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Title: Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind, Buck Schirner, Bill Weideman ISBN: 1-59086-294-5 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 16 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (228 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not the best in the series so far, but pretty good despite
Comment: Terry goodkind continues to write the way we come to expect. memorable characters and despicable bad guys. However, he seemed to come up a bit short in this book.
He still retains his love for Deus ex Machina, seemingly pulling a heroic and positive ending out of nowhere and having a sudden explanation for things. What? Gars were created to battle mriswith? How convenient.
Despite that it was an entertaining read as always. Richard continues in his heavy-handed, whiny manner that we have all come to love. Kahlan doesn't show until near the end and she is as stalwart as ever.
In this book, the main plot arc is the eventual arrival of the Emporor of the Old World, Jagang. He is a Dream Walker. Dream Walkers were weapons created back during the great war, the one that caused the creation of the Towers of Perdition we saw in the last novel.
Two things really stood out in my reading though. Number one, the title of the book is of the group that hails from Adie's home country that we learned of last book. They played a decidedly small part in the book. For carrying the title of the book, they weren't even the main plot line or a major antagonist in the book. they simply supplied the glue to keep some of the plot movements together.
Secondly was the whole strange sequence of events with the Mriswith. Huh? The whole thing seemed entirely pointless. You'll see it when you read it. That whole part could have been left out of the book and it would have still made sense with some minor changes. It only seemd a device to take Richard from one place to another and back.
Other than the obvious shortcomings, is was an entertaining read and I look forward to reading the next book.
Rating: 4
Summary: I love Terry Goodkind
Comment: Many of these reviews have really bashed Goodkind's book, so I would like to say my piece. I have not read Robert Jordan, but I have read David Eddings and many other such fantasy quest writers. I have enjoyed them all. I would like to point out that "there is nothing new under the sun." So everyone complaining about how Goodkind borrows such and such needs to shut-up. Most of the fantasies I've read have been very similar in plot and character, but each is very good according to how the author goes about it.
I must say that I find Goodkind unique. I do feel that the story could use less violence because some of it is gratuitous. But I find his characters very real and touching. They are very easy to empathize with. I found myself actually crying with the characters.
Many fantasy authors I have read are fun to read but I have no trouble putting down most of their books (with the exception of Tolkien and Brooks) when I have to. Goodkind, on the other hand, keeps enough mystery in his series to keep you hooked. It's got lots of action and even romance, albeit a troubled one.
I see many of you complaining because the characters are flawed--some of them are really flawed.I really like this because if we're honest with ourselves, we don't always go around pure as the driven snow. Everyone has a really bad side to them even if they do have to dig deep to find it.
Goodkind has presented characters who are struggling to do what's right against powerful odds. Yes the Confessors are a strange group to belong with the good guys. But I don't think Goodkind is trying to present the 'good guys' as being perfect. He's saying, 'OK, here's somebody willing to compromise. Let's get a wedge in there and maybe we can change the whole system.' Kahlan is that wedge. Yes she is the Mother Confessor but she is very burdened by this and would like to change the way a lot of things are done. If some of you would read a litte more carefully you would realize that she doesn't like the way the Confessors have ! been operating. Another example of change is the way Richard is trying to influence those chicks with the torturing rods. He has also made quite an impact on the Sisters of Light. They are the scariest 'good guys' I've ever seen!
Goodkind's world is not always pretty. In fact, it's often downright ugly and scary. This makes it seem all the more real and fascinating. Perfection is boring.
Goodkind has created an entertaining series that is sure to win more and more fans. His characters are real and most are dynamic not static. He keeps the revelations coming on top of more mysteries. He presents a world, though superficially different than ours, that is actually quite close to home. But his protagonists are characters who can and do rise above adversity. They are not perfect and make their share of mistakes, but you love them for it. Why, because Goodkind has created characters we would like to be.
Thank you, Mr. Goodkind, for your series.
Rating: 1
Summary: A disappointing addition to the Sword of Truth series
Comment: This book was a certain waste of over 500 pages and hours of reading time. The second book didn't leave me wanting to read this book, and I wish I had taken the hint. The only advantage to reading this was knowing every last detail that occurs in the life of Richard Rahl. The plot was week and the subplots were uninteresting, and Goodkind really showed his weaknesses in his skill, such as superfluous description of setting, weak conversations, and bad cliches such as "The Dance with Death". Really not satisfactory. Skip right to Temple of the Winds, which is MUCH better.
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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: 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: 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: 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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