A review by staircasewitch
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

3.0

Man, this was hard to rate. I liked it a lot - it's full of smart characterisation and a refreshing self-awareness - but I find myself a bit torn on it. It works as a light metacommentary on genre cliches, but it's so cautious about it that it's also a victim of them. Putting it down I couldn't escape the feeling that it was just (!!) a well-considered and wonderfully credible retelling of the old fantasy story. I loved every scene individually, but as a whole I guess it left me a bit cold.