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Submitted by Maria Nichols 
(Dec 12, 2002)

I was shocked after reading WFR, then seeing a very degrading and insulting review by an "editor". I was SO very glad to have a place where I may tell any interested party .. I enjoyed reading this book IMMENSELY!!
It was winter in Wisconsin and I had "Cabin Fever" to the highest degree possible. A friend gave me WFR after I spoke of my depression because of nature trapping and confining me.
"This will help" he said.
OMG!! He was TOO right!! I thought about the characters and the story all day as I did chores and took care of my family... I heard it call to me each evening as I neared my alloted "reading time".
My husband called WFR my "other man," as it was my preference to take the book to bed with me. I am VERY lucky I did not lose him during the time.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING, FOLKS!!

The first half of this book is exciting --- not terribly original, but Goodkind sort of milks the cliches and mostly succeeds. People who swear SoT isn't a WoT rip-off are wrong, though: everything is here -- the Aiel (Mud People), Sisters of the Light (Aes Sedai), The Sword of Truth (The Sword That Is Not a Sword), the Mother Confessor (Amyrlin Seat) -- and on and on. But, lest we forget, WoT is actually a rip-off of LotR, but the best Tolkien rip-off to date.

This first book has a lot of energy, and kept me engrossed for about 3/4 of the way through, but this is where I started losing interest. What disturbed me is how prejudiced TG seems to be. Is it coincidence that the only gay character is a rapist/murderer of young boys? Or did he think that just having a gay character at all would be something different? I'm not sure, but I'm kind of leaning toward the first. There's too much hatred toward Demmin, and not much background explaining why he's so sadistic. Even the most evil men have SOME good in their hearts. I am planning on reading volume 2 of this series, but I hope, if TG can't bring himself to pen sympathetic, complex gay characters, that he avoids plugging them into the story at all.

Wizard's First Rule is a book that you definetly shouldn't miss out on. But if you do, your only hurting yourself. It's a truly great book. The story starts out as Richard, a simple woodsguide tries to help a young woman who is being chased by bandits to safety. The young woman turns out to be Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor to the midlands,Queens, Kings, and Emperor's alike will bow down to her. The bandits turn out to be powerful warriors working for Darken Rahl, The D Haran Emperor. This is the start to a great journey that starts of THE SWORD OF TRUTH, a very good Fantasy. Remember when after reading The Lord Of The Rings, everyone was sad because there would never be a fantasy to compare. Well guess what, Sword of Truth might not be as good as LOTR, I cannot decide, but it is still damn good. 5 THUMBS UP!!!!!!

Well, I read the first 3 books of the Sword of Truth series. I was really hooked, read the second book in 2 weeks, while I usually read 5 times slower. I never knew that there really are people out there like Mr. Goodkind who can understand and portray feelings that well. The fact that it's fantasy only added the emotions since anything could happen. I'm going to buy his 4th book soon.

I was on vacation in Colorado when my older brother began reading "Wizard's First Rule". When he away from the book, I picked it up and started reading. From the first, I loved the characted Richard. He was a noble hero in times of trouble. The tension between him and his closest friends kept me on edge the whole book. I stayed in the hotel room, faking sick, to read the book while my family went rock climbing, a hobby of mine. I continued to read the entire day, and all that night. I finished the book just as we were up to go. I was about ready to continue my vacation when I saw my brother had the second book...

Note:Thank you Terry, for the inspiration you have given me. I look at the world differently and with more understanding for what you have wrote. Keep it up!