Well....Better than the Omen Machine, not as good as the first portion of the series. I guess it is meant as a separate series, so it's fair that it's different. But I don't love the change. The focus is on the 2 main characters, so everyone else is supportive at best. You don't really get the idea that the other characters are real. There is a lot of repetition in this one. Which might be needed since we are going to assume that readers haven't read the other books, but if you have it might be a bit dull. And everything starts to pick up and move along....then bam! It's over. I don't like getting left hanging, but I probably won't spend my money on the next book. Ok, I will, but I will wait until I can pick it up used for a couple bucks. Ok, I have to say that the whole "walking dead" thing really threw me off at first. All I could think was "really Terry? Did you need to jump on that bandwagon?" However, I think he did a pretty good job of tying it into a world with which I was already familiar (by explaining it in the context of the link between the world of the living and the world of the dead). That being said, the chapter breaks really started to bother me in this book. I was able to get past it in The Omen Machine simply because, for the most part, I felt like the story went on mostly uninterrupted, although it did seem a bit overkill to have 86 chapters in a 525 page book. In the case of The Third Kingdom, however, it became irritating. When a single conversation goes on for more than 2 chapters, it's time to reconsider the way the book is being broken up.This book, like The Omen Machine, could probably have been a little bit longer, as it, too, felt rushed. Either that, or the two books could have been combined into one, since they are both part of the same story. However, I must admit that because of how well the story tied into what I already knew, it did make up for some of the issues I encountered.
What do You think about Third Kingdom, The (2013)?
It was ALMOST ok. I need half stars. 1 1/2. Goodkind needs an editor badly that will stand up to him now. Half his dialogue is either people lecturing, droning on about the same thing or preaching his own views on stuff instead of just, you know, talking. And stuff needlessly repeats. Richard thinks he needs to think of the solution, not the problem, then does it again 4 sentences later in the same scene. Simple concepts take 3 pages of blah blah to get out. Otherwise, it's just pretty much a a setup for a new series. But with cannibals. Who wants to eat your soul. That sounds stupid, but suppose it could be worse. Like the prophecy crap. Cut out 1/3 of the book and it get another half star.
—phd100550
I love the story and the world that Goodkind has created; that is why I continue to read the books. But the repetitive dialogue almost ruins the books for me. And sometimes Zedd, the "First Wizard" (the smartest person in this world?) and Richard, "The Seeker of Truth" (the second?) come across as the biggest morons! Every time one of them asks the other "What do you mean?" or "I don't understand." and something has to explained again (and sometimes again (and then yet again)), I cringe. But like I said, I love the world that has been created, so I will put up with it until the end.
—smmandjpm
Very disappointed he should of just left it at confessor
—kaitlinl2
