Confessor (Sword of Truth)
by Terry Goodkind
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Author: Terry GoodkindReader: Sam Tsoutsouvas
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-11-13
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged
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Book Review: A Fitting End to the Series
Summary: 4 Stars
FINALLY! An end to this lengthy series...
When I first began this series, I couldn't put it down. The first four books were inventive, well-written, and very interesting. Then, the seventh book -- the Pillars of Creation -- appeared as if to have been thrown together just weeks from a deadline. It was so bad, in fact, it didn't even seem to be by the same author. Okay, everyone can have a bad book amidst a series. But what happened after that, I ask rhetorically? After that, the series became steadily worse. First, Goodkind -- or I should say, the Character Richard -- got a pro-war stump, pounding the message home at every opportunity. The magical plots were still as interesting ever, though, so I endured that for a few more books, in spite of how tired I grew of the incessant dialogues. It got even worse, however, with the the Chainfire series. In this trilogy-within-a-series, not only the dialogues, but the scenes and narration itself became so redundant with abhorrent violence, as well as the continuous monotony of the book and characters explaining over and over AND OVER adfinitum the right of individuals to create their own lives and accomplish their own goals that it just became absolutely boring. Okay, that's the negative part. You'll notice that I did, however, give this book four stars. The reason?
For one thing, I thought the book did a good job of tying together in the end all the various elements that had made up the life and times and of the characters and nations throughout the series. Secondly, the breadth of the historical scope of the series was exceedingly broad and consistent. Goodkind gets high marks for the complexity of both his individual plot lines and the connection of them throughout the series, and this book was no exception.
What I really liked about this book was how clever the character, Richard, continued to be. The scenes involving the JaLa game, and the manner in which Richard was able to manipulate the entire crowd was simply brilliant. I also like the ending but I won't spoil it here. Suffice it to say that I thought this was a fitting ending for the series, one in which Goodkind redeemed himself for all he has put his faithful readers, including me, through these last few years.
If you've come this far, I would recommend finishing the series. This book is better than Phantom and I think is worth the trouble. If you haven't read the series yet, do! It's really great! But I'd stop after book six and move onto something else, like JRR Martin's Fire and Ice series, which is really great too.
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