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Title: Blood of the Fold (Sword of Truth, Book 3) by Terry Goodkind ISBN: 0-8125-5147-8 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 15 August, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (232 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great story
Comment: First of all, I don't understand all the harsh reviews of Terry Goodkind's SoT series. Perhaps the themes in his books have appeared in other stories, but that's true of every author. Any fantasy author who has written about magic, wizards, beautiful women, elves, dwarves, dragons, swords, quests, traveling, a great evil foe, etc. has copied that theme from someone else. Many reviewers compare these stories to Robert Jordan's. They may have similarities, but the biggest difference is that Goodkind's books are INTERESTING. If Robert Jordan came up with these themes first (which he didn't), he sure didn't know what to do with them. I'm glad that Goodkind did. It takes Jordan a whole book just to get his characters to finish breakfast.
Others have recommended Terry Brooks over Terry Goodkind while in the same breath complaining that Goodkind copied the themes in his books. Did any of you ever read the Sword of Shannara? The first 100+ pages were a rip-off of The Fellowship of the Ring.
One reviewer, who ranked this book with ONE STAR wrote, "The evil emperor simply wants to control the world, wow...that's so amazing. We have no idea why he wants to control the world or how he got in a position to do that". If this reader had actually bothered to read the words INSIDE the book, he/she would know that why Jagang wanted to rule and also why he has the power he does. If you're going to rank a book as ONE at least read it. If you can't understand it, that's your problem, not the book's.
My last tirade is concerning the repetition others have complained about. He does fill you in on things you might have forgotten from previous books, but it is not overdone in the least. I think it is very helpful, especially if you read the books as they were published and had to wait a long time between each one.
My comments on this whole series can be summed up in the phrase, "it's great"! I read the books; I enjoyed them thoroughly and would recommend others read them.
Rating: 4
Summary: another book in a wonderful series
Comment: Just finished reading this last night, and I can't wait to read the next one. I felt though that this book was more of an introduction to the fourth book, but still good enough. I am also glad to see that the improved writing style. You won't see the lead characters, Richard and Kahlan, crying and whining every 20 pages. The stress on the Wizard's rules and Richard's "think of the solution and not the problem" motto were less over-drawn, which can be a bit annoying in the previous books. The story was good, but I was acutally more drawn into the story of the Sisters of Light than that of Richard. I found myself hoping that nest chapter would focus on the Sister Verna or the Prelate. Maybe because Richard did so many things that went wrong or stupid that turned out to be right, just because he is the hero. 4 stars because despite the flaws, its still a good fantasy and a worthy addition to the Sword of Truth series.
Rating: 2
Summary: My first Goodkind read
Comment: This was my first Terry Goodkind book . . . and will be my last. I bought it at a booksale at work, always looking for something new to read- this looked interesting. I've read the Robert Jordan Wheel of Time series, and realized about 10 pages in that this storyline was similar. I enjoyed the Jordan series, so i thought, okay, this will be good. Wrong. Shallow characters, transparent plot lines . . . I'm ashamed to say that I actually finished this book. It gets 2 stars because I did finish it, but that goes more to my tenacity than to the quality of the writing or the story. Don't waste your time.
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Title: Soul of the Fire (Sword of Truth, Book 5) by Terry Goodkind ISBN: 0812551494 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 15 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, Book 1) by Terry Goodkind ISBN: 0812548051 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 15 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, Book 6) by Terry Goodkind ISBN: 081257639X Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Pillars of Creation (Sword of Truth, Book 7) by Terry Goodkind ISBN: 0765340747 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Naked Empire (Sword of Truth, Book 8) by Terry Goodkind ISBN: 0765305224 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 21 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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