okay, its been out more than just a few days here in Sydney.. 2 weeks at least :D which I have read in one day. I love his "sword of truth" series which is sadly about to reach its end (ahead of Robert Jordan's Wheel of time).

Anyway, just sharing [img]smile.gif[/img]

*spasms*
Yeah, too bad about it ending. And too bad about Jordan too. But PHANTOM IS OUT OMG!
*spasms*

I really really liked the first 3-4 books, but I think the series went downhill after that. It got really repetitive, Terry Goodkind's preeching get old really fast, it's almost copy pasted word for word, and in some novels you barely saw the main characters. When he did it on the novel with his sister I tolerated it thinking she would have a huge role to play later on in the story, but it turn out she's mostly a background character, remove her from the story and no events would change really.

But the novel where for half of it we follow a bunch of teenagers in a kingdom and at the end only one survive and we never see or hear about her again? It really annoyed me. Alright, we understand you want us to know more about that place, but spending half the book to establish the setting of an unimportant country we probably won't hear about ever again is ridicullous. I've read reviews of certain books where people said thing along the line of "Read the first 50 pages, then jump to page 350-500, then read from 700 to the end, and you won't miss anything of the plot". And the sad part? I agree with them.

And then I got pissed off at the end of Naked Empire when I read the preview for Chainfire and found out Richard and Khalan got seperated AGAIN. That's it, I'm not finishing the series. Is there even one book in which they did not get seperated? And also, how many times did Richard have problems with his magic for one reason or another? Repetitive.

[ 08-27-2006, 06:14 PM: Message edited by: Luvian ]

I think it's a really good serie!
Too bad they split up every books in to two in Sweden.
So I have to buy TWO books to finish "one" book, and the price, full price for both books!

But any way, I got 8 books in swedish, which will be the first four books in english.
I do like them very much and i DO intend to buy the rest. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I know how it is, I buy my series in double, once in english for me, and once in french for friends and familly. In french they split Robert Jordan'S book in 2-3 each, same for George R.R. Martin. Of course you have to pay full price for each. You also have to wait years for them, as they only release one every 6 months or so, so you have to wait a year or two to actually finish the equivalent of an english book.

You just finished the 4 first books, which happen to be the bests. I'd recommend to stop there but I know you wont. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

actually, your right after the first 4, the story went downhill from there.. but his last few books that were released were pretty good. so its an uphill once again for me.

Yes its annoying how they keep on getting seperated and stuff but I guess its what makes things interesting. The latest book however has a good twist (several in fact), none of the other books have shown with Richard.. okay wont spoil more [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 08-28-2006, 10:08 AM: Message edited by: Harkoliar ]

Actually, the only condition I'd read the last trilogy is if I was told the whole story in advance, so that I could decide if it sound like something I would enjoy. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

go read it in those bookstores where they allow you to sit and read for free :D .

edit: i suppose i can spoil a little.. lemme know ill pm yas

[ 08-30-2006, 01:47 AM: Message edited by: Harkoliar ]

I lost interest in the series when I read an entire book in the series and it didn't have much of anything to do with the overarching plot.

duh... if the book isn't related to the series plot then don't put it in the series!

For me, the plot went downhill after the first book, then had a nice peak with the sixth. But really, Goodkind isn't about complexities, intrigue or any sort of revelation. I find he has a compelling writing style and the odd bit of humour and predictable outcomes contribute to a feel-good type of read. I really enjoy his writing, and there's always Martin or Erikson when I want something heavier.