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Book Review By Jan Skritek
Stone of Tears - Sword of Truth 2 by Terry Goodkind

Main character is separated from love and goes to a place where wizard's are trained. He must accept his identity in order to save the world from destruction.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat -
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Explore:
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - two lovers coping with tough mission
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes
magical powers:
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - sword fights -
Kind of series -
Adversaries are… -
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can see into the future - can cast all sorts of spells
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction - - actual description of sex - descript. of private male anat. - rape/molest (yeech!)
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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