A review by lyricsninja
The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind

3.0

i finished this one off and i was left feeling like it was kind of a cop-out. was this a contract obligation? perhaps the date that it had to be out was moved up? whatever the case, it felt so beyond rushed in the last 75 pages. hell, i would go as far as to say it was nearly completely anticlimactic. i get it, the lead character of Richard was meant to figure things out, but the answer was so beyond stupid and obvious that i really cant support this novel at all. i feel like the first 450 pages set things up well, but the rest just... well... it felt like terry was attempting to mush 300 pages worth of story into 75 pages, so he removed a bulk of things. dont get me wrong, his writing is still solid and the characters followed their character traits... it just didnt do it for me fully.

terry goodkind has always impressed me with each book of the sword of truth series until this one. i sincerely hope this isnt an indication of how the rest of the series will be written. if it is, it will be a damn shame to end a legacy on something like this.