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Stone of Tears

Sword of Truth, Book 2

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Stone of Tears

Written by: Terry Goodkind
Narrated by: Jim Bond
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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.

©1995 by Terry Goodkind. (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic Heartfelt War Magic Users Wizardry
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I love this series, I have for years. After listening to Wizard’s First Rule read by Sam Tsoutsouvas, the bar had been set pretty high. Jim seemed to at times be too monotone, lacking feeling and at other times seem confused in voicing the characters. He made quite a few characters at times sound very whiny. And in 3 places managed to mix up Zedd and Adie in a conversation they had with each other. At times Zedd seemed to suddenly have an accent that made me think Irish or something. Fairly early on into the book I seriously considered returning it and just reading the paperback instead. I stuck with it only because trying to sit and read a novel with young children around is near impossible. I gave Jim an extra star because I felt he picked up his performance a bit at the end. I was very disappointed in how whiny and weak the characters sounded in places I myself had read very differently. I was also disappointed to discover that Sam does not narrate again until book 10. I hope the next one lives up to my expectations :)

Not a fan of Jim Bond

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Many of the characters are flat and cliche. The part when Richard and Kahlen profess their love made me cringe.... I just about could not handle it. Other than that, it is a great book. I would recommend speeding up the playing speed to 1.3 because the narrator is slow.

Interesting Storyline

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Loved the story, narrator is a bit robotic sounding, but you do get used to it. Don't let it discourage you from listening to this book.
if you enjoyed the first book, you'll enjoy the sequel!

Amazing series!

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Narrator sounds like a computer program. Good story. Terrible narration. Imagine if Siri read the story to you…

Terrible Narrator

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Whenever the reader tried to embellish voices in whiny or emotional tones I wanted to shut off the book.

He's incapable of delivering changes well.

Normal voice would have been preferable.

Reader made me want to shut it off.

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The book itself was good but the reader is the most monotone, boring reader of all time. He is only good for reading textbooks

Jim Bond is an awful reader

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Richard starts to learn how to be himself. which brings some fun story moments. some new characters are introduced that will be favorites in books to come. but the reading was one of the worst I have heard in my opinion. I only finished listening to the whole thing since I read the book before and enjoyed the story.

The Start

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I love the sword of truth series. I’ve read them all before about a decade ago and decided to listen to them this time. Wizard’s First Rule was narrated exceptionally by Sam Tsoutsouvas but Jim Bond just missed the mark.

Love the book but the narrator wasn’t my favorite.

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I have read 6 books into the series and decided to start over listening to the audio books. The first book “Wizard’s First Rule” was excellent all around. However the narration in the stone of tears is atrocious. The reader sounds like a robot. Not a pleasant experience.

Great story, poor narration

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Same as the other reviews state. I will say that I think the narrator improves as the book goes on, but overall not great. Poor character voice variations. Often mispronounced words. Overall robotic sound. Occasionally these things took me out of my immersion in the story.

Great Story. Poor Narration.

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