[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature


View post   

File: 112 KB, 481x543, Sword of truth.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
11277374 No.11277374 [Reply] [Original]

Alright how bad is this book series truly, because I've heard nothing but shit reviews.
And it also looks like shit?

>> No.11277378

>Goodkind has been influenced by the work of Ayn Rand and her philosophical approach known as Objectivism
Looks like it's pretty bad

>> No.11277383

>>11277374
Who tf reads these popcorn books.

>> No.11277387

>>11277374
>sword of truth
not a good start desu

>> No.11277407

>>11277387
Apparently the main character is a self-insert gary stu and theres an evil chicken...fuck it this sounds sick I'm gonna give it a read, fuck you guys!!

>> No.11277485

>>11277407
>evil chicken
I wonder if he fights it before or after he gets his cooking skill cape

>> No.11277524
File: 25 KB, 599x399, n423roodgv011.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
11277524

>X of the Y

>> No.11277572

>>11277485
I'm guessing we will have to read all 15 books just to find out

>> No.11278113

>>11277374
the big enemy is literally socialism from the east and the main character is from the free lands of the west

>> No.11278121

richard is also a supreme gentleman who gets to fuck a super hot chick who no other man can touch. and his grandfather is a wizard

>> No.11278133

he also has a personal bodyguard detail of leather-clad dominatrices who are loyal to him because he's a total boy scout but also a big manly man too

>> No.11279232

>>11277374
Not bad at all.

>> No.11279234

>>11278133
So...like Black Panther and the Dora Milaje then.

>> No.11279324
File: 48 KB, 533x533, 1445959401921.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
11279324

>>11277374
It's a masterpiece.

>> No.11280860
File: 63 KB, 924x560, 1527237033767.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
11280860

>>11277378

>> No.11280898

The covers kind of look like Art of The Deal. I read the first book as a teenger, even then I could that the writing was bad and was full of LOTR ideas made edgy. Not much in the way of politics, I hear that starts to seep in around book 3 or 4, never made it that far.