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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

68 reviews

random_reader's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

mariebrunelm's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

This book is a special one, but not only for the good reasons. I first read it in 2016 and was delighted to find that the writing style compared, in my opinion, to Robin Hobb’s. Which is huge for me to say. The characters aren’t nearly as endearing, but the atmosphere is excellent and completely makes up for it. You’ve got mysteries aplenty and what is (again, to me) the best prologue I’ve ever read. In less than a page.

That’s for the hype. Now for the bad news.

The Name of the Wind is the first volume in a trilogy that for now only has two books. It came out in 2007 and the second one in 2011. You’d think by now the third volume was only months away? Well, for a variety of reasons, it seems that it isn’t. So I bought book 2 years ago but haven’t read it so far just in case of massive cliffhanger.

Fast-forward a few years, and here I am re-reading book one. In there we meet Kote, a peaceful innkeeper in a supposedly peaceful small village. One day a scribe turns up and recognises Kote as Kvothe, a figure of legend. The pretence doesn’t last long and Kvothe agrees to tell Chronicler his story, in the course of three days. The Name of the Wind is the first of those.

Patrick Rothfuss weaves a captivating narrative here, telling about his protagonist’s story from a very young age, just like Assassin’s Apprentice. I particularly love the theme of music running through the book, as well as the setting of the University. I’m almost ready to forgive the blatant absence of women as more than objects in the story, and that’s saying a lot because it did make me grind my teeth. But Rothfuss has a way with words, and he wrote one of my top 10 books set in the same universe: The Slow Regard of Silent Things. So I think, now that I’ve reread Book 1, I’m quite ready to start Book 2 in the near future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

nerdkitten's review

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Medical content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Animal death, Classism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Ableism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Vomit, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Cursing, Trafficking, Gore, and War

sh543's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Violence

ethen_rey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

findtheword's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

niefer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Violence, and Mental illness

Minor: War

giulianalb99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

Este libro es impresionante, me ha encantado. No le doy 5 estrellas porque sé que el segundo libro va a ser todavía mejor. Kvothe es un claro ejemplo de crecimiento personal, menuda pasada de personaje. Lo recomendaría a todo el mundo.
 Aventura y fantasía ¿Qué más se puede querer?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Bullying, Murder, Grief, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I never want to hear complaints about female Mary Sues again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Bullying, Classism, Misogyny, and Blood

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Police brutality

allyg_10's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

If it were just Rothfuss’ writing, I’d have given this book 5 stars. But I’ve decided I don’t need more sexist fantasy in my life… As a writer you can fantasize anything! Why is there always a need to fantasize shitty worlds for women?!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Violence