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The Pillars of Creation [Abridged] [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Terry Goodkind (Author), Jim Bond (Reader)
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Seven books into his Sword of Truth series, author Terry Goodkind continues to expand and enlarge the fantasy realm D'Hara. But with the Pillars of Creation he takes a detour from his usual approach, leaving his primary protagonists in the background to spin a story of one woman's battle to discover the truth of her heritage.

Told in vivid and often gruesome detail, Goodkind's fable grabs the reader with a familiar archetypal theme: a young woman, Darken Rahl's illegitimate daughter Jennsen, flees her home in the wake of murderous forces rising from her lineage. She runs in the shadows of Lord Richard Rahl's domain with a spy sent by Emperor Jagang, the enemy of D'Hara. With his help, she journeys across the entire realm, chasing rumor and misinformation to ultimately discover the truth of her heritage.

Loyal readers, who know the truth that Jennsen seeks, may find this book tedious as they wonder when Lord Richard Rahl and Mother Confessor Kahlan are going to swoop in and save the day. But Goodkind appears to be challenging readers, and perhaps himself, to see the benevolent administration of Richard Rahl from its underside and from an opposition perspective. The change in perspective works up to a point. Goodkind has created a fast-paced adventure story that might be appreciated by diehard fans if they can leave their longing for the status quo at the door. --Jeremy Pugh --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.



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Fantasy bestseller Goodkind brings his usual strong sense of place and distinct characterization to his seventh sprawling novel in the popular Sword of Truth series, though the action, too often discussed rather than shown, takes a while to warm up. The struggle continues between the New World's Seeker of Truth, Lord Richard Rahl, and the Old World's totalitarian leader, Emperor Jagang "the Just," against the dry and barren beauty of the desert landscape. After deposing his father, old Lord Rahl, Richard lingers in the background at his immense fortress. Meanwhile, battling for power are the bastards that old Rahl has also sired, notably Richard's oafish lout of a half-brother, Oba, who tries to murder his way to the throne. Taking center stage is the vengeful Jennsen, who wants to kill Richard because she blames him for her mother's murder. Of course, Richard isn't the villain she takes him for, though Jennsen is slow to catch on. Amid the interminable sword-and-sorcery in the tradition of Robert E. Howard (Howard would have especially appreciated the huge serpent with which Oba and Jennsen contend), the author spouts his familiar political pieties. Lip service may be paid to public good, but passion arises only in scenes of violence. For all its clumsy exposition, unlikely coincidences and feeble attempts at humor, this latest installment, with its striking jacket art showing a beautiful desert landscape, is as certain to please Goodkind's legions of fans as previous books in the series.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put the book down, Sep 11 2007
By Reb Natan (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Pillars of Creation (Mass Market Paperback)
I've been reading the series in reverse order, starting with Phantom. Even though this is a very long book, I read it in a few days, at a time when I am very busy with other things. I found it gripping. Sure there are a few silly things; I thought Oba was clichéd and predictable, and I found Richard's first meeting with Jennsen unsatisfying. The discussion about free will being the balance that makes prophecy possible, is profound.
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5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!!!, Jul 14 2004
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This book was one awsome book!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Quite possibly the worst fantasy novel ever written., Jul 14 2004
This review is from: The Pillars of Creation (Mass Market Paperback)
In a confounding narrative decision, Goodkind abandons the established characters of the previous Sword of Truth novels in favor of a completely uncompelling pair of unlikely heroes on a quest to do something which doesn't make any sense eve to them. Richard and Kahlan don't appear until the last fifty pages of this 700+ page book.

Instead, we're given Jennsen, an intolerable set of cliches piled one on top of the other. For one thing, she's the bastard child of a villain from an earlier book. Early on in the book, she sorta-kindaa witnesses her mother's brutal murder at the hands of soldiers. Fleeing her homestead with a complete stranger and, oddly enough, her goat, she embarks on a journey across most of the established world for no real reason at all.

The goat is perhaps the best example of something obviously, painfully wrong with this mass of tortured prose. Jennsen spends a long time early on in the book lamenting the death of her mother. This changes when she visits D'Hara and leaves the goat *with a sausage vender*, planning to return. When she returns, the goat and the vender are obviously long gone. She then reminds us at least once in every chapter how much she misses her precious, precious GOAT, apparently forgetting all about her mother's death to pine instead over livestock.

Well, some bajillion miles of desert and five hundred pages later, she's stumbling through the desert somewhere around the Pillars of Creation (which, oddly enough, play no role whatsoever in the book except as a setting), and who should show up? Why, the sausage vender! And he's got the goat!

Yes, that's right. A complete stranger she paid to watch her goat followed her trail from one end of Goodkind's world all the way to the other just to return the goat. It's worse than that, though. All the other characters cheap and teleport part of the way. The sausage vender has apparently been walking for months just to return the damned goat.

And, trust me on this one, the rest of the plot isn't much of an improvement. Let's just say that everything that happens is blindingly obvious from inept foreshadowing and long-established fantasy cliches.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Obviously misunderstood
Though this is not the best in the sword of truth series, it is far from being the horrible flop that seems to be the consensus between the readers who have little vision to look... Read more
Published on Jul 13 2004 by Q. Jeanette

5.0 out of 5 stars my favorite of the first 7
Personally this was my favorite book of the series. It didn't really focus on Richard and by that I mean he was in like the last two chapters or so. Read more
Published on Jul 12 2004 by Tim __Miller

2.0 out of 5 stars If you can't put this book down, check your fingers for glue
This book was a real yawn for me. I was disappointed with it. I'd actually say it deserves about 2.5 stars, so I gave it 2. Read more
Published on Jun 24 2004 by ChiJosh

4.0 out of 5 stars good book- though a side story
this book was a sort of side story used to intruduce the new charater of richard's sister. people gave it bad reviews because of this but it was worth reading and i liked this... Read more
Published on Jun 22 2004 by joquinn2812

4.0 out of 5 stars Break down to the 8th
Lets be honest about the book. Goodkind did two things in this book.
1: different perspective instead of Kahlan and Richard, you have Richards sister taking the lead. Read more
Published on May 27 2004 by Frankie Blas

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book if you give it a chance
I was under the impression that this book wasn't good because of all the reviews here. I'm glad I went ahead and read it anyway, because the story is significantly advanced in... Read more
Published on May 7 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars the pillars are crumbling!
This book has to be the worst in the series. I hated Oba, he was a freak with too much power. I couldn't wait for the chapters with him to get over with. Read more
Published on April 19 2004 by Hikara

5.0 out of 5 stars There is still hope
Im giving this book 5 stars (although it probably deserves four)just because I dont think that it is fair that it has a tow and a half average. Read more
Published on April 19 2004 by milos

4.0 out of 5 stars refreshing
I enjoyed this book. Book number six was a waste of time. It was a space filler between book five and seven. Read more
Published on April 18 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm
This book... had a very evil feel to it. The characters weren't as in depth as the other books... or perhaps just not as appealing. Read more
Published on April 7 2004 by Pan/Nadia/Yamahime

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