Stone of Tears

Sword of Truth, Book 2

By: Terry Goodkind

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 38 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

An epic of awesome power from Terry Goodkind, the second installment of the bestselling series A Sword of Truth

Kahlan has at last gained the one goal she had always thought was beyond her grasp...love. Against all odds, the ancient bonds of secret oaths, and the dark talents of men long dead, Richard has won her heart.

Amid sudden and disastrous events, Richard's life is called due to satisfy those treacherous oaths. To save his life, Kahlan must forsake Richard's love and cast him into the chains of slavery, knowing there could be no sin worse than such a betrayal.

Richard is determined to unlock the secrets bound in the magic of ancient oaths and to again be free. Kahlan, alone with the terrible truth of what she has done, must set about altering the course of a world thrown into war. But even that may be easier than ever winning back the heart of the only man she will ever love.

War, suffering, torture, and deceit lie in their paths, and nothing will save them from a destiny of violent death, unless their courage and faith are joined with luck and they find the elusive...Stone of Tears.

Epic edge: listen to more in the Sword of Truth series.

©1995 by Terry Goodkind. (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

gratch loves ritchard

narrator was not as good as the first but still decent and worth listening too even if he didnt make the dragon sound sassy like the first book. This book made my eyes water twice over gratch, now I want a short tailed garr of my own as a companion.

Drab uninspired reading

I listen to audio books at 2-3x speed. I hear everything fine, and it does allow for an interesting meta. It's very easy to hear the different kinds of voices and ups and downs in a persons voice when they are narrating. This particular narrator, Jim Bond, would be great for commercials, and short narrations etc. For a long story of this type, however, it is not a good fit. I am grateful I didn't have to read the book (read when I was a kid) and could just listen while I do other things. However, Jim has a tendency to use the same 'meter' of speaking for every character except the Gar with very little exception. He's just reading. He's not telling a story.

Struggling

I really enjoy this series and have previously read all the books several years ago. I thought I would re-listen this time to pick up what I missed or catch clues in previous books that came to light later in the series. Unfortunately, after listening to the first book, I am struggling to finish this one due to the narrator. He has a very monotone voice that makes the characters sound a bit robotic in the first half of the book, but it gets better. If you can push past that, the book itself is fantastic. The development and adventures of each character truly drags your mind into their world.

gratch luuuug Reeechard

pick up where Wizards first Rule left off and become spell bound to tanimura city.

Nostalgia re readers beware.

I loved the series when I was around 20, it was honestly my favorite for a few years, and I had thought revisiting it would be a joy.

I'll tell you right now, I was mistaken.

These books have not aged well.

From preaching religion, to preachy philosophy the books are definitely more of a chore to get through now. I'm not sure if I'll make it much farther.

Also, something about having rape in every chapter that doesn't sit well with me 10 years older than the last time I read the books.

Richard also, is the worst protagonist. He is constantly messing up, constantly a goody goody, and overall comes off as an idiot. And that makes his genius level choices just seem ridiculous by far. He literally will preach about being open minded one chapter, then be stubborn and close minded the next.

Its painful.

Then there's the narrator. At best.. Hes terribly inconsistent. At worst, he should find a new line of work. He does a few voices believably, and then missed the mark so hard on some that it ruins everything and you just grit your teeth waiting for it to be over. He will literally make you hate some characters that you should love.

I was literally rooting for the bad guys to behead one of the lead characters just so I didn't have to hear him voice her anymore.

If his random robot monotonous babble doesn't ruin it for you, the terrible terrible wails of anguish that sound fake will do it.

And the worst part is, he just switches to talking like a robot at random. Its not for effect, its just.. there, making a jarring point out of no where, mid sentence.

Yuck.

Good story. different narrator

I really enjoyed the story. The narrator switched between this and the first book. I'm not a fan of the way the new voice actor made many characters sound robotic. You get used to it though.

solid story

I thought the story was solid, but I wasnt a fan of the narrator. I thought the first book's narrator was much better.

Not the best Narrator

The switch in narrator between this book and the last book is very noticeable. I am able to get through it, but that is only by my strong desire to get past this book in the series.

Nope

Did they even audition this guy to read the book?? Pick him up off the street?? I'm going to skip book 2 simply because I cannot listen to his voice and what he does to the characters. Sam did an amazing narration in book 1. I hope he's back in book 3.

Lucky Charms Leprechaun’s & Speedy Gonzales’s Love-Child

Why does Zedd the Wizard have accents that sound like a cross between the Lucky Charms Leprechaun’s & Speedy Gonzales’s?