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The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

22 reviews

bookboxcanoe's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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? No

2.0

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delawarebookgirl's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Beautiful fantasy storytelling and characters. It's a hefty book at nearly 1000 pages, but I enjoyed it just as much, if not more, than The Name of the Wind. I hope the story gets a conclusion, but I love and recommend the first and second books on their own merits. This book is quite long in audiobook format (spend up, it's still 45+ hours long), but the narrator is excellent. This isn't a book to rush through anyway.

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aleciahatfield's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

one of the best series i’ve read in a while! filled to the brim with action, mystery, intriguing worldbuilding, and even a little smidge of romance. the last half of the book was a little slow for me, but the ending made up for it. now i’ll join everyone else in patiently waiting for the last book to be published. :)

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fisherjam's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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music_maker's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious

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

4.75

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lenore2185's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Spoiler free review: way too horny, too many pointless tangents, not a single interesting character in sight, adult Kvothe was the only redeeming quality, Rothfuss can't write women unless they exist to serve men

The first half was fine, but what in the weird male power fantasy was that second half? And on top of that it was boring.

First of all, the Felurian calling Kvothe a "lusty man" after trying to death by snu snu. Bitch, that's a child. He is sixteen. Go to prison.

Then all the Adem women finding this child irresistible. I don't know a single woman in her late 20s who would look at a 16-17 year old boy (again, a child) and go "Yeah, I want that." Go to prison.

Then Kvothe bravely rescues two girls from bandits, living out that weird power fantasy that men seem to have where they stop a rape by beating up a rapist (and yet they won't call their male friends out for sexually harassing or assaulting someone....okay). And after being brutally raped for days on end, one of these girls has the audacity to say "I hate men." I know, the horror. A girl experiences multiple brutal assaults by multiple men and has decided that she doesn't particularly like or trust men right now. And Kvothe, the dumbass, gets upset and says "I'm a man :( we're not all like that." He really looked this girl in the eye after she survived being raped and said "Well not all men!" Fuck off. It's even worse that it's implied he almost experienced sexual assault in his backstory, and yet he couldn't conjure up even a little bit of empathy. What the actual fucking fuck is all of this.

Tl;dr why did this book have to get so horny when the main character is a 16 year old boy. That's a child. Kvothe is a child. There are multiple sex scenes featuring a child. Go to prison.

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