Title: Rehashed Ayn Rand
Review: The first book in this series, I thought, was the best sci-fantasy book to come down the pike in ages. Almost since the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. But the books have devolved quickly, culminating in this latest installment. Faith of the Fallen is Atlas Shrugged all over again. And while Ayn Rand can fairly be called a philosopher, Terry Goodkind is an author. There's a big difference, and one which Mr. Goodkind ignores.One similarity to Ms. Rand, however, is Goodkind's incessant need to repeat. Like in Atlas Shrugged, it was "90-page rant on the evils of surrenduring your will to that of the community," followed by "100-page soliloquy on the evils of surrenduring your will to that of the community." Condensed, I think the plot development took about 10 pages.And, unfortunately, those 10 pages were an almost-verbatim repeat of prior plots. But this point is aptly addressed in the other several-hundred negative reviews on this book, so I'll leave you to read those.
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