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Temple of the Winds
- Sword of Truth, Book 4
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 28 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
The dangerous, fanatical Imperial Order, under the leadership of the power-mad Emperor Jagang and his multitude of demonic underlings, unleashes a deadly plague. To find a cure, Richard Cypher and his beloved Kahlan Amnell must seek out the legendary Temple of the Winds, a fortress of evil sealed away for 3,000 years. But the path of the Seeker of Truth is never an easy one - even if he can reach the Temple at all, there is no guarantee he'll ever return.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Stuart
- 24-12-08
whats with the narrator?
OK, just downloaded this title and am a bit bemused. I have been listening to The Sword of Truth series from the beginning and the overall thread of the story is great, but each book has a different narrator. Although this has been a little annoying between books, in this book the pronunciation of one of the lead characters, Kay-lan, has changed to Car-lan. While this is surely a minor point, it detracts quite a bit from the fluency of the series. Hopefully it will not take too long to get used to the new character name.
It is a shame that this narrator hasn't listened to the previous volumes as some very good character personality traits have been developed by previous narrators. Looking ahead in the series the narration team recycles through the earlier readers, who have obviously "got into" the story and enjoyed reading it.
Because I have only just begun listening to this book I am hesitant to rate it at all, hence the non-commital three stars, but I am sure that the story as written is as fantastic as the previous volumes and probably warrants five stars. I just hope I can overcome my dread at hearing character names being pronounced wrong...
12 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Johanna
- 15-12-11
Gripping but...
The book itself is just as gripping as the rest of the series. It introduces Cara and the other girls properly, characters that I simply adore. You get swept away with anguish for the main characters as they are forced to make the hardest choices yet in the series.
Despite the amazing story, the narration annoyed me to the point where it made me not enjoy the audio book as much. Is it really that hard to at least listen to how people before you pronounced names? Kahlan is not some weird version of Carla. And even if it was, after three books pronouncing the name one way you can't just change it because you feel like it. It's even more frustrating because of the name Cara. They are pronounced so similar that it is sometimes hard to distinguish who he is talking about.
I managed to ignore the problems after a while and still enjoyed the book, but I find it sad that the producers couldn't pay a little more attention to detail.
9 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- AD
- 23-08-16
odd narration
the narrator changed the pronunciation of the heroines name completely from the previous 3 books. Quite why that was allowed is a mystery. He pronounces certain other words in a very strange way too. it was pretty distracting at times.
6 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- David Hughes
- 13-12-18
Didn't like the change in the Narrater
I struggled at first because of the change in Narrater and the way he firstly portrayed the characters with his voice and then how he pronounced the names of the characters all being different from the previous Narrater.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Highlanderin
- 30-08-11
Great book
I really love these books, and the narration is good. Sadly he pronounces the name Kahlan wrong... He should have listened to the others first.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- James
- 05-08-21
no consistency with narrators
the different narrators in each book is incredibly annoying especially in this book as the narrator decided to pronounce the name kaylen as Colin really takes you out of the story
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 17-02-21
The adventures of Richard and Collin...
It’s another sword of truth novel, pretty much the same as the last. You either love it or hate it.
It is however incredibly annoying how they switch narrator from every book to the next, this narrator is particularly untalented. I cringe every time he pronunciates Kahlan as “Collin”...
2 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Rachel
- 02-01-09
The best yet
I really loved this one, the best of the series so far. The different threads were balanced really well, and there was none of the drifting plot that happens in books 2 and 3. I love all the books, but this is the best so far. Downloading book 5 already.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 14-08-22
Narrator terrible
Can't even pronounce the characters name correctly, this should be rerecorded and rereleased with a decent narrator.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 27-04-22
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Who the hec is collan? Richards New girlfriend that stepped in as the New mother confesser?
1 person found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Brian Lennox
- 24-11-09
Wow, this narrator really ruined this book
Troy, you are right.In the beginning, Im wondering who the heck is Colin? Some new character? Someone we have never met? No, just a real bad reader. Obviously, this was never editted by audible, or they would know that Terry Goodkind had intended that the name be pronounced correctly.(KAY-LIN). I doubt the narrator even listened to ANY previous copies of the books, so as to keep continuity to the story.I've been listening for 10 minutes,confused as to who Kara was talking to and had to stop to read the reviews, something I hardly do, as not to have my impression of the book tainted by positive or negative reviews. Do you think the narrators even care what we have to say? Probably not. I understand he reads Book 5 too...YAY!!!! Switching from one narrator to another in a long series is something that I am used to. They usually pronounce the names right, but come on Dick, next time...do alittle research before hand and avoid these negative reviews, that is, if you even care. Good luck people tolerating this title and the next one.
138 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Kristine
- 11-05-10
Her name is Kahlen not Colin!!
Like most people I have been ensnared by this series. Terry Goodkind knows how to weave a magical tale; however it is totally butchered by Dick Hill's narration. If you can get past the fact that this gentlemen mispronouces Kahlen's name often calling her different variations of Colin then it is worth listening to. I found myself every two minutes having to remember who Colin is!! Lucky for us he only narrates one of this series. It is amazing to me that the editors let this go. It is a long book and how do you not realize the mispronunciations!! I still enjoyed the story and will continue to purchase these books as long as Dick Hill is NOT the narrator!!
93 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Catrina
- 23-04-09
Unfortunately...
Unfortunately, I started the series and so it has to be finished. I say unfortunately only because the audio in this series is terribly inconsistent. The audio for this SPECIFIC book in the series is the worst ever!
The narrator actually mispronounces the names of main characters over and over. Meaning, the narrator not only starts the book with his own twist on announcing the names of principal charaters but then goes on to pronounce the same name differently later on. Then he switches back and forth!!!! What! It doesn't make sense and it is frustrating. Yes, I had read the reviews before I bought this title. Unfortunately for me, I wanted to continue the series and now have to trudge through it. It's horrendous.
85 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Stacy Fair
- 22-06-08
Hate the Narrator
I love this series of books. I find it a little disturbing when the narrators change from book to book in a series, but that can be okay if they are good narrators. But this narrator is really terrible. He doesn't pronounce the names of the characters correctly, and he made my favorite character "Zed" sound stupid with a really, really, exaggerated accent. I am almost to the point where I am thinking of finding a spoiler of this book so I can quickly move on to the next without having to listen to this guy anymore. The story itself is wonderful, the series is wonderful, so far, but I would buy the book of this one and leave the narration to yourself, you will be better satisfied.
78 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Thomas W. Spinrad
- 21-07-08
Please no more Dick Hall
The narrator should have at least listened to one of the prior books. He is a poor narrator and has a poor sense of the characters. His vocal stylings more adapted to gangster novels than to epic fantasy. His insistent determination not to pronounce names in the same manner as written is more than disconcerting it is offensive.
The novel itself is a small jewel and deserves better treatment by the voice talent.
I would rate the novel as a 5 and the narration as a 1-. Thus the average is 3 out of five.
77 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Clint
- 01-04-09
REDO PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These stories are very good and deserve to be read by someone who cares about the story. I have enjoyed many stories over the years where the same narrator is used start to finish and it makes such a HUGE difference in the enjoyment of the story that is almost unmeasurable. Anyone who can't be bothered to even check the main character name pronunciation when starting in the middle of a series should not be considered for the job. If there is a QA team that listens before the story is brought to it's audience then they too should be replaced. Barring this - as always, the story will capture you and keep you wanting more. I highly recommend the story to anyone who enjoys the world of Fantasy.
74 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Frank D
- 15-07-08
Wrong Name
I thought the story was good but it could have been better a hole lot better. In the first 3 books the main female was called Kalin not colin like in the temple of the winds. I'm suprised when they made this recording nobody caught it.
59 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Pamela Frost
- 15-07-08
Temple of the Winds
I have enjoyed the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind - I am afterall on Book 5 of the series.
The one disturbing element I have encountered is due to the change in narrator that came with Book 5 - Temple of the Winds. I am disturbed by the fact that the narrator pronounces some of the character and place names differently than what I heard in the first 4 books. Even the name of one of the main characters - Kaelin. It has gone from Kay-lynn to Collin. This may be a minor point to some, but it continues to bother me.
35 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Gail
- 23-03-09
Reader problem
The story holds up but the reader pronounces Kahlan's name as though it were Colin and it threw me off every time. I had to keep translating it in my mind. It was rather annoying.
34 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Matthew
- 13-12-09
Narrator Killed the story
I failed to read the reviews first and suffered through the awful narration. If you listen to every other book in this series do the right thing and just read this one.
16 people found this helpful