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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780765300270
ISBN number: 0765300273
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 576
Printing Date: June 23, 2001
Publishing house: Tor Books
Sale Popularity Level: 18114
Studio: Tor Books
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The masterpiece that started The New York Times bestselling epic Sword of Truth
In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary seeking help . . . and more. His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence.
In a dark age it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the subsequent victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the best of their hearts could betray them. Yet, Richard fears nothing so much as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would destroy them--for reasons Richard can't imagine and Kahlan dare not say.
In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword--to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed . . . or that their time has run out.
This is the beginning. One book. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.
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This book is the beginning of a fantastic book series. I started reading the Sword of Truth series almost 10 years ago and I must say that the storyline, the twists and the characters are phenomenal.
I just finished the last book a couple of weeks ago and I enjoyed every book for the past years.
A must for Fantasy enthusiasts!!!!
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Magnifacent, I have no words to discribe how great this book is and the books that follow. By far my favorate writer. I am currently reading this book for the third time and I don't think I can ever get enough of it. I have bought many copies of this book to give as gifts to anyone that I think will appreciate it.
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So I very first read "Wizard's First Rule" when I was in 7th grade and loved it...I recently reread it and was left scratching my head wondering what I ever saw in this book. Let me hit the high points first, I actually felt like Terry Goodkind created a fairly compelling fantasy world, actually that's about the only good part. Everything else: characters, dialogue, prose, etc. is substandard. What really irked me, and this is a continuing problem throughout the series (yes I have read most of the books), is Terry Goodkind treats the reader like a moron. Do you really think I'm dumb enough not to notice the similarities between the Sisters of ithe Light (later book) and Aes Sedai from the Wheel of Time? Also, I think that I am smart enough to pick up on the parallels to Communism without hitting me over the head with the "People's Palace" or the "People's Liberation Army" (or some other such nonsense). It felt like I was reading a George Orwell novel, except it was one that sucked. Furthermore, there is no need to bash us over the head with your Randian philosophy for page after page. You write fantasy novels (and I do not mean that in the positive sense), no one cares what your personal philosophy is, nor do I care to read an entire series which you have contrived to make said philosophy work flawlessly. Finally, I don't need you to rehash past plot elements everytime they turn up, I have this thing called a memory and it actually works quite well. Mr. Goodkind, I have a piece of advise for your future endeavors, dream up a universe and its characters and then hire a ghost writer to actually put it to paper, thereby saving the world the pain of having to read your awkward and heavy-handed prose.
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I started this book and was caught up for some time in some good (though not great) writting. It was a real page-turner and kept me engrossed. About halfway through though there are several chapters discussing some pretty dark things being done to children that kind of turned me off. No problem in short order the story got back on track and I was engrossed. Until near the end. There are a series of absolutely disgusting chapters towards the end detailing page after page of nothing but detailed torture being done.
Goodkind has a deeply disturbed mind and I was disgusted by the book. I finished it to know what would happen - but the book then went strait into the trash can and I will not buy another book by this disgusting, disturbed man.
It is one thing to write darkly - Martin has some dark themes and some graphic scenes, but he does it with class and without crossing lines. Goodkind seems to have no lines. It's not just that the scenes are so graphic either, when you step back from the book the characters lack a realism (yes this is fantasy, but the characters are not believable) and they are furthermore very inconsistent, especially Richard towards the end of the book. This was due to deficiencies in Goodkind's writting in my book.
Add to this some real theft of ideas ... ok, so some things (wizards, farm boys, magic swords) are going to be overdone - but an almost carbon-copy replica of Gollum? That was a blatant theft from Tolkein.
I did give the book 2 stars because of the great very first half, and it did keep me turning pages through most of it. But in the end his deficiencies and his lack of taste killed me off of any future works from Goodkind.
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I'd write a longer review but there isn't much I could say that hasn't already been said.
I picked up this book after reading a few good reviews on here and thought I'd Give it a try. I usually try to steer away from books with Wizards and Dragons and things that have been used to death, but this looked a bit different and original. I was completely wrong.
The book is full of cliches and overused mythical creatures. In the very first few chapters the main character meets hellhounds, a wisp, wizard, magical sword, a top secret book, all around macho man that fears nothing, and a pursuit.
For some weird reason the main character takes it all in stride. For being some farmboy for all his life he wasn't the least bit surprised to see a vine that has animated thorns that move deeper into his hand when he was pricked by one. Meets a wisp, and has no reaction besides asking simple questions. There are endless more examples of the characters not showing correct emotions to the events happening around them.
Im a horrible reviewer but hopefully you understand my point :O .
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