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A review by _suvi_
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Another great concept stunted by the execution. Who knew a magically gifted main characters quest to find the long forgotten evil would be so tidious. After every big plot shift the main character makes a crucial mistake and spends the remaining chapters trying to fix it. And for a character that’s supposedly so amazing at everything, things never work out for him. I’m all for challenges to build character but at one point I just read the book just for it to end, which is never good. Near the end, the book definitely got a bit better so at least it was easy landing out of the book.
I feel like the book would also been much more enjoyable if the main character wasn’t so cringy. I know he’s a teen boy, but not only is he just ”not smarter than average, but brilliant” in his own words, he saves a woman from a creep and the woman is swooning at him? He tells a joke about an annoying dude and everyone claps?? The way his character was written just gave me the ick.
The book was not a total failure though, the magic system was really interesting, the world building great and the writing good. The quest to find the Chandrian was something that really interested me. I’m dissapointed that the book ended up being such a drag to read, ar least for me.
I feel like the book would also been much more enjoyable if the main character wasn’t so cringy. I know he’s a teen boy, but not only is he just ”not smarter than average, but brilliant” in his own words, he saves a woman from a creep and the woman is swooning at him? He tells a joke about an annoying dude and everyone claps?? The way his character was written just gave me the ick.
The book was not a total failure though, the magic system was really interesting, the world building great and the writing good. The quest to find the Chandrian was something that really interested me. I’m dissapointed that the book ended up being such a drag to read, ar least for me.