Decision to reread before continuing where I left off
blew through the first four books within a few weeks. That was a year and a half ago. Life happened and I am only recently picking them back up again.
I could have picked up where I left off but just couldn’t shake this feeling that I may have forgotten some significant detail. People who read the story as the books were being published were likely accustomed to long breaks between novels. Goodkind is careful to give context and drop refreshers where they may be needed. Is this standard with this type of book series? The only other high fantasy I’ve read are The Lord of the Rings and A Song of Ice and Fire. The latter being the first series I’ll be finishing as it’s published.
Rereading the first four books is a major commitment - especially wi…