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LordOfTheStrings8 t1_ixuwekk wrote

Reply to comment by sayterdarkwynd in Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind: worth the read? by Sacred-Moose

>Especially* in book 6 where (once again) the main character is fucking abducted and held against his

Oh man I remember that part - I think he spends literally around 100 pages going on about why he should be free and why the enemy is wrong.

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Zoenne t1_ixv1lim wrote

Yep, this whole book is basically "won't anyone think of the plight of entrepreneurs under communism?"

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molly_the_mezzo t1_ixv5jvg wrote

I genuinely think the series is fun and I like it, but when I recommend it I give like 20 warnings, and tell them to either skip book six, or just cut their losses after five.

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Zoenne t1_ixv6p1s wrote

Yeah I don't actually recommend it anymore, because it's just Too Much in many ways XD For me it's clear there was a big drop in quality after book 5, but we couldn't have known that when we read the series as it was being published. So if you're already invested you might as well continue, if you see what I mean? I re-read the first few books a couple of times each when I was waiting for the later ones to come out, and then I read those mostly out of curiosity about how it ended. I read The Omen Machine when it came out (marketed as "a Richard and Kahlan novel", set directly after the last book of SoT) and just hated it. I havent read any of the Nicci books either.

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bpusef t1_ixv6s48 wrote

Tbh book 5 is probably worse.

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molly_the_mezzo t1_ixv76ef wrote

I can handle anything but that goddamn statue, I don't care how bad it is lol

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bpusef t1_ixvsmtt wrote

You may actually be right. The statue is maybe the most absurd thing in the story.

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sayterdarkwynd t1_ixuxtg7 wrote

To be fair, compared to the rival forces philosophy he kinda *was* right. But dragging on and on through the entire book from essentially the starting paragraph till the very last few pages? That was a bit much. All while converting every female character that crosses Richard into a fangirl and revelling in being friendzoned.

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