Reviews

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

tmsiu's review against another edition

5.0

Even better the second time around.

jlfgarris's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.75

wigglystickdude's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

weasleygirl04's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

sdkrause's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

eloisebellingham's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

gabrieled's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I was septic at the beginning, particularly because the praise of the author's way of writing (which is compared to a song) and of how good the book is (which in on of the praise on the book it's written "Shelve THE NAME OF THE WIND beside The Lord of the Rings..." (as I am a huge fan of the Lord of the Rings so I was extremely curious and septic)). Then I read to prologue which isn't two full pages and I thought it was beautiful. It just flows and you're carried. It's also one of the very few books in which I didn't skip over descriptions.

Kvothe is an incredibly developed character (which is expected since this is his story, but I feel like it needs to be said). Also usually, I don't particularly enjoy reading stories that are told this way (as in the character in the book is telling their story to someone in the book), because it sometimes feels too much like the character gloss over their part of responsibility in a conflict and paint the others in a less favorable light then how they paint themselves. I also usually don't like this because the setting in which the character are when telling their story tells you too much of how it's end. But in this book it absolutely did not.

Let's end this by saying that The Name of the Wind is shelve close to The Lord of the Rings.

deweezy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

theajwh's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

brennanat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0