I saw the tv show first and was eager to read the book (The more Sword of Truth the better, right?). I found the book mostly interesting, but became disappointed when Mr. Goodkind started turning the story into erotic fantasy. There was also far too much emphasis on the bad guys and the terrible things they did to people. I find it insulting when people say that Terry Goodkind is as good as Tolkien. Tolkien didn't need to feed people's guilty pleasures to write a world famous and beloved epic; why did Mr. Goodkind? I'm very disappointed because there IS a lot of the "good stuff" in Mr. Goodkind's ideas. He could have made a masterpiece, but he didn't. :(