Sword of truth Series

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Hi. Was just wondering if any one else is or has read the Sword of truth book series. I'm currently reading book 5 - Soul of the Fire. I got into the books after enjoying the first series of the TV series on SyFY. I have to say I actually enjoy the Mord Sith Character Cara both in the books and in the TV series. I like her dry wit and unfailing loyalty to her Friends (if only I had friends like that). Does anyone read these books, whos your favourite Character, what your favourite book. Oh p.s remember I'm only on book 5, so could we keep spoilers to a minimum
Kevin

I love this series. My favourite characters are: Nathan, Zedd and Richard.

My favourite books are, in order: Chainfire Trilogy, Faith of the Fallen and Stone of Tears.

The Chainfire Trilogy is a phenomenal ending to the series and as a whole (especially after Soul of the Fire) the series gets better as it goes.

The only books I didn't like as much were Pillars of Creation (bleh) and Soul of the Fire. Pillars is, personally, not that exciting of a book and the regular characters are, for the most part, not in it. I usually skip it when re-reading.

The Law of Nines is an interesting read mostly for the implied direction of its future sequels. Check it out after you finish the main series.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the series. =}

that series was good. I didn't like the whole objectivist twist to it tho. It sort of gets preachy and repetitive after awhile. And from what i hear the author is kind of a dick.



If you haven't read it. i suggest you read wheel of time. It's a grittier version of the sword of truth. Albeit it has its issues too. The pacing gets really slow around the ninth and tenth book, but other than those two books, it is, in my opinion, a superior version of the sword of truth.

I have no desire to read another Objectivist tract after the travesty that was Atlas Shrugged. Well, except to riff on.

Yeah, u know, atlas shrugged WASNT terrible, which all things considering, the way i hate preachy books, probably means it was pretty good. If Ayn Rand wasn't so busy trying to shove things down peoples throat she would have been a good writer. Is a good writer.


but back to sword of truth. It really isnt bad or anything. It's mostly good.

Well I finished Soul of the Fire and oh my god how annoyed I am that I read it. It shouldve been titled boring and corrupt office politics. More than half of the book is dedicated Anderith politics. Almost nothing in it regarding the chimes. And what kind of a name is Dominie Dirtch for an all powerful weapon. I swear when I first read the name I spent the rest of the book thinking it was some kind of joke. Honestly I feel like I wasted so much of my time with that one. I havent even went to get faith of the fallen. The series is getting far too preachy now. Kahlan never uses any of her powers, Richard hasnt got a clue how to use his and to be honest I'm starting to think the Author Goodkind has a thing about raping and degrading women, seems to be a constant theme throughout the series.

I have started though so I must finish the series, but after this I dont think I'm getting involved in 900 page novels where at least half of it is needlessly over descriptive, pining from the main characters for each other. Its a shame though because it started off so well. I think I will stick with the TV series instead lol

READ THE WHEEL OF TIME!! !! !! !!


i'm telling you. it's like terry goodkind except


1.) Robert Jordan began his series three years before goodkind did, and many believe goodkind stole from him because there are things very similar in each book.

2.) Jordan doesn't preach about anything.

3.) There is no rape of any kind.

I want to tell you so much more, but i don't want to ruin the surprise for you. Like there is so much more to this list. I just would hate to spoil it.

Without spoiling it, it's pretty much about three cultures that haven't really met before. much like Europe, Asia, and the north american indians. And all three cultures have a different end-of-days prophecy about distinct jesus like characters. All the end-of-day propehcies are about to come to fruition, and all three cultures about to meet.



the only bad thing about it, is that there are two books that kinda suck, the 9th and 10th. Even the author admits that they are slow, but it was also necessary, because the author seriously wrote about such a detailed world, that there had to be at least one boring part.


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Jordan and Goodkind were\are both terrible writers in my opinion, but Goodkind one ups Jordan by being a complete frakking loon. I was so bored to tears by the end of the first Wheel of Time book that I couldn't even read the last thirty odd pages. I know lots of people love WoT, but it just didn't grab me at all and the prose felt laboursome to read.

Not trying to say people shouldn't read the books if they like them, though. I haven't found somebody who's managed to recreate the feeling I got when I read Lord of The Rings, but Tolkien was pretty extreme.

Ah! i would love to debate about this, but all my material involves amazing crap that happens after the first book. Honestly, u should give it another go. But then again, i thought lord of the rings was a more boring version of the wheel of time. couldn't get through that. ha

That post really put me out of reading those. (That, and the objectivist tract.): http://limyaael.livejournal.com/302111.html

ha. you know. u might be right. I read those books when i was pretty young and found them slightly boring. I have always looked at the lord of the rings, in the realm of fantasy, as an atari. (If you're a gamer, which actually i'm not, but the metaphor still works) You should try an atari, but i doubt (in most cases) that you would rather play an atari then an xbox 360.


Anyway. I should give lord of the rings another try now that i am older and have had to suffer through reading Walden and Atlas Shrugged. I resubmit that Wheel of Time is like lord of the rings, but on crack.