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Originally Posted by xg4bx
kinda OT but i'm curious as to why goodkind draws such a visceral reaction from his detractors in general. do you just think the writing is tripe? do you disagree with his politics? i've read 99% of his books and i don't see what the hubub is about, i found them to be pretty standard fantasy fare.
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If you read his first few books, I'd say his writing was standard fantasy fare.
In the middle of the series, he suddenly went overtly political (I thought Animal Farm was a bit heavy-handed but this was worse) and then repeated it in subsequent books (ummm, there was even one book where the protagonist only appeared in the last 20 pages or so).
And Goodkind is popular, so whether you're good or not, it tends to attract a large target on you.
(In this case though, some people were comparing the ideologies Goodkind was spouting in his books--they were overt after all--versus his actual practice, in this case the actions he took on piracy.)