Considering that these are my ideas based on years of hindsight, it’s possible that your opinions and perspectives on the series are vastly different from mine.
Is the sword of truth worth reading?Įven though I honestly disliked the series, it was still a fairly enjoyable read in the overall scheme of things. With Warheart, the Sword of Truth expanded into a 17-volume series that was ultimately completed in 2015. Is the Sword of Truth series finished?ĭespite the fact that he had originally said that Sword of Truth will conclude with the novel Confessor (2007), he returned and authored further novels. On the whole, Blood of the Fold is not a classic, but it is an enjoyable read that I recommend to lovers of good fantasy.Terry Goodkind’s epic fantasy novel series The Sword of Truth consists of twenty-one novels that are set in the same world. Some incredible and very well done back story development brings out some sympathetic aspects to a few of the antagonists. Goodkind really shines at developing some of the villains in this book. The best thing about Blood of the Fold is the excellent character building. Though it was distracting, things picked right back up and the narrative moved on to the novels stronger points. Fortunately these few moments are brief, and do not detract much from the overall story. It really broke the immersion that the rest of the novel managed to cultivate so well. To create a whole new world in a fantasy setting, and then out of nowhere spring a conversation loaded with 1950s American nuclear family morality felt absolutely out of place. It is the one where two characters suddenly start talking about how it is okay to be friends with and like a lesbian as a person even if you don’t approve of their sexual preference. One is clearly more bizarre than the other. There are also a couple of conversations that just feel downright strange in the environment.
Goodkind clearly writes them like that for the purposes of making a point or somewhat clumsily delivering information about the world, but it weakens the characters anyway. It frequently feels as if the characters are a little irrational or even inconsistent.
Revealing information and ideas does not appear to be Goodkind’s strong suit. There were some really weird parts, and some strange uses of exposition. It is a strong start and manages to follow through on its strengths for most of the novel. It spends a lot of its time starting stories and hinting at the much larger problems that have really begun to arise in the world. While the previous two books deal with the wizards’ first and second rules respectively, Blood of the Fold goes off in another direction. The opening to Blood of the Fold is very impressive coming right out with some strong themes and an interestingly aggressive larger story about the conflict between the Imperial Order, which was introduced in the previous installment in the Sword of Truth series, and basically everyone. This series has established a pattern by this point of starting right where the previous book left off with very little to no gap between the events in the stories. Blood of the Fold (Sword of Truth, Book 3)īlood of the Fold is the third book in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
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