I have decided to stop reading the sword of truth after Faith of the Fallen (and reading on Amazon that his preaching gets even worse). It's not a Fantasy book anymore, it's a political manifesto. And Goodkind isn't even good in writing political stuff.
I don't mind a fantasy author's political direction, I wouldn't even mind, if his direction shined through here and there. But Goodkind is so in-the-face and lacking any subtlety that it's unbearable. I'd also dislike it if I actually agreed with his agenda. It's like he is writing: "The Imperial Order is Socialism. Socialism is evil! And now I'm gonna repeat this for the next three chapters, so that you really get it." And equally to the rising of his political writings in his books, the actual plot of the books decreased until it was little less than a boring and unbelievable masquerade for his agenda.
I think it really is a shame, for I hold Wizard's First Rule in the highest regard.
