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A review by rkaufman13
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
3.0
I almost put this down on multiple occasions.
Kvothe is, like, the smartest guy ever, and the first half of the book is pretty much dedicated to how smart he is. He learns codes in five minutes, magic in a week. Oh, and because of his amazing, brilliant, perfect parents, he also learned before the age of 11 everything there is to know about horsemanship, acting, singing, playing the lute, etiquette, sleight of hand, and God knows what else.
I didn't put the book down because the frame story--the FRAME STORY--was more interesting than Kvothe's ridiculous narrative. Come on, Rothfuss. Get it together. Here you have the same guy, who suddenly doesn't want to be found...a mysterious servant/student, and spider demons. Much better.
Kvothe's stuff got a lot better once he ran off to the small town north of the University to investigate the wedding. But that was most of the way through the book.
I will probably pick up the second book in the series despite my griping. But I almost feel like you could read the intro, get to the Tragic Plot Point In The Hero's Backstory, and then skip ahead a hundred pages without missing much.
EDIT: Haha, no I'm not going to read the second one. I just read this review (yes, there are spoilers). Amazing.
Kvothe is, like, the smartest guy ever, and the first half of the book is pretty much dedicated to how smart he is. He learns codes in five minutes, magic in a week. Oh, and because of his amazing, brilliant, perfect parents, he also learned before the age of 11 everything there is to know about horsemanship, acting, singing, playing the lute, etiquette, sleight of hand, and God knows what else.
I didn't put the book down because the frame story--the FRAME STORY--was more interesting than Kvothe's ridiculous narrative. Come on, Rothfuss. Get it together. Here you have the same guy, who suddenly doesn't want to be found...a mysterious servant/student, and spider demons. Much better.
Kvothe's stuff got a lot better once he ran off to the small town north of the University to investigate the wedding. But that was most of the way through the book.
I will probably pick up the second book in the series despite my griping. But I almost feel like you could read the intro, get to the Tragic Plot Point In The Hero's Backstory, and then skip ahead a hundred pages without missing much.
EDIT: Haha, no I'm not going to read the second one. I just read this review (yes, there are spoilers). Amazing.