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A review by roadtripreader
The Lightning Tree by Patrick Rothfuss
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
In another timeline and dimension - I can see Bast in a 3 piece suit, driving a classic Ole American in Los Angeles, owning a club and asking: What is it you desire? - man the opening scene made me wish I was a kid with a petty grievance in need of a plan only Bast can craft.
Cozy yet with this undercurrent of wild magic. I love the themes of knowledge-seeking, sharing, truth, half-truths, omissions and colorful renditions. The depiction of The Bluff and The Lightning Tree where kids go to ask of Bast feels like a solid ancient thing. I wish I lived in the pages of this novella.
Characters:A Scene or Summary
The keeper and retriever of secrets.
I am totally and completely inlove with Bast. Martin whyyyy would you throw rocks and my dude like that? There, that's better. Now thats out the way, Bast is a curious creature. He is all knowing and shares his knowing. He has a code and rules and he is one who contemplates.
Favorite/Curious/Unique Scene:
😉No idea why, but Bast washing his shirt at the river was really captivating (besides the birthday suit swim).
😍Bast chopping firewood at the William's farm for 6 carrots ...and ... ahem, well yes.
Favorite/Curious/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “Oh come now, a little sweetness is all any of us have sometimes. It’s always worth it. Even if it takes some work.” (Bast could convince me to do anything)
🖤 “You pay with gifts and favors. You pay in secrets …” (The master of quid pro quo)
🖤 “It was baffling. These creatures. They were fraught and frayed in their desire. A snake would never poison itself, but these folk made an art of it. They wrapped themselves in fears and wept at being blind.” (Bast on the Human Condition)
Favorite/Curious/Unique Concepts:
■Waystone Inn, Celum Tinture
■ Fae: Felurian, Kvothe’s shadow cloak, glammourie, grammerie
■The three rules of Basts' Blacktree/Lightning Tree
■ Bast's Antler knife
GR Rating: 4⭐
CAWPILE: 8.5
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Fantasy Books by 2025
Cozy yet with this undercurrent of wild magic. I love the themes of knowledge-seeking, sharing, truth, half-truths, omissions and colorful renditions. The depiction of The Bluff and The Lightning Tree where kids go to ask of Bast feels like a solid ancient thing. I wish I lived in the pages of this novella.
Characters:A Scene or Summary
The keeper and retriever of secrets.
I am totally and completely inlove with Bast. Martin whyyyy would you throw rocks and my dude like that? There, that's better. Now thats out the way, Bast is a curious creature. He is all knowing and shares his knowing. He has a code and rules and he is one who contemplates.
Favorite/Curious/Unique Scene:
😉No idea why, but Bast washing his shirt at the river was really captivating (besides the birthday suit swim).
😍Bast chopping firewood at the William's farm for 6 carrots ...and ... ahem, well yes.
Favorite/Curious/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “Oh come now, a little sweetness is all any of us have sometimes. It’s always worth it. Even if it takes some work.” (Bast could convince me to do anything)
🖤 “You pay with gifts and favors. You pay in secrets …” (The master of quid pro quo)
🖤 “It was baffling. These creatures. They were fraught and frayed in their desire. A snake would never poison itself, but these folk made an art of it. They wrapped themselves in fears and wept at being blind.” (Bast on the Human Condition)
Favorite/Curious/Unique Concepts:
■Waystone Inn, Celum Tinture
■ Fae: Felurian, Kvothe’s shadow cloak, glammourie, grammerie
■The three rules of Basts' Blacktree/Lightning Tree
■ Bast's Antler knife
GR Rating: 4⭐
CAWPILE: 8.5
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Fantasy Books by 2025