Title: Same plot, yet again
Review: This book isn't so much a novel as it is a manifesto on the evils of communism. If you want a 500 page lecture, go ahead and buy this book, but don't expect a whole lot of entertainment. Goodkind yet again recycles his tired plot: Richard is captured by an evil woman; Flawless hero, Richard, eventually prevails; Evil woman turns out to be good in the end; Richard and Kalahn are reunited; Everything works out for the best. For someone who spent 500 pages extolling the virtues of reason, Goodkind shows an apalling lack of logic (and imagination) in the creation of Richard's world. There seems to be no overall creative vision for this meandering series of books - Goodkind appears even more lost in his own work that Robert Jordan.
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