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sapien85's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
leannecroft's review against another edition
4.0
A really awesome concept. Great story, great characters and now I want the next one. I love being with Richard and Kahlan again.
tsmith16's review against another edition
4.0
Shortened length keeps the story going at a faster pace instead of the long drawn out speeches that occur throughout several of the SoT series. I was glad to see a series pick up where SiT left off giving more of Richard and Kahlan's lives together even though as usual a world ending disaster is on the brink of happening.
coutures1513's review
2.0
Mon avis sera le même pour chacun des tomes. Honnêtement, je ne comprends pas pourquoi ce ne fut pas un seul livre. J’ai trouvé que l’histoire s’étirait pour rien et que c’était redondant avec les autres séries. Ça suit le schéma classique: il arrive quelque chose à Kahlan et Richard sauve tout le monde. De plus, j’ai trouvé que la résolution finale a été beaucoup trop facile.
smerika's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
thebookhaze's review
4.0
This is my first Terry Goodkind book, and although it is a novella and not a full-length book, I must say that it has gotten me interested in reading the rest of his works.
This particular story takes place after the Sword of Truth series, so I believe there is world-building established in the Sword of Truth series that isn't completely addressed here, but nevertheless, I didn't feel lost or confused navigating through it. Granted, as this is a novella, I only saw a glimpse of this world and I'm sure there's more to understand with the series.
I am already intrigued with the characters of Richard and Kahlan in this book, and I would love to know their backstory from the Sword of Truth series. Shale is very interesting to me as well, and I love the idea of the Mord-Sith, how fierce and cool they are.
Hopefully I will be able to read the rest of the books soon and see more of this world and its characters.
This particular story takes place after the Sword of Truth series, so I believe there is world-building established in the Sword of Truth series that isn't completely addressed here, but nevertheless, I didn't feel lost or confused navigating through it. Granted, as this is a novella, I only saw a glimpse of this world and I'm sure there's more to understand with the series.
I am already intrigued with the characters of Richard and Kahlan in this book, and I would love to know their backstory from the Sword of Truth series. Shale is very interesting to me as well, and I love the idea of the Mord-Sith, how fierce and cool they are.
Hopefully I will be able to read the rest of the books soon and see more of this world and its characters.
petitpoucetreveur's review against another edition
4.0
Wow
It feels so good to dive again in this world, to walk again along those characters that I've grown to love so much ! I'm a big fan of Terry Goodkind's books so it a huge pleasure to enjoy a new creation of his.
Now to The review:
I do not really appreciate the short-story forms, it's pretty unnerving. I would rather have one good novel than five short-stories. Because of the forma, the plot is just drawn that the last page is turned, and that's pretty rude, if you ask me.
However, it's Terry Goodkind, and I find the plot really interesting. It's nice to see the consequences of the star shift and the idea is intriguing and I'm eager to learn more about the fuckin* Gold goddess that screw our Golden age.
I miss Cara. Here, I said it, I needed to. But I like Shale, she's what female characters are in Terry Goodkind 's books : strong, beautiful, smart, sassy and dangerous.
And Khalan, my favourite badass still doesn't take shi* from anyone, and Richard is still learning from her as he should.
But I need more action, and this novella thingy is bugging me.
Still, it's every thing SOT was, good and less good (those bloody recaps!) and it's worth the read !
It feels so good to dive again in this world, to walk again along those characters that I've grown to love so much ! I'm a big fan of Terry Goodkind's books so it a huge pleasure to enjoy a new creation of his.
Now to The review:
I do not really appreciate the short-story forms, it's pretty unnerving. I would rather have one good novel than five short-stories. Because of the forma, the plot is just drawn that the last page is turned, and that's pretty rude, if you ask me.
However, it's Terry Goodkind, and I find the plot really interesting. It's nice to see the consequences of the star shift and the idea is intriguing and I'm eager to learn more about the fuckin* Gold goddess that screw our Golden age.
I miss Cara. Here, I said it, I needed to. But I like Shale, she's what female characters are in Terry Goodkind 's books : strong, beautiful, smart, sassy and dangerous.
And Khalan, my favourite badass still doesn't take shi* from anyone, and Richard is still learning from her as he should.
But I need more action, and this novella thingy is bugging me.
Still, it's every thing SOT was, good and less good (those bloody recaps!) and it's worth the read !
rick_k's review
1.0
This is my first Terry Goodkind, and it didn't go well. The characters are two dimensional, world building flat, dialogue stilted and plot non-existent. The entire story is a post mortem of a brief assault we did not witness. The whole thing is a setup for some future big baddie we never meet... and in my case never will. The title fits this book: simplistic, unimaginative and haphazard.