The Pillars of Creation (Sword of Truth, Book 7) | Terry Goodkind

The Pillars of Creation (Sword of Truth, Book 7) | Terry Goodkind | I still enjoyed it

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	The Pillars of Creation (Sword of Truth, Book 7) Terry Goodkind Tor Books, 2002 - 736 pages average customer review:based on 520 reviews view larger image
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Sequel to the New York Times bestselling Faith of the Fallen

New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind has created his most lavish adventure yet. Tormented her entire life by inhuman voices, a young woman named Lauren seeks to end her intolerable agony. She at last discovers a way to silence the voices. For everyone else, the torment is about to begin.

With winter descending and the paralyzing dread of an army of annihilation occupying their homeland, Richard Rahl and his wife Kahlan must venture deep into a strange and desolate land. Their quest turns to terror when they find themselves the helpless prey of a tireless hunter.

Meanwhile, Lauren finds herself drawn into the center of a struggle for conquest and revenge. Worse yet, she finds her will seized by forces more abhorrent than anything she ever envisioned. Only then does she come to realize that the voices were real.

Staggered by loss and increasingly isolated, Richard and Kahlan must stop the relentless, unearthly threat which has come out of the darkest night of the human soul. To do so, Richard will be called upon to face the demons stalking among the Pillars of Creation.

Discover breathtaking adventure and true nobility of spirit. Find out why millions of readers the world over have elevated Terry Goodkind to the ranks of legend.

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What's the deal?

PILLARS is a fine read. It is true that Richard and Kahlan have very few parts in the novel. However, the story serves as background noise that really helps the series as a whole. It is nice to see other perspectives, and I thought the book was very entertaining. Do not let negative reviews keep you from reading this book. It is a fun romp and a great adventure. I think it proves that Goodkind can do something in the future with other characters set in his fantasy world that will be fun to read as well. I would like to see him do some young Zedd stories...

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I still enjoyed it

This seems to be Goodkind's most hated book of the series so far. My take is that I enjoyed it, am looking forward to the next one, and it's not any worse than any of Goodkind's previous books in the series. Which is to say that it has a lot of faults despite being an enjoyable read. It's pulp fiction, not literature.

At page 411, I figured out exactly what the plot was (good job deceiving me so long Terry, or maybe I'm just a really gullible reader). So after page 411, it was just about getting to the "surprise" ending that I had already figured out.

Richard Rahl only shows up at the very end of the book, to offer some wise words of Ayn Rand inspired objectivism. How did he go from dumb trail guide to objectivist philosopher? The stuff he spouts off now would have seemed totally out of character if he had said it in the first book of the series.

There are those who say that this novel tells us more about the history of the Rahl family, but I get the impession that Goodkind made all this stuff up just for this novel--it's inconsistent with everything in the previous books in the series.

Oba, is he really evil? It seems to me that his mother mistreated him horribly, and then the Keeper, an awesomely powerful supernatural entity, took him over and was the one really running the show. I felt sorry for the real Oba.

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This is one of the few times that I've taken on science fiction.

The way that the Goodkind tells a story is absolutely amazing. I have read very few if any science fiction books but if they all are as engrossing as this book was I might soon find myself hooked. It would have got 5 stars but do to my lack of experience with the genre I only felt comfortable giving out 4 stars. Do not hesitate to read if you have the time, its well worth it.

Not What You'd Expect

I was very excited to be starting my new Sword of Truth Book, and well, this one met a little below my expectations.
Don't get me wrong, it was a good book in itself, but, if you are wondering about Richard, Kahlan, Cara and the rest of them, well, don't expect it in this book, considering they don't come into it until the very end.
I understand the need to tell the story of Jennsen, but, when you go onto Naked Empire, she is little more than a bystander and her story is small. Yes, she needed to know about the truth about the Pillars of Creation, but come on, I'd rather know about my main characters, instead we got most of the characters killed off in this one book.
Ok, I like the book because it's part of a wonderful series, but didn't like that it was all about Jennsen and not about our beloved Seeker of Truth & Mother Confesser.

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