The Sisters of the Light and the expansion to Aydindril provided enough change from the previous book to distract from the normal problems that were starting to pop up in the writing. Because it was early in the series, there was less prior material to recap as well.
Stone of Tears – More than any other book in the series, Stone of Tears expands the world of the Sword of Truth series and leaves the reader optimistic about the scope of amazing stories Goodkind will surely share with his readers.
But you won’t realize that yet, so I say go ahead and read this one if you’re interested in this series. Overall rank – 3 rd out of 12.Ģ. After reading “Confessor,” you will realize a lot of what the characters believe in this series are lies and the drama of this book was mostly unnecessary. While Richard and Zedd are faily prototypical heroes of Fantasy, Kahlan’s role as a confessor was unique enough to give make this a plunge worth taking. Wizard’s First rule –A solid introduction to this world and its characters, one that has unfortunately been damaged by the end of the series. If you insist on reading this series, just read the good ones and read recaps of the bad ones.” I’m sure I wouldn’t have followed my own advice (I’m like Joseph Gordon-Levitt in “Looper” that way), but here’s my breakdown of the books in this series and where the reader should drop off in favor of a recap:ġ. If I could go back in time and talk to my younger self about my reading habits, the advice I’d give him would be “The Sword of Truth series will disappoint you, more than half of the books are not good and the payoff is only average. Then, when you think you’re finished, he’ll release another book that’s really bad. I have spent countless hours reading these massive books, and I can say that not all of those hours have been rewarding. For this being a twelve book series (as of this writing), not a lot happened in the later books. As a completionist, I stuck with them, even though the stories became more and more predictable and repetitive. So I continued to read, and Goodkind continued to write, and write and write. I hadn’t read a lot of fantasy, and as a result I was surprised at the mixture of likable characters and adult drama that filled the pages. When I first started the Sword of Truth series, I loved it.