Overall, this was a satisfactory ending to what amounted to a 14,000 page endeavor by the author.

While the chapters detailing Richard's captivity could have been shortened, I suppose they were necessary to fill all of the details behind the Order's motivations and what was to come in the rest of the story.

Since this was the last book in the series, it was interesting to see how the author reincorporated characters from early on in the story like the Mud People and Gregory, Scarlet's son. (Richard knew him when he was just an egg "this big.")

It may sound trite, but everyone "got what they deserved" in the end -except possibly Warren and the Prelate.

We discover the true purpose behind the Sword of Truth and a world is created, reflective of our own society today, where people must live without magic and hope to only succeed by making the right decisions to accept and honor life above all else. ( )

People complain a lot about the way Terry Goodkind is trying to force his views on certain political/philosophical subjects via his books... I'm NOT one of them! I read his books for the enjoyment I get from his characters and from the stories he tells.
Confessor is the final book in the Sword of Truth series and Terry has written an ending worthy of the series. Without giving away any spoilers, while tying up all the loose ends he has also managed to leave the way for us to return to the world of Kahlan and Richard or to visit some of the other characteres and I, for one, wouldn't be disappointed to find a new series set in the same world appearing in the future. ( )

The author did a good job of pulling together the plot elements of the previous 12 books. Sometimes gruesome, sometimes silly, sometimes sappy, always readable, it reflected its predecessors. I disliked the simplistic preachiness throughout which I thought was overdone. This is after all, fantasy, so if I can accept superhuman feats of endurance, swordplay, and, of course, magic, I can accept repetitious sermonizing. The Sword of Truth series could have ended several times. It certainly could have generated many spin offs. Like Stephen King's Gunslinger series, I enjoyed the journey but was glad to see it end. Likewise, I'd consider taking a similar voyage in the future, if offered. I'll make the same offer to Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin when they follow suit. ( )

The author did a good job of pulling together the plot elements of the previous 12 books. Sometimes gruesome, sometimes silly, sometimes sappy, always readable, it reflected its predecessors. I disliked the simplistic preachiness throughout which I thought was overdone. This is after all, fantasy, so if I can accept superhuman feats of endurance, swordplay, and, of course, magic, I can accept repetitious sermonizing. The Sword of Truth series could have ended several times. It certainly could have generated many spin offs. Like Stephen King's Gunslinger series, I enjoyed the journey but was glad to see it end. Likewise, I'd consider taking a similar voyage in the future, if offered. I'll make the same offer to Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin when they follow suit. ( )

Overall, a pretty good book. However, I was rather unsatisfied by the way Goodkind ended the series. It felt too... I don't know, happy? It simply seems like an overly clichéd ending that is way happier than necessary and seems to solve everything.

Also, [SPOILER] the fact that Richard didn't kill Jagang - no, not even that. Richard's reasoning behind not killing Jagang bothered me. I found it clichéd and unsatisfying because, quite honestly and frankly, I wanted Jagang to die. Jagang NEEDED to die. But he didn't. This sentence is here for people who did not want to be spoiled, because people, even trying not to, tend to read the last sentence of a paragraph when skipping it. You know it to be true.

Oh yeah! Reading some other reviews, I remembered something I really loved about this book that really redeemed it in my eyes: Ja'La. Quite simply put, the Ja'La matches were effing awesome. I wish Goodkind had put more in there, because just everything about those matches were BA. ( )