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sikemeay 's review for:
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
I found myself entertained enough to finish, but man, Kvothe is such a grating protagonist to follow along. He’s good at everything and always right, and all of his enemies show up just so he can humiliate them (and then everyone claps!).
The magic system was cool, but under-explored, and then set to an extremely Harry Potter setting with another orphan protagonist, it didn’t feel very fresh.
And the way women are written is so painful — they hardly show up for half the book, and then every single female character is put into some sexually embarrassing situation in the second half. The main love interest is the embodiment of “she’s not like the other girls — she knows she’s beautiful without all that makeup.” Ugh.
Ultimately this just felt like a very adolescent straight male power fantasy that I just couldn’t relate to. The language is sometimes pretty good, but often grating because it wants to come off as adult and heavy while the author’s perspective is honestly immature.
The magic system was cool, but under-explored, and then set to an extremely Harry Potter setting with another orphan protagonist, it didn’t feel very fresh.
And the way women are written is so painful — they hardly show up for half the book, and then every single female character is put into some sexually embarrassing situation in the second half. The main love interest is the embodiment of “she’s not like the other girls — she knows she’s beautiful without all that makeup.” Ugh.
Ultimately this just felt like a very adolescent straight male power fantasy that I just couldn’t relate to. The language is sometimes pretty good, but often grating because it wants to come off as adult and heavy while the author’s perspective is honestly immature.