After one and half years, I finally finished the series...

[MotherConfessor]

...and boy was it worth the wait!

I have to say these books have their flaws, but then Terry makes it all worth it by tying everything together amazingly and having a spectacular ending!

My friend told me she wished there was a bit more R&K at the end, and i have to say I agree.

I also felt the last 3 books could have been one- there was too much extraneous material that wasn't necessary e.g. Information/descriptions repeated often, Ann and Nicci's conversation about her marrying Richard was pointless and didn't have any weight on the rest of the story at all.

So yeah, it was dragged out, but Terry made it worth it. I admit I skipped a lot of the BS to get to the good stuff.

But I'm just glad I finally saw the Order's end, and Jagang's end was satisfying. It went on for so long I didn't think it would come!

And now to wait for the next book!

[miaux]

Ann and Nicci's conversation about her marrying Richard was pointless and didn't have any weight on the rest of the story at all.


And now to wait for the next book!

I think the point of Ann and Nicci's conversation was to show Ann finally get what Kahlan had told her but she had forgotten. To get Ann to realize that people have free will (before he killed her off because he probably has better plans for Nathan). Oh I think he also wanted Nicci to go through discussing it so that she didn't have any fantasies about being with Richard and would be able to deal with Kahlan being real when she finally saw her in the flesh.

[Sentrosi]

Congratz on finishing the series. Don't forget to pick up the Law of Nines; it is very much connected to the SoT series, giving a look at the future world without magic.

[notinterezted]

Ann and Nicci's conversation about her marrying Richard was pointless and didn't have any weight on the rest of the story at all.

I don't think it was pointless at all. In the whole series we didn't get to see much of Ann. I think that scene brought more emphasis to Ann before killing her off.

[rayvio]

I just finished Confessor too. as for Ann, I think the scene was important. in one way it shows us how Ann has been trying to be, as Nicci accurately puts it, the flipside to Jagang rather than the counter, and how Ann finally admits her mistakes and turns to redemption just in time for her dramatic exit
and on the other hand it shows us how much Nicci has grown as well and how she understands just how horrific Ann's plan really is despite how well meaning Ann is and how she tries to paint it as "for his own good"

[The Old One]

Just finished it the other night, the ending made me feel really happy At the same time it also makes me really want to read Omen Machine now that it's out.

I really didn't like the idea that the second world Richard created to banish the Order is essentially our world. When the chimes were introduced along with chainfire and everyone was saying how their combined effects would bring an end to the world of magic and everyone's memory of it, I had originally thought that the world would eventually turn into our world now. Did not care for that. I want to read Law of the Nines because that rather makes a point that the second world isn't our world, right? Does that make any sense? Haha

I'm in agreement with everyone saying Goodkind should have combined the last three books somehow. Everything was drawn out for far too long and didn't seem to really help the story along. Also, the preaching everyone did started to get really, really, really annoying. Especially Richard.

All in all I can't wait to get my hands on OM and LotN, and possibly begin reading the series all over again.

[YamiShadow]

It certainly was an impressive series.

Just to comment, the Nicci and Ann conversation about marrying Richard certainly wasn't pointless. After all my annoyance of her, I finally could respect Ann. Nicci guided her to the light, and (sadly) she died just moments after. Just as I was starting to think I could like Ann, she died. That, to me, was amazingly well done.

And, on the topic of the ending now, I don't really think it all that too extravagant for the world that Richard made for the Order to be a literature representation of our own. There are people with ideals similar to the Order in our world, that is true. And, as Richard himself mentioned might happen, there are many who do not. Plus, there is the added bonus of all of the Pillars of Creation being sent over too. They had the right ideals because Richard brought them to the light, so there really is hope yet. I don't think it too far fetched for Mr. Goodkind to say, for literature purposes, the world the Order was sent to may have been our own. At the same time, it could have been any world though, I never really thought it was set into stone that it was our world.

And, I absolutely agree that the last three books could have been a single book. Or, at least Chainfire and Phantom could have been one book. The way Phantom ends was really cool, and it wouldn't have had quite the same impact if it were 2/3 of the way through a book in my opinion.

[ailyana]

i am finally on the last leg of the last book..i cant wait to read what else he has comin out!

[Geowolf]

Yesterday, I finished my re-read of the whole series. I really enjoyed it (it won't be the last probably ). Next up is "The Omen Machine"