Sword of Truth - Blistering Review (Wizards First Rule)

You all have been asking me to start the sword of truth series for years now. Literally since I started my channel. Now I have to wonder what I did to deserve this. Here it goes. My review of book one in the sword of truth series by Terry Goodkind, Wizards First Rule.

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[DanielGreeneReviews]

What are your thoughts on Sword of Truth? AGAIN if you like it, that’s totally cool and my opinion does not infringe on yours at all. From previous video reactions, need to keep repeating that.

[davidhampton]

I still remember Jordan being asked about Goodkind's plagiarism. I loved the way he professionally, almost passive aggressively, stated: "I am aware of Mr Goodkind." And that was his answer. Lol.

[KingsandGenerals]

Problem is, it gets more original down the line... And that makes it even worse.

[robertshell]

My first exposure to Goodkind was him talking about how he has changed everything and his writing is superior and transcendent, and what seemed to be an implication that he in all his greatness was the greatest mind of humanity....it was all a bit shocking as I had absolutely no idea whatsoever who on earth he was...if only I could still have no idea whatsoever who on earth he was, that would be a wonderful thing indeed.

[markyoung]

I had been trying to get my wife to read Brandon Sanderson's stormlight archives and she finally agreed but only if I read wizards first rule too. Oh boy did I get the short end of the stick!

[somebody-unfd]

I've always thought of Robert Jordan as the creator and Terry Goodkind as the dark one...

[greensnake]

As a person who read the first 3 books back when I was 16-17 (8 years ago) and REALLY enjoyed I have two things to say:
1: I am happy I DID NOT continue it
2: I am happy I didn't know much fantasy when I read it and was able to enjoy it because of that

[starlinguk]

So, I get the feeling that Daniel didn't like this book very much.

[JamesTullos]

I read this book when I was 14 and even then I thought it felt like something that the ghost of Ayn Rand would write after skimming over a copy of The Hobbit.

[calebmauer]

"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs." -John Rogers

[Connor_Crain]

Sword of truth was one of the first fantasy series I ever read and therefore part of me will always appreciate it for getting me in to fantasy. That said, I completely agree with you!

[andrewwinkelmeyer]

I’d give the books more slack if Goodkind didn’t come off so pompous in every interview or Q&A.

[jachyra]

"When I first encountered it I was like 'ok, this is paying homage.' But then with the pattern of the rest of the story, if everything that is in your story is an homage you've not made an original thing, you've just taken from others."
You've just encapsulated how I felt about The Force Awakens. Thank you.

[JeskaRain]

This was the very first fantasy book I ever read as a young teen(13-14 ish) and having no frame of reference back then I thought it was amazing. It was also the first novel written in English I ever read so there was a bit of a struggle and language barrier for me to overcome too. Funny enough I picked up the book by chance in a library because I was drawn by the cover art. The very art that Terry took a shit on. Still, being a child the problem of originality was a non issue for me because to me, what I was reading was novelty. Terry's lack of originality was only made apparent to me later in the series. Even as a kid though the part where he tames Darken Rahl's dragon through the sheer power of swag had me raise an eyebrow. I didn't like the whole ordeal with the Mord Sith but impressionable young me was pretty pumped when he turned the sword white and killed her. To me you've been overly harsh but I know that if I read it again I would see more problems with it so I'd rather keep a fond memory of it as my first ever fantasy novel.

[cagankaplan]

I study Terry Goodkind while writing my own novel. I STUDY WHAT TO AVOID.

[abbashaidari]

"Terry Goodkind" he's neither Good nor Kind

[Schwaaaang]

Many years ago, I was collecting this series before beginning it. It seemed to have cool covers and a large following- why not? I randomly came across a Q&A where he responded to someone curious if his and Jordan's worlds would possibly be connected, and he answered "If you notice a similarity, then you probably aren't old enough to read my books". I had my mouth open for about five minutes before I just said "You know? I don't think I want to read anything this dude thinks". I gave them all to a charity shop

[Vavutsikarios]

I remember trying to read this thing many years ago. It was the worst thing i had read in my life so far. The thing is, at the time i prided myself for being able to read anything, never leave the book i started unfinished. So i kept torturing myself. Then something miraculous happened. While i was walking in my house, passing in front of the bathroom door, which happened to be open for some inexplicable reason, the book almost magically flew off my hands and it landed inside the toilet. I kid you not. I dont know how that happened. I was forced to quit reading it after that. It was such a relief. True story.

[GD-bezf]

I remember reading this book when I was a teenager. I read many of the subsequent books as well, although I was unable to complete the series - I eventually couldn't take the torture porn any more.
It taught me a lot as a young reader. Specifically that you can often tell what the writer thinks and feels about the world and what kind of person they are through how they tell their story and develop their characters. It also taught me that some adults are just seriously eff-ed up people

[derykhunter]

I used to refer to the entire series as “the Ayn Rand monologues”