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3.0 stars. Before Song of Ice and Fire came along, this was a standard for me for epic fantasy. I really liked the story, the main characters and the world building. My affection for the story has waned as I have read more and more fantasy that I feel is superior. Still, a decent read.
From the New York Times best-selling author, Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule is the first book in the Sword of Truth series. The book is about a magic sword that was created to destroy a prince of lies. A magical world in which chaos reigns and the brave have to come forward to defend what is honest and good.
The story begins from the first time you open the pages of this book. The author makes you jump immediately into the story without waiting to find out every piece of information about e ...more
The story begins from the first time you open the pages of this book. The author makes you jump immediately into the story without waiting to find out every piece of information about e ...more
I’ve read this book a few times, but the audiobook was fun. I think I might be slowly getting addicted to audiobooks in general. This is the first book in Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series, and it is absolutely a high/epic fantasy story. I’m not going to write paragraphs here to summarize the story – the book is way too long for that. But I will say that Richard (the star, known as the Seeker) is a lot of fun. I like that he’s not a perfect hero. He has a temper (actually, he earns the nickname
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It's been a long time. I remember wandering around the fantasy/scifi aisle in a bookstore trying to find something new and exciting. This was a good, fat book. At the end I was half in love with Richard Rahl and couldn't wait for the next 10 books - spread out through the years. It's hard to remember all of them and Richard wasn't in all of them but the world Terry created was always there. Don't bother with the TV show if you're interested....it just isn't the same. Read the books. I would love
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I think this is one of those love it or hate it kind of books. Personally, I loved it. I thought the use of magic was novel, the characters were well crafted, and the world he builds was unique and well done. The only complaint I have about this book is that I really wanted to continue reading the series, and so I did. I am sad to say that they got progressivly worse, in my humble opinion, they became unreadable garbage near the end, I believe it was the sixth or seventh book that did me in. I'v
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I was intending on giving this three stars. It was a decent book. The plot was a little predictable, and the writing wasn't Chaucer or anything. Yet, I read the 573 page book incredibly fast and thoroughly enjoyed it. The end was what really solidified the four star rating for me. I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
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What starts out as promising turns into unbelievably frustrating by the second book. The author appears to enjoy drawing out scenes that simply drag on forever. This story could have been told in 3 books with much less frustration on the part of the reader.
The characters and concept are very interesting but the story telling needs an editor who does their job and an author who can waste much less of the readers time.
The characters and concept are very interesting but the story telling needs an editor who does their job and an author who can waste much less of the readers time.
Although this had a lot of the cliches of epic fantasy I was still drawn in and wanted to know what would happen next. It has some very dark parts, which I wouldn't recommend for younger kids. There were parts that were repetitive, and some that were just too long, but overall I really enjoyed this book and will read the next one.
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Uhm ... Terry Goodkind's books generally have really great cover art.
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Nov 25, 2010
Aaron
marked it as to-read
Jun 07, 2011
Vj
added it
