This character made no sense to me whatsoever. I can't believe that she's like Amok, a being of earthpower. Surely the Masters would be able to see that and react according to their oppressive policy (unless they couldn't...)

I particularly liked his descriptions of Jeremiah's constructs. I've taught writing before, and some of those passages are exactly what I would pull out to have my class read to show them how to make your reader "see". I've never seen anything more clearly before, in any of his works. I'v...

I've never had a problem with Linden, although I admit I was getting a little sick of her in the 2nd chronicles until I understood her motivation and background better through the tale of her parents. That said, I guess I expected her to be a little less capable than she's turned out to be! Healing ...

I managed to burrow through the first 3 or 4 Goodkind books, but couldn't bear the repetition any more. I'm not a fan of Brooks' stuff either, although I read several of them when I was a kid. I've actually not read much fantasy outside of Tolkien and Donaldson, although I place these two authors ab...

I'd have to disagree, Liand is clearly the most annoying character in the book. He's like a useless tagalong "sidekick", straight out of a Disney movie! I'm sure that he'll end up doing something major, maybe he'll be the first of a new group of Lords, I always thought that's what would ha...

For myself, I don't understand why no effort was made to find the staff in the present. That would have certainly made more sense. For all Linden knew, she may have found the remains of the rhysh and the staff may have still been there! Obviously, that's not what SRD wanted, and I agree that it will...