Product Description

The final book in one of the greatest epic adventures of all time: The Sword of Truth, from bestselling fantasy author Terry Goodkind. Descending into darkness, about to be overwhelmed by evil, those people still free are powerless to stop the coming dawn of a savage new world, while Richard faces the guilt of knowing that he must let it happen. Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves!and has lost. Join Richard and Kahlan in the concluding novel of one of the most remarkable and memorable journeys ever written. It started with one rule, and will end with the rule of all rules, the rule unwritten, the rule unspoken since the dawn of history. When next the sun rises, the world will be forever changed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4566 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 388 pages

Customer Reviews

Its Not That Bad.......
I think some of the reviews are overly harsh on this. Yes the series has tended to sermonise too much over recent books and yes much of the dialouge between Richard and Kahlan makes me want to stick my fingers down my throat but, if you have read the rest of the series, then Confessor does a decent job of tying up the loose ends and the ending, whilst way too short (almost as if TG was hitting a word limit) was imaginative and unexpected. In general, it would have helped if this series stopped at 7 books and more got packed in but I would contend that this book is probably the best of the last 4, although nowhere near the standard of the first 5. If you have stuck with it for the first 9 books then there is no reason not buy this - although the paperback will be better value!

Is there a more self absorbed writer than Goodkind?
When exactly was it that Goodkind lost the ability to write? - what an awful, awful book this is. The dialogue was cringeworthingly bad, the story hugely dull and the ending was so lame that the only emotion I felt when I finished it was anger. Like most people I've followed the series for 10+ years, and although it lost its way years ago, I felt sure that an author who could create such a stunning book as Wizards First Rule would eventually redeem himself. I was dead wrong. Does Goodkind ever read reviews?, if he did he would know that we dont want his constant philisophical spoutings..sure, put your point across, but we are fantasy readers!, we want action packed, straight to the jugular adventure, not pages and pages of the same speeches..I cant believe he didnt send himself to sleep writing the same old tired stuff..Does he care about his readers at all?,if he did he might realise that we wanted Jagang to get his ass kicked, we wanted Richard to grow some balls and we wanted a big showdown...this series died with a whimper when it could, and should, have been great...enjoy your money Goodkind

Confessor review (no or minimal spoilers)
First off this book is a brilliant accomplishment and a fitting end to one of the finest series in the fantasy genre. I confess to crying like a girl at the emotional climax and read through the entire book in one sitting. I won't discuss the end, other than saying it leaves plenty of potential for future stories. There are moments that make you want to leap for joy or slump in horror, which is more than can be said for most of the competition or indeed many of the great works of classical fiction.

In many ways, this book is a coming full circle, back to the original themes of Wizard's first rule, which although it perhaps makes its originality questionable, works very well in general.

Having said that the book does suffer from a few problems. For example, Mr Goodkind continues to fail to camouflage his philosophy and there are several points in the novel, where characters speak for long periods of time without interruption in a fairly interchangable way. This is a shame, because it reduces the uniqueness of each character and because we have heard pretty much all of it before, especially in Faith of the Fallen. In retrospect, it would have been better to have kept such points just to the very end, where their impact would have been much greater. I should point out here that I subscribe to his philosophy but I feel the way it was presented in this book, actually detracted from the novel's quality.

The "seen it done it" syndrome is also true of the Emperor's treatment of the female characters, which had been well established in the previous books and perhaps didn't need to be repeated in this book. There is perhaps a point where things almost look too bleak for the forces of good and some anticlimaxes coupled with a few plot devices which almost but not quite feel like Deus Ex Machina.

The length of the series somewhat backfires, in this, it's conclusion as the end tries to drag in as many of the minor characters as possible, giving them very little "screen-time".

However, none of these points should stop you from reading this work of passion and inspiration. True art holds a mirror up to life. This book shows us a reflection of what man could and should aspire to be. Buy it.