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4.41 AVERAGE
4.41 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Quite interesting story. Beginning of the book was slow and I almost gave up but it picked up pace especially at the end. I don’t love the main character but his life story is told so well that I’ll be reading the next book. Almost all the women are simplified to just objects of desire lol
i was fully immersed in kvothes world by the end of this book. the magic system and everything just worked and felt so original. patrick’s way of writing is beautiful. my favorite writing though was between kvothe and denna, and there was too few of it and it didn’t really come in until the end. and the end still seems so far off from where the beginning of the story starts (the scrael, chandrian, etc) — i guess that’s what the next two books are for? i just had to push through this a bit too much and that’s what makes me hesitant to pick up the next. but overall i enjoyed this.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
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:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
a deeply male gaze-y book, but still just so well written and paced
i don’t know how to describe this book or how to do it justice? you need to have read it to truly understand how it feels to read this book and be immersed in Kvothe’s story and this whole world. however, fair warning: you will finish this book feeling wildly unfulfilled. I have way more questions at the end of this book than i did starting or even half way through. literally nothing gets answered and you only get about 35% of his story. and i want to read the next one so bad because im so entranced by this whole book and story and the characters and everything but there IS NO THIRD BOOK so do i really want to do that to myself???? but also i cannot leave it here…
few books have given me the feeling or the full on immersive experience of truly living in a new world the way this book has. the second i picked it up i was transported and i feel like i lived there myself? like i could explain the entire setting and world to you as if i were from there? the writing is just THAT good. and it’s so well structured and planned and perfect?? like omg i cannot even describe it. i’m just so confused to the ending tho???? like the way it was the same sentence and all…. like huhhhhhh. but also i love kvothe and i want to know the rest of his story and how it all happens and i love him as a character and he’s so like perfect and god-like?? i just love characters like him, like he’s definitely got nothing in common with darrow but it’s the same vibe of like almighty??? and it’s just so impressive and intimidating and he has me rooting for him the whole way. ugh i just loved this EXPERIENCE bc idk what else to call it. this was genuinely phenomenal and i feel like not reading this is doing a disservice to yourself and your brain and your life. so yeah. basically i need to read the next book but i’ll also die if the third one doesn’t come out??? so what will i doooo
few books have given me the feeling or the full on immersive experience of truly living in a new world the way this book has. the second i picked it up i was transported and i feel like i lived there myself? like i could explain the entire setting and world to you as if i were from there? the writing is just THAT good. and it’s so well structured and planned and perfect?? like omg i cannot even describe it. i’m just so confused to the ending tho???? like the way it was the same sentence and all…. like huhhhhhh. but also i love kvothe and i want to know the rest of his story and how it all happens and i love him as a character and he’s so like perfect and god-like?? i just love characters like him, like he’s definitely got nothing in common with darrow but it’s the same vibe of like almighty??? and it’s just so impressive and intimidating and he has me rooting for him the whole way. ugh i just loved this EXPERIENCE bc idk what else to call it. this was genuinely phenomenal and i feel like not reading this is doing a disservice to yourself and your brain and your life. so yeah. basically i need to read the next book but i’ll also die if the third one doesn’t come out??? so what will i doooo
One of the best epic fantasy books I've read in 20 years. Fabulous writing and what a story!