the same problem I had with the TV series after awhile.
So while this isn't great, it did give me a decent fantasy fix. I personally enjoyed reading the story (especially compared to the Tsoutsouvas narrated audio). But by no means is this the best example of fantasy writing or writing in general. It's a "I've been snowed in and I don't know when I'll get out" sort of a read. It will keep you busy, and it will keep you entertained, but you have to overlook a lot of the flaws in order to get there.