people dont understand that Goodkind is writing more to inspire than to entertain. time and time again he has stated that he hates the stigma of fantasy. His writing revolves around his conviction. If you dont see that u cant like the book. That is why his work is so divisive. Pullman writes about atheism, lewis wrote about Christianity, Goodkind writes about objectivism; All 3 used the concept of fantasy to tell their tales. To each his own, im so tired of defending his work to ASOIAF and fantasy fanboys. The fanboys are so loud, yet Goodkind outsells Martin and Jordan and released 11 books in a 13 yr period. Most importantly he finished what he set out to do. I've gotten more professors and college students to read goodkind more than any other author after writing papers on certain dialogs and speeches. People complain about his preaching, but for f*cks sake that is what he set out to do in the first place!
Some people thought passion of the christ was a horrible movie, some people thought it was great, but people didnt hate or love the movie because of the directing or the writing, it was a movie revolving around a belief, a message, a concept. It was not meant to be entertaining, thus the polarizing reception. When u use art to conceptualize a conviction results will be divisive because convictions are supremely subjective and relative. Hence the concept of self perception.... we ourselves must see and judge material revolving around conviction to understand how our internal subjectivity relates to it.
ofcourse alot of folk hate goodkind and his novels... have u seen or read how koontz is received in literary circles? i cant count how many times ive seen the words "hack writer" "gimmick writer" "horror writer" "formula man" related to his name. Yet i love Koontz to death because he doesnt just write to entertain, his messages in his novels some times transcend the concept of profound. This is why i will always place Goodkind and Harry Potter over ASOIAF, the authors dont just set out to entertain and express their literary skill. Rowling always stated first and foremost that the one thing she hates most in life is bigotry, an issue that she wanted her tale to revolve around. This meant so much to me back in the day black boy of 13, Goodkind taught me that good men still exist and heroes can revolve around their morals, and not their flaws. For every bastardized flawed hero, we need a richard.
people keep bitching about rape, just so u know 1 out of every 5 women in america is sexually assaulted before they are 18. Rape is a serious issue. Women get raped every singe day. Goodkind who is a woman's right activist by the way exposes it as one of the greatest atrocities man can commit. But nooooo, u people dont want to see that or the seriousness behind such a dark issue. You people dont see that Goodkinds novels revolve around the concept of free will, and how he uses rape and religion to contrast free will. People keep saying rape, rape, rape, yet there are more female characters that male in his world, and 90% of them have more power than all the men. unbelievable. Then again, to each his own. everybody will like what they want to like and that is what free will is all about. this is exactly what goodkind writes about. u can hate his work and his characters. its all good because that is exactly what he believes in, it is why he writes.
