Terry Goodkind - Faith of the Fallen

Pros: Richard as an anti-hero; grand battles; uplifting themes.
Cons: Lack of subtlety; melodrama; inconsistent character actions.

The back of my TOR paperback version of Faith of the Fallen bears a banner reading "A novel of the nobility of the human spirit." This is rather an unfortunate declaration, in that it sets up some fairly inflated expectations for the story it ...

Pros: deeper development of characters and themes in previous Goodkind novels
Cons: moments of high melodrama that might make the cynical cringe

I don't know about you, but sometimes I continue reading a series out of habit, because I figure that I've come so far and might as well stick it out to the bitter end.* This was pretty much the case when I decided to read Terry Goodkind's sixth...

Pros: Gripping, great action and characterization
Cons: Preachy

In this, the sixth book of the Sword of Truth series, Richard, the main character, has fled his duty as the Lord Rahl and the leader of the resistance against the Imperial Order. His beloved Kahlan, beaten nearly to death in Soul of the Fire, is in need...

Pros: great story, terrific characters
Cons: now I have to wait till the next installment is published...

Chances are, if you’ve been reading the Sword of Truth series, I don’t need to tell you to go out and buy this book, because you probably already have. If you’ve never read any of them before, get ready for a real treat. I was lucky enough to stumble...

Pros: Helps with nostalgia for the good stories we read.
Cons: Dumb premise, unrealistic settings and ridiculous solutions for unbelievable problems.

It's always sad to see a decline of a good series. It would be better to just kill the heroes then to make them participate in a farce forced on them.

The latest volume (so far) of the Sword of Truth - Faith of the Fallen. What's it all...

Pros: Goodkind's quality, in depth coverage of "The Order", fast paced and enthralling
Cons: difficult waiting between books, battle scenes may be a bit much for the young ones.

In the previous book Kahlan was beaten nearly to death. Richard and Cara bring her to Richard's homeland hoping for a quiet and safe place for her to heal. This hope is soon dashed when the people of his childhood give in to fear and...

Pros: Inspiring story, great battles, great characters
Cons: Overly descriptive, political comparison

Intro Being a fan of the Sword of Truth Series, maybe I'm biased in my opinion of this installment, but I thought this book was great. As some of the other reviews you will read say, it does get a little drawn out in what some consider a ...

Pros: Great Character Growth, Emotionally Powerful!
Cons: Only con, would be a "Spoiler".

Warning: I've tried to write this review to give my epinion of the book, without giving away much o ...

Pros: Deep focus on democracy versus socialism - yes in a SCI FI book
Cons: Depressing. Disheartening. More meat grinder action for the main characters.

Somewhere in the mid 1990's science fiction/fantasy switched from being a do the right thing and it will work out type of genre to a do the right thing regardless of the terrible cost and it might work out genre.
This series by Terry Goodkind really...

Pros: MUCH better than the book before... probably his best so far
Cons: Feels like he's dragging it out a little... NO CHASE!!

After the blunder we call book #5, I had thought it was the end of a could be legendary series. Thank God I was wrong. What I was perplexed at was not very many people like this one... why?

We tend to start hating series after book number nine...

Pros: Familiar characters, continuing story line, no loose ends
Cons: violence, adult situations not recommended for immature readers

Epic fantasy at it's best. That's the first thought that comes to mind to describe the whole Sword of Truth series. I was at loose ends a couple of years back and picked up the book Wizard's First Rule. Since then I can hardly wait for the next...

Pros: real character development and some great battle scenes
Cons: somewhat predictable

With his sixth installment in the Sword of Truth series, Terry Goodkind keeps his focus on the familiar characters that readers enjoy, unlike the abundance of characters that sort of "passed through" in Soul of the Fire. While we meet our share...

Pros: An excellent continuation of the series.
Cons: There are no cons in my opinion.

Terry Goodkind has done it again. He has written a great book that is hard to put down and makes the ...

Pros: Loved this book
Cons: Some chapter are slow reading

Like all of the previous books in this series, Faith of Fallen will not disappoint you. In a vision, Richard has foreseen possible doom to the people of New World but while deciding what to do he is kidnapped by Nicci, Sister of the Dark and taken to the...

Pros: Goodkind shows masterful writing skill and ingenuity.
Cons: One still wonders where this is really going.

After a dismal prequel, this book was like a lost brother to the better novels in the series. Gookind lost sight, or rather, chose to go off on some tangent to get us to this novel. He wanted to give reason for the Faith of the Fallen, and where the...