aliceallenaz's review against another edition
5.0
Love this series - this amazing world! So anxious for the third/final book!
emanning64's review against another edition
4.0
Having loved the first book, I was extremely excited to begin this one. Overall it is a good book though not as good as the first one. Despite being longer I still enjoyed it and had trouble putting it down at times.
However there were times that I felt some of it could have been cut out, with parts feeling like kvothe and Patrick rothfuss were just meandering about and not really doing anything.
Another thing is this is supposed to be a trilogy yet it doesn't seem that this book added a whole lot to the overall plot. It's going to take a lot to cover everything and tie all the ends up in the next book unless he wants to make it more than a trilogy.
Despite these gripes, I still enjoyed the book immensely. There were a lot of exciting moments that happened and it kept me entertained. Most importantly it has me hooked and wishing for the third book.
However there were times that I felt some of it could have been cut out, with parts feeling like kvothe and Patrick rothfuss were just meandering about and not really doing anything.
Another thing is this is supposed to be a trilogy yet it doesn't seem that this book added a whole lot to the overall plot. It's going to take a lot to cover everything and tie all the ends up in the next book unless he wants to make it more than a trilogy.
Despite these gripes, I still enjoyed the book immensely. There were a lot of exciting moments that happened and it kept me entertained. Most importantly it has me hooked and wishing for the third book.
biddymesschaert's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
This series created a world I did not want to leave. Kvothe stole my heart and this is by far my favorite fantasy series. And I've read (and love) a few .
seeliefae's review against another edition
3.0
3,5 ⭐️
The second part was very disappointing. It made me cringe badly and I couldn't take kvothe seriously.
Patrick, you won't read this but please, PLEASE, don't ever write about sex ever again. You destroyed my boy. Stop writing women too, you write them like the old white man that you are.
The second part was very disappointing. It made me cringe badly and I couldn't take kvothe seriously.
Patrick, you won't read this but please, PLEASE, don't ever write about sex ever again. You destroyed my boy. Stop writing women too, you write them like the old white man that you are.
readerxxx's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book and now I have to suffer for three more years to wait for the conclusion. While I did not enjoy this one as much as the first in the series I still loved it. The journeys into Fae and with the red leathered warriors took a lot longer than they needed to.
ngreads's review against another edition
5.0
This book was just as epic as the first one, if not more so. Well written, well developed, and a very smooth continuation from the first book.
The only slight thing that I found unappealing about The Wise Man's Fear was how long the Felurian 'arc' was, but since I can completely understand the necessity of that part in the book and it was still very well written, I find that it doesn't really detract from how enjoyable the book is.
Where this book answered very few questions that were posed in the first book, I found that all of the stories presented in it and all of the arcs that it went through were very necessary to the final development of Kvothe's final character, and that all of the events in this book are necessary for understanding absolutely everything that will occur in the third book. It was that moment of chording in the middle of a symphony - not a lot of a crescendo, and not a lot of tie-in to the eventual finale and end of the melody, nor the most exciting or thrilling part of the song, but needed nonetheless to properly set up the audience for a stunning end.
This book is every bit as good as the first one promised, and with how The Wise Man's Fear was, I'm sure we can expect an absolutely incredible finale to the Kingkiller Chronicles.
The only slight thing that I found unappealing about The Wise Man's Fear was how long the Felurian 'arc' was, but since I can completely understand the necessity of that part in the book and it was still very well written, I find that it doesn't really detract from how enjoyable the book is.
Where this book answered very few questions that were posed in the first book, I found that all of the stories presented in it and all of the arcs that it went through were very necessary to the final development of Kvothe's final character, and that all of the events in this book are necessary for understanding absolutely everything that will occur in the third book. It was that moment of chording in the middle of a symphony - not a lot of a crescendo, and not a lot of tie-in to the eventual finale and end of the melody, nor the most exciting or thrilling part of the song, but needed nonetheless to properly set up the audience for a stunning end.
This book is every bit as good as the first one promised, and with how The Wise Man's Fear was, I'm sure we can expect an absolutely incredible finale to the Kingkiller Chronicles.
rlse's review against another edition
5.0
Ok, it has stranger pacing than the first, but the storytelling is still totally engrossing.
bookshelfmonkey's review against another edition
2.0
This book was way, way too long. The story that Rothfuss seems to be trying to tell could actually be quite interesting, but this just went on and on. There were so many subplots that I lost any interest in the actual plot.
I also see what people meant when they said that this book went sharply downhill as soon as Kvothe discovered sex. It was... not good.
4/10
I also see what people meant when they said that this book went sharply downhill as soon as Kvothe discovered sex. It was... not good.
4/10