Goodkind is a very good writer IMHO, and the premise had a lot of promise, I just think it fell very short of where it could have been. The climax of the novel felt very rushed and came out of Left Field.
The premise is a stretch but it's fiction, so poetic license with pseudo-science is fair game. While I never really feared for them, there were some moments that were tense and chilling. The characters in NEST are a little flat, but serviceable. It's something that appeared about half-way through the Sword of Truth books and only served to slow them down and cause me to skip whole passages. NEST starts out strong but then slows to a glacial pace as Goodkind resorts to his endless explanations about what is going on and why. Well, while Terry Goodkind's new novel, NEST, is sure to be a Best Seller, there aren't many boxes to check off. It created a checklist of sorts that I mentally use as a read any type of fiction. It was an insightful book and altered the way that I read from that point forward.
Koontz) about how to write a Best Seller. Travel with Goodkind on a dangerous journey to the back alleys of the darknet, to the darkest corners of our minds, and to the very origins of what it is to be human.īack in the 80s, I read a non-fiction book by Dean Koontz (who, at the time, went by Dean R. But even as she fights for her life, Kate still isn’t sure if Jack is really her salvation, or another killer coming to slaughter her.Īn explosive mix of action and suspense, Nest is a landmark new novel from worldwide bestselling author Terry Goodkind, and a complete reinvention of the contemporary thriller. Now, hot on Jack and Kate’s heels are a force of super-predators, vicious and bloodthirsty killers who will stop at nothing until Kate is dead. He tells Kate that her unique vision also makes her a target, and only he can help her. She is tracked down by Jack Raines, a mysterious author with shadowy connections to those who share her ability. Trying to grasp the implications of this revelation, Kate is drawn deep into a world of terror. But when she unexpectedly finds herself in the middle of a police investigation into a brutal murder, Kate makes a shocking discovery: she has the ability to identify killers just by looking into their eyes. Kate Bishop thought she was an ordinary woman living and working in Chicago. What if you could see evil? What if evil could see you? #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind returns with a provocative, page-turning walk among evil.