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Submitted by Mallo 
(Apr 04, 2003)

Ok... Honestly, this wasn't his greatest book... but... it is none-the-less a good novel. I admit that the new characters were a little boring, and... annoying, but it really all turns out interesting at the end...
I'd say it would make a really good movie, it had its moments and sometimes even kept me up at night. Nothing though compared to Faith of the Fallen.
Read it!

It really pains me to write this, but this book is barker - not really worth the investment in time it will take you to read. This book has very little to do with the main story line or characters as far as I can tell. Moreover, it's kind of boring. It could have been done with half the words.

And about the goat... I was sick of Jensen's goat from the beginning, and was glad when it was "lost". I was relieved when that happened, and somewhat disappointed when it showed up again at the end.

For the first time, I had to force myself to read one of Terry's books. My avid anticipaton for this book could not have been crushed by any greater force than what came down on me upon diving into what I thought would be another great tale. What I discovered,however, was a an installment defiling the beauty of books that came previous to it.In my opinion, Goodkind's strength as an author lies mainly in character development, but this book is testament to the opposite. The main character won't stop whining about how she is araid of her fate, and the villain is pathetically stupid. What kept me going was solely the fact that I expected some sort of twist, or surprise to appear towards the end of the book. In a sense there was. I was surprised that the book ended in what I had predicted in the first chapter. Hopefully the next book will offer some of the magic that originally ensnared me in the series, or for me it will have ended after book six.

First off, the previous books of the series were phenomenal pieces of adventure and intrigue. I loved them with every ounce of my heart. All the key elements to a good series were there, especially in "Stone of Tears." I have a good deal of stock trusted in this author, a great deal of trust and faith. But, and it pains me to say this, this latest instalment missed the mark. Any adaptation or addition to a series is inherently set out to progress the storyline of said series. Pillars just didn't do this for me. We, the reader, were tossed into the middle of two completely unfamiliar characters and left to fend for ourselves in the mire that is the current offset to the Sword of Truth story. Where was Richard Rahl? Where was the family of characters that we adopted? Lost in the dogmoral of strangers I felt alone and utterly confused. This isn't why I fell in love with the series. Simply put, Pillars was the soap opera of the series filled with unemotional performances by characters whom the audience couldn't care.

I've enjoyed reading the Sword of Truth series until now. The sixth book, Faith of the Fallen, was a good read, even though I found the communism / capitalism reflexion extremely lame and unidirectional. When I read a fantasy book, I want to evade in a different world, not get moralized on the vertues of neo-liberalism.

To get back to this current review, the graphic violence it contains is totally unecessary. I personnaly do not see the need to have the details about a matricide, for example. The focus on two or three unpalatable new characters misses the target. I stopped reading at about 200 pages, this book is a total waste of time. I believe the Sword of Truth series should have ended a one or two books ago. I call it quits for this author.