Richard and Kahlan: The Omen Machine : Sword of Truth - A Richard and Kahlan Novel (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from Lavinient

The plot had potential, but ended up being a bit repetitive and lackluster. I was interested to see where Goodkind would take the series after the last book being the supposed end of the series. This book starts the day after Cara and Benjamin's wedding. People start declaring prophecies for awfu...

from Neenie615

I have highly enjoyed the whole Sword of Truth series and because of that, had to read The Omen Machine too. I read it in a little over a week, which is surprising because the other books took me forever to read, and they were better. This book was very repetative. I don't know how many times the...

from Chris_El

If you've read the previous 11 books and enjoyed them then you will want to read this one as well. It has been a while since I read any of the previous books and this one seemed pretty short. It does set up a villain or two and questions that will be dealt with in future books but does not leave ...

from shammynix

Unfortunately, Terry Goodkind started to loose me with this one. I loved the last 3 books of the Sword of Truth. They were philosophical, really dug deep into Richard, both his character and AS a character. He's a free will kind of person and by god it showed. The Omen Machine does not detract fr...

from LindaLiu

A bit insubstantial plotwise, as it became obvious what was happening quite early on. It was OK. It was nice that the book opened with Cara and Benjamin's wedding. Shame the peace didn't last very long and Goodkind's writing style hadn't changed - too much repetitive explanation of background inf...