Phantom

Phantom - Terry Goodkind

Excellent book! I loved it. And of course, I am now bitterly disappointed that it will be 2008 before the next and final book in the Sword of Truth series is published.

I don't want to spoil any critical plot points, so I'll keep my comments general. I did get a little sick of Kahlan's reminiscences about the statue that Richard had carved, but fortunately, they didn't last long. The hubby grew frustrated with the 100 pages or so that talked about, then described, then reenacted life under Emperor Jajang. I burned through that quickly enough that it didn't bother me. Our consensus - slower readers will chafe here, faster readers won't really notice the repetition.

For people who can keep track of old plot threads from earlier books, this one neatly tied up the Lothain/Temple of the Winds storyline from several books back. And it didn't feel like a cop-out.

So now I am left to wait for the next installment, which will also end the series. Excited and bummed out all at the same time.

September 2006.