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samirahmaidi's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
lorenzosivilotti's review against another edition
4.0
A strange, subtle, and delicate fable, simmering with suggestive depths.
8/10
8/10
katjoyce8's review against another edition
3.0
This isn't my type of book, but I can still appreciate it. The writing is amazing, and this book really gives the reader insight about how Auri's mind works. It's a very sweet, short story. That being said, I found it hard to get through because it dragged a bit. Still found it unconventional and clever.
xentimus's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
hayleystagg's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
jfaberrit's review against another edition
4.0
This is a nice exercise in both character-building and world-building, befitting it's novella length. Admittedly, there isn't much action, but I'm confused by how a genre that can admit the Silmarillion as a classic wouldn't have room for a demonstration of how a character not on a heroic quest would interact with a different fantastic world. The story of Auri is charming (I'd say "sweet" and grin, but she does so about 100 times each and I need a break from those descriptions for a little while), and but for some intentional repetitions that wandered over more into being tics than showing off patterns I have to say I enjoyed the story. The stakes are low, but the writing is pleasant and Rothfuss' sense of perspective for her is strong. It's much easier to get a picture of the working of magic and sympathy certainly. Basically, an interesting and different exercise in teasing out a side-story, one I'm glad I got to see.
missemleigh's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5 stars - very sincere story of auri. Maybe not for me, like patrick suggests, but i respect and love the dedication to his craft and stories. This book still has strong, wonderful takeaways and beautiful moments.
dashie's review against another edition
5.0
Rothfuss' existence pisses me off on the occasion I remember that The Doors of Stone is still AWOL. But no writer's words speak right to the molten core of my being as his does.
I think I might like this novella more than 2/3 of The Kingkiller Chronicles that I have read. Because Kvothe is me, but all that is good and soft and caring of me that I keep hidden for the sake of my own safety and sanity is Auri. Reading about her various days, when she let's the day decide what kind of day it's going to be made me nostalgic for when I was unemployed. Yes I was dirt poor, yes given the choice I would never wallow in that poverty again, but in those days, my creativity thrived, I was rich in imagination, my life was full. I wrote and I read and I took photos and every new day, without the monotony of adult life, was an adventure waiting to happen.
This is a book to reread when I need that reminder again. That it's ok to go at your own pace; somedays are for making, somedays are for lying in the dark. But all days, you must move with grace with the earth. In balance.
I think I might like this novella more than 2/3 of The Kingkiller Chronicles that I have read. Because Kvothe is me, but all that is good and soft and caring of me that I keep hidden for the sake of my own safety and sanity is Auri. Reading about her various days, when she let's the day decide what kind of day it's going to be made me nostalgic for when I was unemployed. Yes I was dirt poor, yes given the choice I would never wallow in that poverty again, but in those days, my creativity thrived, I was rich in imagination, my life was full. I wrote and I read and I took photos and every new day, without the monotony of adult life, was an adventure waiting to happen.
This is a book to reread when I need that reminder again. That it's ok to go at your own pace; somedays are for making, somedays are for lying in the dark. But all days, you must move with grace with the earth. In balance.
freshasadaisy's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75