We continue our Sword of Truth 13 Night Marathon. Tonight in our 7th night, the book we will discuss is ………The Pillars of Creation.

The Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind – a Review

The Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind, is the 7th book in his wonderful Sword of Truth series.  I have mixed feelings about this book.  So here we go.

The beginning of the book wasn’t bad, as we got to know Jennsen, as well as meet her mother.  Sebastian at the beginning seemed a nice guy, though I am always suspicious of nice strangers early on.  Early on you knew he belonged to Jagang, so no mystery there.  The voice Jennsen kept hearing, we knew it was not Richard and once we found out that Sebastian worked for Jagang, we then knew the Keeper was back. 

The story began to drag for me 1/3 into the book, as they traveled, hid, then Sebastian gets arrested, and Jennsen makes a trip in the swamp (where no one goes) to see Althea.  The only interesting part was the snake, when she talked to it and he let her go; then later he saves her.  Cool    Hated when Oba killed the snake.  (mind you I hate snakes). 

I liked Althea, but it was confusing at times when she tried to explain to Jennsen.  I did like Tom, and was happy she ended up with him at the end.  The part with her rescuing Sebastian was totally unrealistic.  Back to Jennsen in a minute.

As for Oba, couldn’t stand him.  Did not even like him as a villain, he was too crazy, killed anyone he came into contact with and was totally over the top.  Sure his mother was bad, and she made him the madman that he became later, when he thought he would rule the world.  Of course, it was the Keeper who gave him even more power.  Oba got his just due at the end.

Back to Jennsen, during the middle, I didn’t like her a bit, because she jumped to conclusion that Richard was the voice, and let her self be totally trusting of a total stranger, did not try to find out who Richard Rahl really was, and was willing to kill him with such fierce passion.

As much as I was not crazy about part of the book, I did very much enjoy the end.  A lot of excitement, Zedd and Adie were great, and Jennsen, though suspicious something was wrong, was stupid. Lol.   But the end was great, and I was happy to see Richard and Kahlan again.  This is what made this book not great.  Waiting til the end to see them both, and just when you see them, we lose Kahlan right away. But it all ended well, and I did enjoy the end, liked Jennsen better, and look forward to her being part of Richard’s family.  Cara was funny when she said another Rahl she had to watch. 

I will continue my journey with Richard & Kahlan by reviewing Naked Empire next.  Feel free to tell us your thoughts on the many negative reviews on The Pillars of Creation…did you agree or disagree? We really do want to hear your thoughts.

Reviewed by Barb