Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, Book 6)
by Terry Goodkind
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Author: Terry GoodkindEdition: Hardcover
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Published: 2000-08-22
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Number of pages: 512
Book Reviews of Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, Book 6)
Book Review: Too much propaganda
Summary: 3 Stars
If this book wasn't so heavy handed in it's idealogical sermon, it would have been better. It had battle scenes, it had nice chunks of classic Super-Richard-who-knows-how-to-do-everything subverting the enemy the way he did with D'Hara, a nice climactic ending.
but unfortunately, it was very heavy-handed in its depiction of the mindless stupidity of order, in such a way that it seemed just not believeable. there is no sophistication, no attempt to describe the order/communism as anything but ugly, stupid, brutal, and hypocritical, even when the character doing the describing was a proponent of the order.
take nicci, who is crucial to this book:
**SPOILER** now, we have here a genius "as capable as they come" magic user of great power, which suggests intellect. she can take pain and she flouts jagang even when he had a hold over her, which suggests that she does not go with the flow and can think for herself as well as has the will to act upon it. she demonstrates political acumen and ability to see at the heart of things when she coins "jagang the just" to propel the Order's reign to the next level. she plans a foolproof method to capture richard, which is executed perfectly. again, intellect and independent thought. she is a sister of the dark, which also suggests ability to disregard (if not outright enjoy) the suffering of others, AND (again)intellect (hate to say this, but the sisters of light by and large seem pretty stupid compared to the dark sisters). and of course, death's mistress and probably the most powerful woman around except maybe Shota.
then you have the moronic, pathetic, chained by her childhood upbringing shrew of a woman nicci who trembles and cannot help but give her last penny to violent beggars accosting her in the street, supposedly because she cannot stand to see them suffering and needy (death's mistress indeed!where o where did you go, sister of the Dark?), whose highest level of intellect shown is shrewishly apeing the most rudimentary, crude, Order/communist propaganda that they feed the masses, that not even two-bit petty officials really believe, but that she, could-be consort of Jagang, slave queen, sister of both sides with 180 years, and tons of atrocities under her belt, apparently believes with every fiber of her being. capable of maternity spells, she is apparently really confounded by the most basic capitalist logic of supply and demand. having lived in the palace of the prophets and traveled in the New World, with numerable experience seeing the other side of a smoothly working economy, she apparently believes that the Order brings great succor to the needy even as she contentedly waits in line everyday to end not getting food half the time. I mean, even if she's not the out of box thinker Richard is, this book puts Nicci, a woman of great power and much experience, a sophisticated tactician and political planner, at the intellectual inferior of not just Richard and the great people of his cause, but also blacksmith Victor, delivery guy Ishaq, charcoal maker Faval, even former-street thug Kamil and Nabbi, and probably half of the people in Altur'Rang who understand that despite the propaganda, life sucks.
**END SPOILERS**
basically, Nicci becomes a shrewish moron throughout much of this book just so Terry Goodkind can beat on why communism sucks. then she cries tears of joy at the end of the book. when nicci, the single character embodiment of "the faith of the fallen" is so crudely protrayed and forcibly bent to the authors obvious purpose, the book is just not the fist pumping work it could be.
and this is a personal peeve of mine, but once again, Kahlan passes up a perfect chance to use her confessor power with Harold and the galeans. killing people and getting confessions are probably the two least effective uses of her power, and that is all she does with it. another character who should be smarter than she is in the book.
Summary of Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, Book 6)
SOUL OF THE FIRE saw the political machinations that have dogged the midlands reach new heights as the Chimes ran free and threatened magic everywhere. As the novel ended Kahlan has narrowly avoided death and now she and Richard Rahl, the Seeker, must strive again to save the world from the resurgent armies of the Emperor Jagang. From the very first page FAITH OF THE FALLEN PITCHES Richard and Kahlan into their most desperate fight yet, a fight where worlds once again hang in the balance. Richard must embark on a course of action that will leave his people feeling betrayed and vulnerable and which will take both he and Kahlan away from the protection of the D'Haran armies. But he has no choice; Richard, who distrusts prophecy more than anyone, has had a vision. It is a vision he is compelled to follow.Fantasy series fans may argue over the relative merits of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth, George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, but in a world of middle books that go nowhere and endless waits between episodes, Goodkind is certainly still serving up some of the best fantasy on today's menu.
The Seeker of Truth and his Mother Confessor sweetie are both looking a little worse for the wear after their chime-hunt in Soul of the Fire. To top that off, Lord Rahl finds himself a reluctant prophet with the vision that their cause, the fight for freedom against the Imperial Order, is essentially sunk. (Chalk that up to part of the Wizard's First Rule: people really are stupid.) The two lovers soon find themselves separated, Richard off to the Old World thanks to treacherous Sister of the Dark Nicci, and Kahlan left behind, forced to betray Richard and his prophecy by raising an army to fend off the approaching armies of Emperor Jagang.
Whether it's fair or not, Goodkind will likely get beaten up a bit for visiting the trough once too often, à la Jordan. But fear not: Faith of the Fallen does progress at a good clip, and its conclusion--while by no means a final payout--should satisfy. --Paul Hughes
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