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The continuation of my adoration for Terry Goodkind heroes.
Goodkind populates this story with a variety of characters and conflicts that make the story timeless. It doesn't matter that it was set well before his debut series, because when humans are involved the conflicts are always the same; free will versus determinism. The mind versus mindlessness. Life versus death. Only the best stories can handle this theme in its entirety, and The First Confessor does a first class job on the theme.
This p ...more
Goodkind populates this story with a variety of characters and conflicts that make the story timeless. It doesn't matter that it was set well before his debut series, because when humans are involved the conflicts are always the same; free will versus determinism. The mind versus mindlessness. Life versus death. Only the best stories can handle this theme in its entirety, and The First Confessor does a first class job on the theme.
This p ...more
After two terrible books, Goodkind goes back to his roots by creating a well thought out character driven story, much in the same way he did with his early Sword of Truth books. He gives readers and fans a complete background on the war, the Sword of Truth, Baraccas and most importantly, Magda Searus.
My biggest issue with the book is the repetitive nature of the way Goodkind writes. It's almost as if doesn't think you'll remember what he just wrote in a previous paragraph so he'll reemphasize i ...more
Simply amazing - I wish I could give it ten stars. It's now my second favorite Terry Goodkind book, after Wizard's First Rule. I can't wait to see what comes next, and I hope we get to hear more of Magda's story (and Richard and Kahlan and the rest of the "modern" crew).
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Loved reading about the pre-history of Richard and Kahlan.
Now this is the Terry Goodkind I remember! Being a faithful fan of the Sword of Truth series, even I coudn't help getting frustrated by the tailend of the series. This "prequel" is all it needs to be to bring all of the awesomeness back front & center. It makes me want to read the whole series over again.
Thank you Mr. Goodkind for bringing it all back :) ...more
Thank you Mr. Goodkind for bringing it all back :) ...more
PERFECTION. NO OTHER WORDS.
Jul 01, 2012
Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~*
marked it as fantasy-sci-fi-romance
Jul 01, 2012
Cody
marked it as to-read
Jul 02, 2012
Michelle
marked it as need-to-get
Jul 02, 2012
MrsDrasek
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Jul 08, 2012
Betty
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Jul 24, 2012
Eric
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Sep 16, 2012
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Dec 27, 2012
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Stina
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Literary Demon
marked it as to-read
