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silversteampunk's review against another edition
1.0
HOW do people like this book? The main character, Kvothe, is the worst character I have ever read in any piece of adult fiction. He is a top notch Mary-Sue right up there with “Ebony Darkness Dementia Ravenway.” Except unlike Ebony he isn’t funny, and he doesn’t bring back fond memories of being an edgy middle-schooler. He just reads like a self-conscious man with no friends that you would find featured on the r/IamVerySmart, r/IamVeryBadass and r/QuitYourBullshit subreddits.
Sorry to sound crude, but the best way to sum up this book is some guy basically bragging about the size of his dick without ever actually mentioning his dick.
The book starts out with a mysterious innkeeper (Kvothe) slaying spooky spider-demons, and I was totally on board. That goes on for a couple chapters until the book decides to slam on the breaks as he decides to tell us his entire life story starting when he was like 5….
At 5 he knew several different languages, played the lute better than adults, and probably had an IQ of 300 or something ridiculous like that. Also keep in mind, this is all in first person. “As a child I knew many different languages” and “I wasn't like other children my age I was special” So yeah…. This gets old very quickly.
And we literally get his entire life story up until he’s a late teenager.
Chaste women turn into sluts for him, boys hate him because he’s so good at everything, and all his teachers either worship him because he is so gifted or they are jealous of him and hate him because he’s better at everything than they are. I think you pretty much get the idea. This book is around 90 chapters long too if I remember correctly. 90 chapters of this.
It sucks because I was legitimately interested in the worldbuilding and the mysteries that were introduced in the beginning of the story. His parents are killed by these cryptic entities/creatures called the Chandrian that kill anyone who know even small pieces of lore about them. And I was very genuinely interested in this part of the story, but the story brought this up rarely. By the end of the book, it didn’t really answer any of the questions brought up in the beginning. The book was much more focused on the drama surrounding Kvothe’s lovelife and school life.
Sorry to sound crude, but the best way to sum up this book is some guy basically bragging about the size of his dick without ever actually mentioning his dick.
The book starts out with a mysterious innkeeper (Kvothe) slaying spooky spider-demons, and I was totally on board. That goes on for a couple chapters until the book decides to slam on the breaks as he decides to tell us his entire life story starting when he was like 5….
At 5 he knew several different languages, played the lute better than adults, and probably had an IQ of 300 or something ridiculous like that. Also keep in mind, this is all in first person. “As a child I knew many different languages” and “I wasn't like other children my age I was special” So yeah…. This gets old very quickly.
And we literally get his entire life story up until he’s a late teenager.
Chaste women turn into sluts for him, boys hate him because he’s so good at everything, and all his teachers either worship him because he is so gifted or they are jealous of him and hate him because he’s better at everything than they are. I think you pretty much get the idea. This book is around 90 chapters long too if I remember correctly. 90 chapters of this.
It sucks because I was legitimately interested in the worldbuilding and the mysteries that were introduced in the beginning of the story. His parents are killed by these cryptic entities/creatures called the Chandrian that kill anyone who know even small pieces of lore about them. And I was very genuinely interested in this part of the story, but the story brought this up rarely. By the end of the book, it didn’t really answer any of the questions brought up in the beginning. The book was much more focused on the drama surrounding Kvothe’s lovelife and school life.
angushealy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
tonund's review against another edition
medium-paced
4.25
Fikk igjen ikke med meg alt, men får en følelse at jeg liker den veldig godt. Må nok lese den fysisk og vil få med meg mer. Rangerer den etter at jeg ikke synes det var et ork å høre på og det jeg tror jeg hadde gitt den hadde jeg lest den fysisk. Har god tid da bok 3 nok ikke kommer ut på en stund.
winstonxmalone's review against another edition
4.0
Fantastic read! I struggled in the middle for awhile, but the ending was worth it. Can't wait to read "The Wise Man's Fear".
kistlkd's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this story, but it takes a good portion of the book to really get hooked. Such a unique story telling experience. Amazingly intricate world
novatrigger's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
lbarsk's review against another edition
5.0
OH MY GOD!!! THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD!!! GO READ IT!!! Any minute not spent engaging with the Kingkiller Chronicles series is a minute wasted.
soniagracelm's review against another edition
3.0
My immediate reaction upon finishing the book was irritation. It felt like I had just read nearly seven hundred pages of prologue. Patrick Rothfuss is a decent writer, to be sure, and his characters are mostly interesting. His main problem is that this book is all backstory. Nothing actually happens. There are villains - sort of - but they aren’t particularly well-rounded. They seem fairly incidental actually. The main point of the story is to establish the character of Kvothe, our hero, by examining his childhood and adolescence. We also see Kvothe as a broken man post-EVENT.
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benhouchen's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Possibly the most overrated book in Fantasy at the moment. Everyone is upset there is not a third. But I couldn't make it past halfway through the second. The Character development is non-existent, supposedly holding it all for the last book when we're supposed to find out how the main character changed so much. But the build up simply isn't worth it. The kid floats through life, perfect at everything he tries, leaving no actual tension or conflict. It's boring, it's poorly written. It's baffling to me why it's rater so highly.