Ok, first of all I have to say that Goodkind is starting to write like Jordan. The first couple of books were good but they are declining as the series progresses. Goodkind has the knack for turning simple things into ten page explinations. thus makeing Chainfire 600+ pages.In this book you read all 600 pages, and at the end you are left hanging with alot of unsolved problems. But, still it is a great series and im waiting to complete the series.