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branson's review against another edition
5.0
Sweeping. Beautiful. Spacious. Carries the feelings of leaves blowing in the wind and the abstract under workings of intuition and true magic.
Bigger in scope while deepening my feelings for the characters we already knew. I see how so much can be tied into a single book.
Name of the Wind changed how I saw. Wise Man's Fear first changed how I thought, then changed how I walked.
Bigger in scope while deepening my feelings for the characters we already knew. I see how so much can be tied into a single book.
Name of the Wind changed how I saw. Wise Man's Fear first changed how I thought, then changed how I walked.
hayleyangle's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
jack_smith's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
scarletsnake's review against another edition
2.0
This book was shocking easy to read for a book I thought was so low quality. If this book has one positive characteristics it is readability.
The 2 mains reasons I disliked it so much.
1. The Authors treatment of women got worse not better in this sequel. I am not sure if it is just that the main character is sexually active now, but in this sequel every female character becomes not much more than a sex object. Where I felt they were not well developed characters in the first book.
2. It goes almost no where. The storys first half introduces almost nothing and just rehashes what happened in the latter part of the first book. The second half covers new material but by the end we are back almost exactly where we started, again, but this time the main character is not poor, and has had sex.
3. Hard to call it even a love story. I cannot think of a better example of a toxic infatuation not written as such.
I totally understand why there is and never will be a third book after reading this one. How could there be? This book covers almost nothing of the larger story we were promised and just kicks the can down the road. The author has left himself with a impossible task making this a trilogy from the onset. I find it hard to believe he stuck to a outline of one ever existed.
Just a small list of the things the next book has to cover if it will wrap this up. How does MC get kicked out of school. Who Amyr are. Something more of the Chandrian. Who is this King that MC kills. Why is the world falling apart. And there are countless small things that this book never bothers to answer. Just asks a few more questions and waste a lot of time.
Books 1 follows 4-6 years of MC life. Book 2 covers 2 years at the most and leaves around a decade to cover by the last.
If this was not set up as a trilogy the author could of written a dozen of these I suspect. They probably would of gotten only worse as it went on but I bet it would still be pretty popular.
The 2 mains reasons I disliked it so much.
1. The Authors treatment of women got worse not better in this sequel. I am not sure if it is just that the main character is sexually active now, but in this sequel every female character becomes not much more than a sex object. Where I felt they were not well developed characters in the first book.
2. It goes almost no where. The storys first half introduces almost nothing and just rehashes what happened in the latter part of the first book. The second half covers new material but by the end we are back almost exactly where we started, again, but this time the main character is not poor, and has had sex.
3. Hard to call it even a love story. I cannot think of a better example of a toxic infatuation not written as such.
I totally understand why there is and never will be a third book after reading this one. How could there be? This book covers almost nothing of the larger story we were promised and just kicks the can down the road. The author has left himself with a impossible task making this a trilogy from the onset. I find it hard to believe he stuck to a outline of one ever existed.
Just a small list of the things the next book has to cover if it will wrap this up. How does MC get kicked out of school. Who Amyr are. Something more of the Chandrian. Who is this King that MC kills. Why is the world falling apart. And there are countless small things that this book never bothers to answer. Just asks a few more questions and waste a lot of time.
Books 1 follows 4-6 years of MC life. Book 2 covers 2 years at the most and leaves around a decade to cover by the last.
If this was not set up as a trilogy the author could of written a dozen of these I suspect. They probably would of gotten only worse as it went on but I bet it would still be pretty popular.
lu_porta's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
emilyb_chicago's review against another edition
4.0
The writing is just as good as the first; the story and characters are excellent. It felt a little 'middle booky' but I think that is mostly because I so want to know what happens! It is a great continuation of a wonderful story told in an interesting world.
I highly recommend these books to everyone!
I highly recommend these books to everyone!
eawortman's review
5.0
I can't think of anything clever or fitting to describe how I feel about this book. Reading a book like this is what makes me love reading.
ric_3's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mahirhalani's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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
4.75