angelafrear's review
Not the best in the series, but I'm so glad he is continuing it!
overwrought_gastronaut's review
1.0
What happened here? This was so terrible it moved me to sign up on this website when I would otherwise have been content to continue reading other reader's reviews. Was this written by the same author as every other book in the Sword of Truth series? Shallow characters, thin plot, and paragraphs repeat the same thought 2-3 times with slight variations (because it must have gone over my head the first time?) I kept reading hoping it would get better, as the earlier books were so much better. Save yourself the time, allow yourself to remember the characters fondly, because this book will ruin it.
bogdanbalostin's review
5.0
I am surprised at the negative reviews on this website of this book. It's not a brilliant book by no means, it's superficial and with a lot of going around and explaining stuff over and over. But that was unique with the Sword of Truth series. I would say the style is the same as in the other books but the editing is better. Instead of repeating 3-5 times we only have the same thing repeated 2 times. Improvement. The feeling is the same, I instantly knew I'm back in the Sword of Truth universe. My story with this series was hate-hate-love. The first books were so bad that I started to enjoy them. Especially Richard making stupid decisions again and again and using philosophy to justify them. Here, in the Omen machine, instead, we have less philosophy and preaching and more story (which is actually an exposition).
proudlocks's review
5.0
Honestly, i was kind of getting put off the series as it does has alot of repetitive filler, but this book has restored my faith a little.
rowdya22's review
3.0
Well after the epic build up that reading the series gave me, simply put...I expected more. The new story line has potential but I dont think that Goodkind should have messed with his completed master peace. That being said...It was a heck of a cliff hanger and I cant wait for the next one.
cokiereads's review
5.0
Loved it! With those against magic finally gone from the Midlands we have a new adventure for Richard, Kahlan and Zed!
mjcole85's review
4.0
After getting through the first 12 books in this storyline, I was wary to return to the world of D'Hara and Richard Rahl. However, this book was a pleasant surprise. It did a bit of back story-telling in order for you to remember what happened in the past books, but it wasn't too heavy handed. I equate reading this to visiting family you haven't seen in a while. You are stressed and may not want to go, but when you get there it is a good time.
diliapickle's review
2.0
This was not the quality of the earlier books in the series. I loved having Richard and Kahlan back but they felt like shadows of their former selves. This felt like half of his normal books and was just rushed with no real story to it at all. So sad!
frazzld's review
4.0
Decent story, seemed much shorter than most of his books, definitely seems to be a setup for more to come.