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Submitted by luke 
(Mar 04, 2002)

As much as I wanted to like this book I believe the charechters so boring and bland.There are no conflicts to the personality's between charechters at all,simply a good guy against evil. After having read such authors as John Marco and Raymond Feist this book can hardly compare to the complex charechters those authors created.
I have heard so much praise for this book and I can not understand why for it is such a basic novel and I could predict events in the book rather easily such as who the great magician that the two charechters seek out.
If you are truely searching for an excellent read check out Raymond Feist,John Marco,or even Paul Kearney but leave this book on the shelf,thumbs down.

This book is by far the best book I have ever read and I have read many a book. When I first received this book from a friend and saw how long it was, i thought I would never finish it. I must admit, the first 100 pages were the hardest to get through but after that the book took on a life of it's own.

After that point I could not put this book down! The whole feel of the book was just utterly spectacular! I now need to read Stone of Tears-I am that anxious!

I absolutely loved Terry Goodkind's first book Wizard's First Rule. It truly climbed its way to the top as I read it. It was very enjoyable, however as I read on in to the next books, I saw perfect borrowed ideas from Robert Jordan, author of The Wheel of Time. I was appalled by the Sisters of the Light (Aes Sedai), and the sisters of the dark (Black Ajah), I would recommend the first book to all, but not the series.

WIZARD'S FIRST RULE. This is the best fantasy story I have ever read. It's a 6, yes a ******. Be forewarned, lock your doors, have drink & food on hand, disconnect that phone & turn off your cell phone and don't start reading on a weekday unless you don't have to work, study or anything else because once you start.... well, the only other thing you'll be doing is running for the bathroom. No other diversions accepted. You say sleep?? Ha! Your nuts. Not with WIZARD'S FIRST RULE. It is 573 pages of non-stop action. Oh the bliss. Their are no slow, boring pages or chapters. You will never ever pick up a Terry Brooks (yawn, unless you want to fall asleep by end of chapter one) again. Well off to read STONE OF TEARS. Oh the anticipation.. Oh the bliss....

This book became my favorite book before I finished it. I hated reading, but now I understand that all the crap teachers give out to read really can't compare with this book. Let me put it simple: If you don't like this book after reading all of it, then I gotta see what you're reading...