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Originally Posted by Sr. Mints
Currently reading the Sword of Truth series. I've just begun Temple of the Winds (book four) and am really digging it.
At the risk of getting crucified, some of the Warcraft novels are pretty solid--the ones written by Knaak come to mind. There was a trilogy I read by him which I really quite enjoyed. I wouldn't put those books anywhere near a top 15 list, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
Also, pretty much the rest of the Warcraft novels were terrible.
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Sword of Truth has a strong start, but it had no way to keep that strength going, and really putters out. I can't believe how many times I said "REALLY?" to myself in the last three books. Goodkind really didn't know to do, and so he gets awfully preachy instead of you know, moving the story along. Also... "oh jeez, a woman hasn't been abused/raped in a while, better fix that!"
As for the Warcraft book, Knaak's earlier stuff was pretty good, but Stormrage was really bad and his incessant need to include his pet characters in his books is frustrating.