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The idea that Kahlan is a better military strategist than actual military officers simply because her indifferent dad once pushed around some salt shakers on a table while giving her the sort of advice possessed by anyone who's spent 5 minutes perusing the copy of The Art of War that someone left behind at the local Starbucks is beyond laughable. It's a shame he never got to the "how to paint armor white" section.

One of the fundamental flaws of this series is Goodkind's complete ineptitude at writing nuanced characters. Not to mention that it's pretty hard to root for a side when everyone is terrible.
Also, I get that the whole "cross me again and I'll kill you" thing sounded really badass in his head, but on the page it comes across like an 8 year old throwing a tantrum because someone put mustard on their hamburger.

Once again, I'm amazed at how long it takes for anything to happen in this series. A good rule of thumb for this series is: anything involving the village of the Mud People is going to be long, drawn-out, and boring as hell.
Also, the completely inconsistent characterizations based solely upon what the author needs a character to do at any given moment is really, really annoying.