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Jestinphish t1_ixug93l wrote

Read what you like, not what Reddit likes. It’s popular to shit on the Goodkind series here on Reddit (I can’t recall it ever getting much praise, but people love to jump on the bandwagon once the negative comments start coming in). The series is slow moving on some parts and not so much in others. I personally loved the series.

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Sacred-Moose OP t1_ixuoa5h wrote

Just looking for opinions because I'm not sure if I like it or not yet. It's a big time investment to do the whole series so looking at what both sides think! What did you love about it? I definitely have enjoyed some aspects so far.

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Jestinphish t1_ixuwb48 wrote

I liked his writing style. I liked some of the storyline with Richard and Kahlan. I enjoyed some of Nicci’s arc throughout the series. Other parts not so much. I didn’t like the Omen Machine and there was one other book I really plodded through. Im absolutely on board with the criticism that his writing becomes redundant as the books go on. It’s not in the top ten of series I’ve read, but nonetheless, as an overall series, I enjoyed it. But as you can see by the downvotes, it’s just not a popular series. But truly my only point is read what you enjoy. Nothing wrong with stopping in the middle of a series if it’s no longer enjoyable.

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TheDoomedDeist t1_ixuvtlr wrote

I also really enjoyed the series but it is very political. There are some parts I really, really enjoyed. There are also whole pages you can skim through because he’s restating the same philosophical stuff he’s already said a dozen times in the books.

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Jestinphish t1_ixuww41 wrote

I absolutely skimmed many, many pages of it. I’ll never argue the points that his writing becomes redundant along the way and many, many themes were borrowed (if not outright copied/stolen) from other authors. Nonetheless, overall I enjoyed the series.

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