Regarding my earlier criticisms of Goodkind's later books not have the personal connection to the hero that the first book had, that has all changed in Book 5. "Faith of the Fallen" so far is very personally focused on the hero, and his intellectual and moral struggle to figure out what role he should play in the events of the world.
For the first time though, Goodkind is being somewhat derivitive of Ayn Rand. The story if Nicci's childhood brings very strongly to mind the story of Hank Rearden in "Atlas Shrugged." That said, I am still enjoying the book very much. I don't think the story suffers too much for the derivation.
315 pages down, 370 to go...
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