Wizard'd First Rule? Have you read this book by Terry Goodkind?

Question

I read alot and was wondering what people think about Terry Goodkinds book Wizards First Rule. I happen to love the book. I checked out the CD unabridged version.( it was 32 hours long) and fell in love with it. Now I am listening to the second book in the serier called "Stone of Tears'. I was just wondering if the entire series is just as good. Since the book has about 10 books in the series. I am now a Terry Goodkind fan for life after reading this. What do you all think??? Comments Appreciated

Answer 1

I really liked Wizard's First Rule, but as the series dragged on, I found it to be repetitive.

There is a tendency, I think, for writers of epic series to recycle plot devices. Part of this is natural - after all i fyou are using the same characters over and over, then their needs and basic motivations will dictate that certain events/patterns of behavior repeat. I understand that, but as a reader I find it irksome.

How many times in Goodkind's series do we see this plot device : Richard and Kahlan get seperate and/or think the other has died...? Over and over again, or so it seems to me.

Goodkind's not alone in this. Robert Jordan is even worse, I've begun to think he called it the "Wheel of Time" as an in-joke to point out he's spinning the same underlying story over and over. David Draake's Lord of the Isles series has the same problem too.

*shrug*

Doesn't mean they aren't great books. They are...just after awhile I start wishing that the author would end the series and put their talents towards new books, new plots, and new challenges.

If you like Goodkind, I recommend the following:

The Dragon Bone Chair, book one of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Trilogy, by Tad Williams

Curse of the Mistwraithe, book one of the Wars of Light and Shadow, by Janny Wurts

Magician: Apprentice, the first book in the Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist

A game of Thrones, first book in the Song of Ice and Fire series, by George R.R. Martin

Pawn of Prophecy, the first book in the Belgariad series, by David Eddings (note, however, that the second series by Eddings is essentially a total recycling of the first.)

Daggerspell, book one of the Deverry Cycle, by Katherine Kerr

Dragon Prince, book one of the DragonPrince Trilogy, by Melanie Rawn (Note - I'm luke warm about recommending this. I *loved* the first book, but grew less and less a fan with the rest of the trilogy, and even moreso with the following trilogy.)

The Magic of Recluce, the first book in the Saga of Recluce, by L.E. Modesitte, Jr.

Last, but not least, one of my all time favorites, may be hard to get in print now:

The Steel of Raithskar, the first book in the Gandalara Cycle,by Randall Garrett and Vivki Ann Heydon (TNote: the first three books in the series were collected and reprinted as The Gandalara Cycle I.....and did I mention they ride giant telepathic tigers? How cool is that?!?!? ...sorry, geeked out for a moment...)

Answer 2

Yes, ages ago. Lots of good stuff and I enjoyed his second in the series but then the storyline started to get strange. Very S&M, so I stopped reading them after number 4. (#3 was well in to the new style, I read #4 just to see if it was going to get better) I enjoy reading, these were a bit more skewed than I get into. I was hoping it was going to be another Belgariad. But no it's developed it's own genre.

Answer 3

If you liked the first, I think you would enjoy the other books in the series. They're all just as good as Wizard's First Rule, if not better. There may even be another book out by the time you're done. There's a forum on the author's website if you want more information. http://www.terrygoodkind.com/

Answer 4

excellant series when each new book in the series (I think there is one more to go) My husband and I fight over who will get to read it first and then keep their mouths shut while the other is reading, I find Goodkind keeps you interested and on your toes, if you like him Robert Jordan's series is okay but I think he has gone on too long in that series. But David Farlane has one called the Runlords and it is excellant as well
Who is reading the cd' sometimes this will make a difference in the book as well I remember the actress who play Deana Troy from Star Trek read one of Anne McCarferys books and I loved it.

Answer 5

I have read Wizard's First Rule, and I thought it was great. I have 3 more books in the series now that I'm just itching to get to. But I'll probably have to read WFR over again before I read the new ones, because it's been a while since I read it.

Answer 6

I love the series! Along with my brother and two of my sisters! We all pass along the books as soon as they come out. Another tid-bit of information... I've heard that the same producer and director of the SpiderMan trilogy have purchased rights to make a mini-series out of his books! Rumor has it that they are going to start production on Wizard's First Rule sometime this year! YEAH!

If you like his books have you tried Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time? GREAT BOOKS... although you may want to wait until he's finished with the series before you start... it's quit long and some of us are worried that he's never going to finish! Arg!

Answer 7

He's pretty popular in Germany too. Although I'm German myself, I prefer to read Terry's books in English, because they do seem to have lost a bit of atmo during the translation. And I agree with the rest - they are all very good!

Answer 8

The other books are just as good. I really like the series and can't wait to see if there are going to be more books released/published in this series.

Answer 9

I read up to 'Temple of the Winds' and got too bored to continue. They were becoming very repetative and some of the characters were irksome ( Kahlan in particular, he doesn't write women very well at all ).

Answer 10

I reading it right now, i'm on chapter 20, so far so good.