Maui Arellano từ Dhoronmoni Potliyon Ki Dhan, Rajasthan , India

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2019-04-18 11:31

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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đồng Xanh

** spoiler alert ** I read the first five books in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series back to back, but now I am ready for a break. For the sake of completion, I do plan to finish the set eventually; however, I am in no rush to do so. Devouring this book felt like binging on junk food - only temporarily satisfying, and sapping my energy. Main characters Richard and Kahlan become less likable in this story, sniping at each other and condescending to the people in whose interest they claim to act. Kahlan, especially, spends much of her time pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration with Richard and losing arguments with him. As in Book 4, she gives her bodyguards the slip and wanders off alone looking for trouble. Predictably, she finds it, this time in the form of a gang of Haken messenger thugs. A minor plot flaw that really bothered me was that Kahlan, after wrapping her long hair to disguise her identity, had her hair pulled when she was beaten, which suggests that her hair covering had come undone during her struggle. However, when Richard finds Kahlan's lifeless, crumpled body a short time later, he does not recognize her. I don't understand how this could be, no matter how disfigured her face was: as a display of the Mother Confessor's lofty social standing, Kahlan's hair is longer than any other woman's hair in the Midlands is allowed to be. Why couldn't Richard tell by her long hair that it was Kahlan? Apparently Richard's probing Seeker instincts uncharacteristically abandoned him in this scene. Given the book's sloppy copy editing, an interpretation closer to the truth may be that Goodkind takes his readers for fools willing to accept whatever pap he chooses to dole out. A new agrarian Midlands nation, Anderith, is introduced in Soul of the Fire, full of morally bankrupt leaders and cowed citizens. Rotten at the core, Anderith appears to be the perfect bread basket for Emperor Jagang's Imperial Order as his army pushes northwest into the New World. The cynicism Richard and Kahlan exude towards the people of Anderith echoes my sentiment about most of Goodkind's characters who receive attention during this installment of Sword of Truth: I really don't care what happens to them anymore. Let Richard and Kahlan abdicate their leadership positions and hide out in Westland. I'd rather hear more stories about Zedd, Ann, Nathan, Warren & Verna, and Cara. I was glad for the return of Du Chaillu in Book 5. After skimming past the Wizard's Fourth Rule, which was mentioned only once in Temple of the Winds, and being unable to locate it later, in the next Sword of Truth book I marked the page with the Fifth Rule for future reference. Seeing how trite it is, I can understand how the Fourth Rule was forgettable. Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie ("Actions speak louder than words").

Người đọc Maui Arellano từ Dhoronmoni Potliyon Ki Dhan, Rajasthan , India

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.