Helpful Score: 2
This book may be long but is solid and worth the read. There were a few parts that were tedious but overall, the plot was excellent. So far, this series is matching the hype that I've heard about it.
I'm sure other reviews have covered that this series follows Richard Cypher - a Seeker of truth, Kahlan Amnell - his Confessor, and a wizard named Zed, in their attempts to thwart Darken Rahl from taking over the world. I got interested in this series because of the TV show, "Legend of the Seeker". I must warn you that, although the characters and a few elements remain the same, the books and show are nothing alike! The TV show has lots of thrilling battles and fights with most of the material turned 'G' rated (understandably). The book focuses more on characterization, has a much more complicated plot and is definitely less innocent than it's TV counterpart.
This would lead me to the only negative I found - I could have done without so much written detail for some of the more gruesome matters. There was so much description given during some of the torture scenes that I was tempted to skip a few paragraphs. And a few sexual encounters were so well described that it made me blush ;) I could envision what Mr. Goodkind was describing quite well without those details. But that's how the entire book is written - he paints an incredible visual scene for you in your head - so I realize that all included scenes will be just a detailed.
I'm sure other reviews have covered that this series follows Richard Cypher - a Seeker of truth, Kahlan Amnell - his Confessor, and a wizard named Zed, in their attempts to thwart Darken Rahl from taking over the world. I got interested in this series because of the TV show, "Legend of the Seeker". I must warn you that, although the characters and a few elements remain the same, the books and show are nothing alike! The TV show has lots of thrilling battles and fights with most of the material turned 'G' rated (understandably). The book focuses more on characterization, has a much more complicated plot and is definitely less innocent than it's TV counterpart.
This would lead me to the only negative I found - I could have done without so much written detail for some of the more gruesome matters. There was so much description given during some of the torture scenes that I was tempted to skip a few paragraphs. And a few sexual encounters were so well described that it made me blush ;) I could envision what Mr. Goodkind was describing quite well without those details. But that's how the entire book is written - he paints an incredible visual scene for you in your head - so I realize that all included scenes will be just a detailed.
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