But if you’re like me and enjoy straight up high fantasy then you should give this one a try. If you’re looking for Game of Thrones style intrigue and character motivations, this ain’t it. Sure, it uses several of the biggest cliches in the fantasy genre, but just because something is cliched doesn’t mean it’s bad. The opening hook is great, the stakes are high, and the world is beautiful.
Wizard’s First Rule was the first in the series and, in many ways, the best.
They can be made to believe any lie because either they want to believe it’s true or because they’re afraid it’s true. So, my righteous rant out of the way, I thought I’d launch into a review of the series that shaped my personal view of the fantasy genre as a whole. Even playing grab ass, as I’ve been known to do, I can produce faster than that. I don’t want people to come to like my work and then have to wait TWO YEARS for the next release. That’s why I’m going the self publishing route. Sure, I followed the series through to the end and I enjoyed (almost) all of them, but I lost that revenous fire. I read and re-read the first four in anticipation of the fifth. I had to wait for the fifth book…for two years. I proceeded to gobble up The Temple of the Winds, then something weird happened: I remember reading the first three books in the series just before the fourth was released. I started reading the series in the eighth grade.
Second, and perhaps most importantly, it taught me at an early age why the traditional publishing model sucks. First, it makes up the vast majority of the fantasy books in my library. Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth is, without a doubt, my single greatest literary influence.
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