Wizards First Rule by Terry Goodkind (The Sword of Truth Series: Book 1)

Howard from UK

A good read, yet I couldn't help seeing parallels in the story and characterisation with The Lord of the Rings and Start Wars (young apprentice, old wizened scholar, beutiful princess type etc etc.) Not good enough to tempt me into continuing the series though......

Ed from Nottingham

I found that this book draws quite heavily on other fantasy novels - possibly a bit too much. I constantly had the feeling that I had read this book before. That aside, I still think its a great book, and would recommend to people who have perhaps enjoyed Pullman or Paolini and are looking for something a bit heavier.

Brian from Madison

Definitely not anywhere near my favorites from the genre, but a classic cookie-cutter good vs. evil story that is good filler while waiting for new books in other series.

David from Filey

Enjoyed the book from start to finish, and enjoyed the whole seris even though some of the mid seris books are hard going. The main charactor Richard goes to hell and back several times for love and honour. By the end of the seris I had loved and hated, laughed and cried along with the whole saga. Don't care what any other reviews say about these books, I say miss these and you miss a fantastic fantasy read.

Jason from Maine

I loved this book. Life like characters that become even more drawn over the series. An excellent read for everyone.

Ian from London

The first book in this series is fairly readable, but I can't give it a review with a higher score than this because the author well and truly betrays himself later in the series by taking far too long to advance plot, instead opting to spend enormous amount of time on fairly inconsequential matters. On top of that, the author particularly likes to preach about the evils of political issues that he doesn't agree with, in effect making his protagonist his own personal soapbox for modern political issues. In short, I enjoyed the first few books of this series, but I hate the fact that it goes so far downhill.

Andrew from Iowa

Are you kidding me!? These books are the most amazing series in the world. I read all 10 of them in less than 6 months! And i hate reading! The plot sucks you in and you always find yourself trying to be like Richard! THIS SERIES ROCKS!

Jordan from California

The plot was sort of familiar but overall, a fascinating book that kept you reading.