{"id":167,"date":"2005-12-22T19:41:32","date_gmt":"2005-12-23T02:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=167"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:31:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:31:40","slug":"wizards-first-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/167","title":{"rendered":"Wizard’s First Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wizard’s First Rule<\/em> (1994) Terry Goodkind<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Wizard's<\/a>Michael has been reading Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth<\/em> series for several years now, and has mentioned repeatedly that he thought I should read it. So, with two weeks off from work, I decided I’d read the first book, just to see.<\/p>\n

It’s good, and it’s interesting, but I definitely did not like it as much as Michael did. <\/p>\n

It’s very long. 820 pages, which even in paperback is heavy. The story was interesting, and I liked the characters, but at times he just went on too long. I mean, it took 100 pages to tell us who the different characters were, when we’d figured it out 80 pages earlier.<\/p>\n

Because of that, there were several sections that I skimmed, looking for important details, but not caring all that much about the scenery and precisely what kind of clothes they were wearing, or exactly what the room looked like. And I really did not care for the section on the Mord-Sith. I got the point in a couple of pages, I really didn’t need seventy pages of S&M.<\/p>\n

Maybe I just don’t have the patience to read epics.<\/p>\n

Occasionally, I didn’t believe that certain characters would act as they did. Kahlan in particular didn’t seemed inconsistent which bothered me as she was the only major female character. <\/p>\n

Also, for reasons I can’t explain without giving everything away, I hate the cover. I have to wonder what on earth they were thinking when they created this cover. Or perhaps they weren’t thinking, which was part of the problem. So if I read further, I’ll have to make a point not to look at the covers of the remainder of the books. Just in case.<\/p>\n

I did like Chase, and wish there had been more about him. He was interesting and amusing. And I also liked the Mud People, but again, I don’t know that I needed 100 pages of them.<\/p>\n

Was the writing good? Yes. Was the story good? Yes. Were the characters likable and interesting? Yes. Will I continue with the series? I don’t know.
\nRating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wizard’s First Rule (1994) Terry Goodkind Michael has been reading Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series for several years now, and has mentioned repeatedly that he thought I should read it. So, with two weeks off from work, I decided I’d read the first book, just to see. 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