Amazon.com Review
Fantasy series fans may argue over the relative merits of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth, George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, but in a world of middle books that go nowhere and endless waits between episodes, Goodkind is certainly still serving up some of the best fantasy on today's menu.
The Seeker of Truth and his Mother Confessor sweetie are both looking a little worse for the wear after their chime-hunt in Soul of the Fire. To top that off, Lord Rahl finds himself a reluctant prophet with the vision that their cause, the fight for freedom against the Imperial Order, is essentially sunk. (Chalk that up to part of the Wizard's First Rule: people really are stupid.) The two lovers soon find themselves separated, Richard off to the Old World thanks to treacherous Sister of the Dark Nicci, and Kahlan left behind, forced to betray Richard and his prophecy by raising an army to fend off the approaching armies of Emperor Jagang.
Whether it's fair or not, Goodkind will likely get beaten up a bit for visiting the trough once too often, à la Jordan. But fear not: Faith of the Fallen does progress at a good clip, and its conclusion--while by no means a final payout--should satisfy. --Paul Hughes
From Publishers Weekly
Sequel to Soul of the Fire in Goodkind's popular Sword of Truth series, this extended barrage of sword-swinging fantasy pits the New World's Seeker of Truth, Richard Rahl, and his wife, Mother Confessor Kahlen Amnell, against the lethal totalitarian forces of the Imperial Order under Jangang "the Just" and his gorgeous masochistic minion Nicci, aka Death's Mistress, a dreaded Sister of the Dark. After Richard helps a desperately wounded Kahlen heal in a mountain hideaway guarded by their ill-tempered blonde bombshell bodyguard, Cara, Nicci ensorcels Kahlen and forces Richard to abandon her for inhuman bondage in the Order-dominated Old World. Kahlen defies Richard's prophecy that arms alone will never defeat the Order. She takes command of the D'Haran army, hopelessly outnumbered against Jagang's black-magicked hordes who are invading the New World. Untangling all this gives Goodkind an ample canvas for enough disemboweling, spit roasting and miscellaneous mutilating of men, women and children to out-Sade the infamous marquis. His fansAand they are legionAwill revel in vicarious berserker battle scenes and agonize deliciously as Richard, reduced to slavery by Nicci, toils to establish a bastion of capitalism in the cold gray heart of the Stalinesque Old World. All the ponderous sound and fury of Goodkind's attack on socialist-style do-gooders who are destroying the world, however, founders in a welter of improbable coincidences, heavy-handed humor and a disconcerting dependence on misusing the verb "smirk." For sheer volume of its Technicolor bloodbaths and its bathetic propagandistic bombast, this installment of Goodkind's fantasy saga makes an indelible impact; anyone who yearns for Goodkind is going to be in high clover. $250,000 ad/promo. (Aug.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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我被这本书的语言魅力彻底俘虏了。它不是那种华丽到让人炫目的辞藻堆砌,而是一种近乎精准的、雕刻般的文字风格。每一个形容词的选择都恰到好处,仿佛作者是用手术刀在切割读者对场景的想象,不多不少,全在脉络之上。特别是那些关于环境的描写,比如书中描绘的那个被遗忘的古老城市,那种腐朽、沉寂、被时间吞噬的美感,通过作者的笔触栩栩如生地浮现在眼前。我甚至能“闻到”空气中弥漫的潮湿和尘土味。这种感官上的沉浸感,在许多同类作品中是难以寻觅的。更不用提那些对话了。人物的口吻各具特色,贵族之间的交锋,带着冰冷的礼节和暗藏的毒刺;底层人民的交谈,粗粝却充满了生活的智慧和无奈。作者高超地运用了不同阶层人士的语域差异,使得人物形象在听觉上就完成了立体化。这种对文学质感的极致追求,让阅读体验从单纯的信息获取,升华为一种纯粹的艺术享受。每次读完一个章节,我都有一种意犹未尽的感觉,迫不及待地想知道下一段文字会如何再次震撼我的感知。
评分这本书最让我感到不安,也是最让我着迷的一点,是它对“希望”这个概念的解构。它没有提供廉价的安慰或光明的结局。相反,它似乎在反复地质问读者:在经历了如此多的背叛、失败和无可挽回的损失之后,我们凭什么还要抱有希望?书中充斥着一种宿命论式的悲凉,许多角色穷尽一生去对抗一个似乎早已写好的结局,他们的努力,在宏大的历史车轮面前,显得如此微不足道。然而,正是在这种绝望的底色上,那些微小的、几乎难以察觉的善意和坚持才显得如此耀眼。比如,一个被判了死刑的士兵临终前对战友的一个眼神,或是一个被流放的学者在黑暗中记录下的最后一句话。这些“微光”正是作者留给读者的火种。它不是教人乐观,而是教人在清醒地认识到世界的残酷后,依然选择做“正确”而非“容易”的事。这种对人性极限的探索,远比单纯的英雄主义要来得深刻和动人。
评分对于那些追求深度世界构建的读者来说,这本书简直是一份意外的惊喜。作者构建的世界观并非那种依赖大量百科式注解才能理解的设定集,而是通过故事的自然推进,巧妙地将复杂的历史、宗教和政治体系嵌入其中。我们不是被强行灌输设定,而是通过角色们的亲身经历,逐步去拼凑出这个世界的全貌。例如,书中提及的那个关于“创世之初的契约”的传说,它不是一个固定不变的教条,而是随着不同地域和不同信仰的人们讲述,展现出不同的侧面和矛盾点。这种“碎片化叙事下的宏大构建”手法,极大地增强了世界的真实感和可信度。它让人感觉这个世界在故事发生之前就已经真实存在了很久,有着无数未被揭示的秘密。我对其中关于那个被禁忌的魔法体系的设定尤为着迷,它不再是简单的能量输送,而是与自然规律、甚至是宇宙本体的某种哲学互动。这种深度,需要读者投入极大的耐心和思考,但回报是绝对丰厚的。
评分这部作品的叙事结构简直是鬼斧神工,作者对时间线的掌控出神入化,在多个看似不相关的支线之间游走,却总能以一种近乎宿命论的方式将它们汇聚到同一个命运的交叉点。我尤其欣赏那种潜藏在字里行间,关于“选择与后果”的哲学思辨。书中那些主要人物的动机并非黑白分明,而是被置于一片道德的灰色地带中挣扎。举个例子,主角在关键时刻做出的那个决定,表面上看是为了集体利益,但细究之下,却能看到一丝难以察觉的个人野心在作祟。这种复杂性让人在阅读时不得不频繁停下来,反复咀嚼那些对话的潜台词。而且,作者在描绘宏大战争场面时,并没有沉溺于血腥的细节,而是将焦点放在了战争对个体精神世界的摧残上。每一次战役的描写,都更像是一场心理剧的爆发,读完后留下的不是胜利的喜悦,而是一种深沉的虚无感。这种对人性和权力的深刻洞察力,使得整本书的基调沉郁而有力,绝对不是那种快餐式的奇幻读物能够比拟的。它更像是一部史诗级的悲剧,让人在掩卷之后,仍久久不能忘怀那些错综复杂的情感纠葛和无可挽回的宿命。
评分从纯粹的阅读体验上讲,这本书的节奏把控堪称教科书级别。它明白何时该拉紧神经,何时需要放缓呼吸。开篇部分节奏稍慢,仿佛是在为即将到来的风暴积蓄能量,大量的细节铺陈和人物介绍,让人一度担心故事会陷入冗长。但一旦进入到中段的冲突爆发点,节奏骤然加快,信息密度剧增,仿佛一瞬间所有的伏笔都同时引爆,阅读速度不由自主地提高,心脏也随之狂跳。而到了高潮过后,作者又会突然切换到一种缓慢、内省的节奏,让角色和读者都有时间消化刚刚发生的一切,处理那些情感上的创伤。这种“张弛有度”的叙事节奏,避免了全程高能带来的疲劳感,也让关键事件的影响力得到了最大程度的释放。尤其是那个关键的转折点,作者用了近百页的篇幅来描写角色在等待审判过程中的心理活动,这种对“等待的艺术”的描绘,比任何一场打斗都更让人窒息。它证明了,真正的史诗,不只在于宏大的场面,更在于对每一个心灵瞬间的精准捕捉。
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