Confessor (Sword of Truth) | 
 enlarge | Author: Terry Goodkind
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  249 reviews
Sales Rank: 1187
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
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Pages: 768
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0765354306
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765354303
ASIN: 0765354306
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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Product Description
Descending into darkness, about to be overwhelmed by evil, those people still free are powerless to stop the coming dawn of a savage new world, while Richard faces the guilt of knowing that he must let it happen. Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost.
Join Richard and Kahlan in the concluding novel of one of the most remarkable and memorable journeys ever written. It started with one rule, and will end with the rule of all rules, the rule unwritten, the rule unspoken since the dawn of history.
When next the sun rises, the world will be forever changed.
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 It's over..... It's finally over!!!! November 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll keep this short and sweet. Goodkind knows how to weave an intriguing tale, no question. Even if he is very repetative and formulaeic, it is still a great story with characters whom you genuinely care about. This last book was not a story, though. It's a manifesto! I have never read such a preachy book in all my years. 10 pages of monologue and 2 pages of action or conversation is not my idea of a good time. Goodkind took something that I thought of as an annual treat, and turned it into a poorly structured lecture. I graduated college and grad school. If I want to be lectured, I'll go for my doctorate. I read these books to have fun, and he ruined the previous 10 books for me. Unfortunately I don't think that he'll refund my $.
 You know what to expect by now November 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're reading this review, you know what to expect and you're probably willing to live with it. Yes, Richard is preachy and reiterates the same message over and over. Yes, he's still flawless and never makes mistakes or suffers from any bad emotions like hate, jealousy, or anger. Yes, there are long explanations about magic that don't seem to serve much point except to show us how proud Goodkind was about his own system of magic. And yes, people are saved by weird coincidences and deus ex machinas.
But...
Like I said, if you're reading this review, you've likely already read most of the series or have read other reviews and know about this. So on to the good of the book. For starters, the entire second half is pretty darn good. There really is some good action. As well, Goodkind isn't afriad of killing off some big characters. Kudos. Most authors suck at that. Just about everything big gets wrapped up pretty well and the ending is satisfactory, if a bit rushed. If you're a fan of the series, you know it's a love story at heart and you want to see that prevail. Great. Goodkind delivers. Lastly, there are some amusing - if superflous - tiebacks to older bits.
So I give it 4 stars. I don't regret reading it because it was honestly entertaining. A classic of fantasy? No, not really. But at the same time, it wasn't the steaming load so many other reviewers seem to think. If you're willing to look past Goodkind's faults as an author, there's actually a decent story here. And hey, there honestly aren't many long running epic series' that don't have pretty big flaws after 3 or 4 books.
 Confessor ( The Sword of Truth) November 10, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
My nephew read this book as soon as he got it and he enjoyed reading the book.
Confessor November 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Confessor is an excellent conclusion to the Sword of Truth Series... I found it hard to put the book down until I was finished... Even now.... I find myself picking it up and re-reading it again... I think I have already read it three times since I recieved it... I recommend it...
Great book! Well, last 1/3 anyhow. November 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think this is a great end to a series I love, though there are a couple thing's we could have done without.
1: Pillars of Creation: I don't get this at all. He departs from the story for two insipid, unnessary new people. Who, by the way, don't even matter in the story. Stupid.
2: Confessor: Great end, but Richard spends the first two-thirds of the book as a ball player for Jagag! What the heck?! Dumb!
And while "Naked Empire" may have bad preaching, it DOES have an exciting premise, cool "Rule" and a realy nasty villan. Worth reading I say.
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