Wizards First Rule by Terry Goodkind

All in all I have to disagree with most of the post I read. I thought for the most part all the books were well written with the exception of Pillars of Creation IMO thought it was horrible. I liked the detail that went in to the characters and world. The magic was different but I liked how structed and well thought it out it was. (I will admitt there are times when i have absolutly no idea how the reasoning given is supposed to explain what just happened) but do remember its a book and magic can do anything. I thought the plot lines were well developed and the villans were balanced. The romance was well done and not over used. I like the different characters and how even the subs had more to them than say "here we go another red shirt" The comendy mixed in with adventure and drama was an good mix. I strongly suggest this series its worth reading and is diffently a good read.

I couldnt stomach the plagarised characters, especially the Samuel character who was a total rip-off of Smeagol from the Lord of the Rings. Its just such a dumb plot, with dumb situations. For example, theres monster that wants to kill one of the main characters, so it disguises itself as a person and gets the main character to follow it on a long journey. It can walk through objects (thats how it gets found out), but it can only kill in its monster form, and only at night!!! The enemy could have just used a normal person to befriend the gullible main character, and then stab him!! Imagery is stolen from other books as well, especially Lord of the Rings (including a good description of Rivendell).

I am reading the whole series for the second time now. Now, when I read these incredible books eight years ago, of course I only got to the "Pillars of Creation" and that was were it ended. Yet I am now on "Temple of the Winds" in less than a month (with being a single mother of 2 even) and it still has me so intrigued its amazing. I have never been a reader and a good friend of mine asked me to read some of the first book and if I didnt like it, to stop, I never did. It actualy becomes an escape to me of my normal crazy days. I wish so much I could talk one on one with MR. Goodkind as I would love to actually put words to my appreciations for his books. I am very excited to read the books I have not yet, but still I want to go through the whole series again, because as you do you fing things you missed the first time around. I dream about Richard and Kahlan, and many of the other amazingly strong women such as Verna, Shota, Cara, Prelate Ann, and so many more of the wonderful and terrifying characters. They become so real to me, and I feel there is a great lesson learned in each "rule" of the wizards that we should actually be using in our day to day lives. I just cant express enough how amazing the whole series is. What I would really like to see done is it be put into movies. Hell Harry Potter would have nothing over this incredulous story. I am a huge Harry Potter fan but nothing can compare to "The Sword of Truth" novels. I already have songs, actors, settings and all that would make an outstanding movie series. Think on it. I love your work so much. Please send me some kind of response I would love to hear what you would thind of this idea, and I would be more than honored to work with such a great writer. I have excellent visions and know the book so well. I think you would be pleased to see some of my ideas. Now I have no idea of how to get a movie on screen, but I sure could do a lot in between if given the chance. I am just a single mother of two baby boys living in central PA, but you never Know untill you try, Right? Thank you and I hope against hope you may read and want to see my vision of your master work. Thank you
always a loyal reader Tequila Rueda