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Confessor (Sword of Truth 11) | 
| Author: Terry Goodkind
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 785
Media: Paperback
Pages: 388
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0007250835
EAN: 9780007250837
ASIN: 0007250835
Publication Date: November 3, 2008
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 should have been fewer books December 29, 2008
this was a poor end to a promising series of books the last 5 books could have been written as one if mr goodkind had not written the same moralising text again & again & again & again,the ending was so bad a 5 year must have written it
Soooo disappointing December 28, 2008
What a huge disappointment. Terry Goodkind was obviously bored before writing this book and definitely during....what a shame. Don't buy....you know who wins in the end....
Over at last! December 12, 2008
What would I have wanted to know before I purchased this product? That is is the last in the series, thankfully. The same horrified compulsion that brings me to read the Daily Mail has kept me comping back the Sword of Truth series long after I began to hate the central characters and the interminable, rambling and incoherent moralising that Terry Goodkind is insistent on force feeding his readers.
Even the proof readers gave up on this book, as evidenced by the numerous typos littering the text. It would appear that even Goodkind gives up halfway through, as one character sees a "wingman" scoring a point in a pseudo American Football game only to remark to herself two pages later when another wingman scores a similar point that she has never seen such a thing.
Spotting such inconsistencies is much more entertaining than reading swathes of moralising speeches cut and pasted from books 4-9, although to give the book its due there are a couple of good action sequences. There then follows a hurried tidying of loose ends, more deus ex machinas than Mona Lisa Overdrive and a reasonably satisfying conclusion to the Book of Counted Shadows riddle, before Goodkind loses the plot once more.
If it was so easy to get rid of all the main villlains, why not do it before?
Why do several main characters cheerily condemn themselves and their children to a souless existence, forever giving up a chance at the afterlife, with a slight shrug and brief farewell?
What went wrong with such a promising fantasy series? I have to say, I don't really care. I will never have to read another Goodkind book again, and can carry on with much more intelligent fantasy fare. Malazan, here I come...
Oh dear October 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"The final book in one of the greatest epic series of all time" - aye right. I read the first few and gave up when the plot was lost early on. Epic series? No, just like the Shannara books latter days, it has is going for the buck.
A huge disappointment - what happened to Terry Goodkind? August 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My condolences to all readers of Confessor.
Firstly to those that actually finds this tripe digestible. I pity that you are able to enjoy the stale writings and musings of a totally self absorbed man. But I emphathise with your loyalties, it certainly has been a long journey to get to this finale; 12 years, 11 books and 100's spent.
But I must ridicule your critique (or lack of) for this truly awful book. How many times have we seen this in popular culture, where a legendary franchise has opted for the quick buck and mass exploitation of its fans over the protection and integrity of its art? AND STILL SOME OF YOU LAP IT UP! Perhaps, with such an insatiable public appetite for sub-mediocre fiction we should all start to release our own philosophies dressed up as unexciting, predictable stories?
Secondly to the readers of this fiction, akin to me, who have patiently stuck with it, in desperation rather than hope, to see a fulfilling end to a one-time compelling saga. Alas, our instincts were correct; Goodkind was never going to achieve redemption, the crimes of the previous 6 books (with the exception of Faith Of The Fallen) were too great and our better judgment lost out to curiosity and loyalty. I sympathise with you, I emphathise with you and in especial, I question with you; How could such inventive stories and vividly realised characters finally morph into Confessor? I would say laziness, arrogance and greed.
And lastly I would like to send my condolences to Voyager, the poor publishers who agreed to print these books. To those at Voyager, I pity your proof readers, the PR people, the printers and all the professionals that had to deal with Goodkind and his latter day SOT series.
I would not be surprised if this effort is Goodkind's last. He now seems devoid of any invention and enthusiasm for his work and probably grew to hate the SOT over the last few years; it would certainly explain his dire performances as an author. I can now put him on the `could-have-been-great-but-sacrificed-earlier-brilliance-for-immediate-exposure' pile along with the Wachowski brothers and countless others.
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