Ugh, I couldn't stand Goodkind. His characters are one-dimensional clichés and his plots are full of so many strawman attacks on leftists that I ended up throwing the book across the room in disgust. Plus he's fond of gratuitous torture scenes and the plot of
Faith of the Fallen is directly plagiarised from the plot of
The Fountainhead, which wasn't that great a book to start with. Also in his interviews he comes across as the most arrogant ass ever
That said I have to confess I've never been able to bring myself to complete any of his books, but there's probably a really good reason for that.
George R. R. Martin & Terry Pratchett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Terry Goodkind